Abstract: A bonnetless outside-screw type globe valve made of carbon steel, 31/2 nickel steel or other kind of stainless steel and designed to be usable for controlling a high-pressure fluid is provided. A yoke 19 is screw-joined directly to the body 1, and a stuffing box 7 is provided in the body 1. A flanged cylindrical buck seatring 18 is screwedly fixed to the lower portion of the stuffing box 7, and a disc guide hole 9 arranged to make a slide fit with the disc 16 is formed in said lower portion of the stuffing box. The valve body seat 10 and the inlet and outlet holes 12 and 13 are formed smaller in diameter than the pipeline connected thereto, and each of said inlet hole 12 and outlet hole 13 is provided with a throttling portion (14, 15). This valve is suited for use in the petrochemical apparatuses for the control of a high-pressure fluid.

Abstract: A gate valve which includes a body defining a cylindrical bore opening at one side of the body, and defining also a fluid flow passageway extending through the body and intersecting the cylindrical bore at a right angle. A pair of seat ring adaptors extend into the body via the opposite end portions of the fluid flow passageway, and each carries an annular pipe flange at its outer end and spaced from the body, and an annular bolting flange adjacent the body to facilitate bolting the adaptor to the body. Each adaptor carries within a counter-bore formed in its inner end inside the body, an annular seat ring. A gate is mounted for reciprocating movement within the cylindrical bore of the body and between the seat rings. A stem threadedly engages the gate and projects upwardly through an opening formed in a bonnet bolted to the body. An operating handle is secured to the opposite end of the stem from the end threadedly engaged with the gate.

Abstract: A reciprocating food pump for pumping viscous edible material has the cylinder removably clamped to a base plate. The piston of the pump cylinder is actuated by a reciprocating, compressed air motor having a common piston rod connecting the air piston and pump piston. The air cylinder is pivoted to the base plate so that the pump cylinder may be unclamped from the base plate and moved upwards sufficiently to pull the cylinder away from the piston. A rotating plug valve is used on the end of the pump cylinder. The plug is held in place by a stem extending through a flat valve plate. A seal is placed between a sleeve on the end of the valve stem and the valve plate and another seal between the valve stem and the sleeve. Upon each suction stroke of the pump, the vacuum within the pump pulls the valve plug within the cylinder, which will be transmitted to the stem, and increase the pressure between the sleeve and the flat valve plate insuring a good seal upon each suction stroke.

Abstract: A ball valve operable between a fully-open position and a closed position for regulating fluid flow includes a valve body machined and arranged with a flow passageway extending completely therethrough and receiving at each end a fluid fitting for coupling to flow lines. Disposed within the interior of the valve body is a ball plug member which is supported below by a stem and needle bearing arrangement and is operable to be turned 90 degrees by a handle, stem and bonnet arrangement. The internal position of the ball plug member is maintained by a pair of ball seats which are centrally disposed within the flow passageway and are held in position by means of adapter cylinders which are in turn held in position by retainer plates. In order to maintain spring-loaded pressure and to provide a sealed interface between the ball seat and the adapter cylinder, spring seal assemblies are disposed within the adapter cylinder and between the ball seat and corresponding retainer plate.

Abstract: An improved stem packing. In the preferred and illustrated embodiment, the packing for the stem is captured within a housing normally described as a bonnet assembly, and is axially loaded by a cooperative jam nut and bushing. They axially load the top end of the stem packing, forcing it to expand radially inwardly and outwardly to grip the stem to seal against stem and bonnet surfaces. Extrusion of packing material typically occurs. The improved version of stem packing apparatus in the preferred and illustrated embodiment is a tubular sleeve of relatively elongate lubricated plastic material having a plurality of partial circumferential parallel cuts in it, thereby decreasing the axial load required to achieve sealing. The seal material controllably expands controlled by the cuts, thereby achieving the desired internal and external seal to prevent leakage. Torque required to rotate the stem is reduced, and extrusion of the seal material is markedly reduced.

Abstract: A thermally responsive valve (10) for valving adjacent first (21) and second (22) fluid ports is disclosed which prevents harmful fuel vapors from adversely affecting the valve power element (12). An elongated valve member (82) is movably contained within a housing fluid chamber (18) and spring-biased toward a closed position whereupon a first seal ring (90) located around the valve member engages with a valve seating surface (70) located intermediate the two fluid ports. When predetermined temperatures are encountered, a thermally responsive power element (12) connected to the lower end of the valve housing overcomes the biasing force of the spring (106) and moves the valve member to an open position in which the valve surface is spaced from the valve seat, thereby permitting fluid communication between the two ports. A lower portion (104) of the valve member extends beyond the fluid chamber and abuts with an output rod (60) of the power element.

Abstract: The invention provides an automatic exhaust brake valve unit having a hollow body with an exhaust gas passage extending therethrough and a valve closure member movable in the hollow body between a closed position in which it closes the passage, and an open position in which it leaves the passage clear, the hollow body having an open end face closed by a removable plate so that the valve closure member can be removed through that end face. Such a valve unit is usable to control exhaust gas flow in either direction through the exhaust gas passage when connected in an exhaust system of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: The valve disk of a butterfly valve is carried by a valve shaft, which is mounted in bearing bushings, which are fitted in the valve body. Each bearing bushing is formed in its outside peripheral surface with two peripheral grooves and between said grooves with diametrically opposite grooves for receiving sealing rings and axial sealing strips, respectively. The inner peripheral groove is disposed adjacent to the valve body. The outer peripheral groove is adjacent to the hub of the valve disk. Said hub surrounds the adjacent bearing bushing at its end protruding into the interior of the valve body. The two axial grooves register with the valve disk when the same is closed. To ensure a long life and a permanently tight seal, the outer peripheral groove contains two superimposed sealing rings. The upper one of said superimposed sealing rings consists of a polytetrafluoroethylene strip, which is narrower than the peripheral groove and has free ends which abut and define an oblique joint.

Abstract: A control valve, the internal wetted working parts of which are made of corrosion resistant material and which are completely enclosed by and easily removed from a steel or stainless steel pressure vessel, and which is capable of tight shut-off when subjected to fluid differential pressure.

Abstract: A valve assembly for packing removal includes a valve body having a bonnet and yoke attached to the body and a chamber extending longitudinally through the bonnet. A stem secured in the yoke extends through the bonnet chamber. Valve packing means are enclosed in the bonnet around the stem and secured by a packing gland connected to the top of the bonnet. An annular drive bushing is mounted in the bonnet chamber around the stem below the bottom of the packing means. In actuation of the drive bushing, mechanical or fluid drive means engage the bottom of the drive bushing, with the packing gland removed from the bonnet, to displace the drive bushing upwardly through the bonnet chamber for removal of the packing means therefrom.

Abstract: A high temperature valve stem packing incorporates a plurality of graphite seal rings composed of spirally coiled graphite tape and metal packing adapter rings being interposed between respective ones of the graphite seal rings. The metal packing adapter rings are of such configuration as to cause structural deformation of the end surface portions of the graphite rings to thereby induce the graphite seal rings to maintain the sealing capability thereof in response to wear during use and in response to fluid pressure applied thereto. In one form of the invention, the packing adapter rings are of solid construction and in another embodiment, the adapter rings are composed of pairs of interfitting rings which cooperate to define packing rings that are capable of yielding in spring-like manner as mechanical force or pressure induced force is transmitted to the packing assembly.

Abstract: Ram bodies mounted in transverse bores of a blowout preventer body with a longitudinal bore therethrough are operable by operating means extending through closures on one end of the transverse bores to move the rams to close off fluid communication through the longitudinal bore in the body and to retract the rams from the longitudinal bore. Removable seal means are provided on each ram body to seal with the transverse bore in which each ram body is mounted. Removable seal means extend diametrically across the front of each ram for sealingly engaging an elongate member in the longitudinal bore when the rams are closed. The removable seal means is retained in position by non-torquing means during use but may be readily replaced when necessary. Self energizing seal means on the ram body sealingly engage the transverse bores.

Abstract: A stop valve includes a main body which defines a fluid passage and a valve chamber. The stop valve further includes a spindle having one end connected to a handle and the other end inserted into said valve chamber, a valve seat positioned in said fluid passage and confronting said valve body, and a cap member positioned above said valve chamber. The outer end of the spindle is coupled rotatably to the valve body, while the rotation of the valve body is prevented by a rotation preventive means. A packing is interposed between the valve body and the valve chamber. The valve body is in sliding contact with said packing along the axial direction thereof during operation, upon rotation of the spindle about its axis.

Abstract: A gate valve having a top inlet and bottom outlet is provided with a horizontally disposed head slidable between closed and open positions. The valve body includes a seat concentric with an inlet passage and adapted to cooperate with a sealing surface on the head. An annular sleeve is provided within the inlet passage with one end of the sleeve being in contact with the sealing surface on the head. The sleeve and seat cooperate with the valve body and head to define an annular space. A means is provided to pressurize the space immediately prior to contact between the head and the seat. The head is biased to a closed position in the event of power failure. The valve is particularly designed for controlling downward flow of high temperature particulate material under high pressure.

Abstract: A safety locking arrangement is provided on a valve for control of fluid flow comprising a valve body having a seat with a flow passage passing therethrough and a valve closure member located within the body. The valve closure member is adapted to engage the seat to effect closure of the valve. The valve closure member is carried by a cap adapted to enter into screw-threaded engagement with the valve body at the mouth thereof. To ensure retention of the cap on the body, the cap additionally enters into screw-threaded engagement with an annular retaining means disposed around and formed separately from the valve body, with the valve body itself being so formed in the mouth region that the retaining means cannot be withdrawn therefrom merely by rotation and/or displacement lengthwise of the valve body.

Abstract: A "fire-safe" packing arrangement (104) for a valve stem (72) which extends through a packing chamber in a valve bonnet bore (42) to a valve chamber (50) in a valve body (12). The packing arrangement (104) comprises a low temperature packing assembly (112)positioned within the packing chamber between the stem (72) and the wall of the bonnet bore (42) for sealing therebetween at normal temperatures and resting on an inner annular shoulder (62) provided in the bonnet bore (42). A metal spacer ring (116) is positioned within the packing chamber axially outward of the low temperature packing assembly (112) with respect to the flow passage (18, 20) through the valve. The spacer ring (116) has a lower side or inner end (140) thereof resting on the low temperature packing assembly (112).

Abstract: A gate valve including the usual resilient seal around the stem also includes a single metal seal which provides a fluid-tight metal-to-metal seal around the stem when the valve is either in a fully opened or a fully closed position. In a fully closed valve position the resilient seal around the valve stem can be replaced without interfering with the operation of the valve. The metal seal can be used to provide and maintain a fluid-tight seal between the stem, the valve body and the valve bonnet when extreme conditions of temperature, pressure and/or fluid contact where the resilient seal might fail.

Abstract: A packing assembly for a valve stem, or the like, comprising two groups of "V"-shaped packing rings, "G" and "H", disposed about the valve stem 16 in a stuffing box 32 provided in the stem receiving bore in the vavve body or bonnet 12. Semi-fluid plastic material 69 is injected between the two groups of packing rings to move them apart and thereby axially compress and radially expand the packing rings into sealing engagement with the valve stem and stuffing box wall. The lower group of packing rings is provided with a pair of non-metallic back up adapter rings at its lower and upper ends. A similar back up adapter ring is provided at the top of the upper group of packing rings. The back up adapter rings 61, 62, 68 serve to stabilize the packing structure. They also serve as stem centralizing rings to preclude galling and scarring of the stem and as anti-extrusion rings to impede extrusion of the packing rings along the stem and bonnet.

Abstract: A replacement valve assembly with an adjustable sleeve fitting received in the valve port of a conventional faucet body and sealed by a locking nut and gasket. A valve stem is disposed centrally through the fitting and carries a frictionless washer retainer to bias a washer to the valve seat and to freely swivel on the valve stem to reduce wear. An adjustable bushing with an associated jam nut biases a sealing gasket to the valve stem.

Abstract: An assembly of a seal unit and a plunger-like member movable relative to the seal unit, the seal unit comprising a washer-like resilient seal member having an opening therethrough and press-fittingly receiving the plunger therethrough in such a manner that an inner peripheral portion of the washer-like seal member is turned into substantially parallel sealing and wiping engagement with the plunger while being substantially transverse to the remainder of washer-like seal member.

Abstract: A balanced high pressure rising stem gate valve has lubricated metal-to-metal seal means between the bonnet part of the valve body and the valve actuating stem and between the chamber part of the valve body and the balancing stem. Each seal means includes plural, e.g. three dished elastic metal ring gaskets with a high temperature resistant and chemical resistant ring of solid lubricant, tetrafluoroethylene or graphite between each adjacent pair of metal gaskets. Each metal gasket is softer than the stem and is of rectangular cross-section and the edge at the inner periphery on the concave side is rounded. Each seal means is disposed in an annular pocket in the adjacent part of the valve body extending around the stem.

Abstract: A flow control mechanism for high pressure wells comprises a body structure having inlet and outlet passages and adapted for connection to a wellhead in such manner that a metering device meters the flow of production fluid through the inlet and outlet passages. The body structure defines an access opening that is ordinarily maintained closed by a closure element received within the access opening. An annular sealing element is received within an annulus defined between the body structure and the closure element and is formed to define a frusto-conical sealing surface that engages a frusto-conical seat surface defined by the closure element and establishes a high pressure seal between the body structure and closure element.

Abstract: A method of removing from a valve, a backseat and packing means, without the necessity of first removing the packing means from the body of the valve so as to provide access for removal of the backseat, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a member and with the same cooperatively engaging the backseat for purpose of removing the same from the valve; (b) manipulating the member so as to release the backseat from its secured position within the body of the valve; and (c) further manipulating the member to withdraw the backseat and the packing means from the valve body. There is provided an apparatus for carrying out the aforementioned method.

Abstract: A valve body has a chamber with a lower portion provided with inlet and outlet openings and an upper portion that includes a diaphragm seat having a surface with a presclected degree of roughness. An assembly of individual flexible metallic diaphragms is positioned in a stacked arrangement a graphite gasket positioned on the roughened diaphragm seat. A bonnet bolted to the valve body applies a downward bearing force upon the outer annular edge of the diaphragm assembly to secure the diaphragm assembly and gasket in sealing relation with the valve body to seal the chamber upper portion from the chamber lower portion. A yoke member is secured to the valve body in surrounding, spaced relation with the bonnet. A valve member has a disc portion arranged to move into and out of abutting relation with a valve seat of the valve body to control the flow of fluid under substantial pressure through the chamber.

Abstract: This invention provides a butterfly valve in which gland packing portions for preventing fluid leakage are provided between a valve stem carrying a valve closure member rotatable in a valve housing and tubular portions of the housing receiving the stem, and bearing portions for the stem are disposed outwardly of the gland packing portions. Each of the gland packing portions is divided into two sections between which a bearing member is provided to support the stem. Thus the stem is supported by the bearing portions and the bearing members.

Abstract: A clamp yoke valve has a yoke member engaged with the valve body about its bonnet opening, a bonnet sealing the bonnet opening and including a packing cartridge chamber opening outwardly of the valve body and disposed about the valve stem and a packing gland which is movable axially about the valve stem against the packing in the bonnet member. The packing gland has a multiplicity of teeth about its circumference which are disengageably intermeshed with a multiplicity of teeth in the bore of a gland wrench disposed thereabout. The gland wrench includes a pair of arms extending outwardly of the yoke member to permit rotation thereof and thereby of the packing gland to effect compression of the packing material about the valve stem.

Abstract: A high pressure gate valve having at least one pressure actuated seal means between the bonnet part of the valve body and the valve actuating stem and between the chamber part of the valve body and the valve actuating stem is disclosed. Each seal means includes at least one seal assembly. Each seal assembly includes two sets of plural, e.g., four, metal rings with an elevated temperature resistant and chemical resistant ring of solid lubricant, e.g., tetrafluoroethylene or graphite, separating the metal rings. Each metal ring is softer than the stem and is of rectangular cross-section. The seal assembly is actuated by pressure on larger follower metal rings. When multiple seal means are involved, another metal follower ring larger than the set of metal rings of the seal means also separates the two sets of seal assemblies. The seal means may also include a biasing spring. Each seal means is disposed in an annular pocket or stuffing box in the adjacent part of the valve body extending around the stem.

Abstract: A ball valve is disclosed comprising a single piece body with a ball-shaped, two-part valve member therein operable by a rotatable stem formed separately from the valve member, this stem being so formed that it cannot be blown out from the valve by internal pressure in the valve during servicing.The stem extends from the interior to the exterior of the valve through a stem passage providing, adjacent the chamber which houses the valve member, a first plain bearing supporting a portion of the stem for rotation about the stem axis. The stem has an enlarged portion within the valve chamber which is too large to pass the first plain bearing, the enlarged portion having a shoulder adapted for sealing engagement with a seat formed within the valve body around the stem passage.

Abstract: A plug valve is provided with primary, secondary and tertiary seals. The primary seal includes an apertured sleeve which envelopes a plug portion of a valving member. The secondary and tertiary seals are provided by a delta ring and a lip of a diaphragm respectfully. The diaphragm is formed with a hollow annular groove proximal to the stem portion of the valving member. The delta ring is placed in this hollow annular groove with an interference fit to form a secondary seal between itself and the valving member and to augment the tertiary seal formed between a lip of the diaphragm and the valving member.

Abstract: A ball or plug valve comprises a ball or plug having a through bore which is rotatable in a metal body to control the flow of fluid through a passage in the body. The ball can be rotated from the exterior of the body by means of a metal stem which is rotatably received in an opening in the metal body. The opening is stepped so as to define a first shoulder which faces the passage in the body, and the stem is correspondingly stepped to define a second shoulder which faces the first shoulder. Under normal operation of the valve, the shoulders are spaced apart slightly and a sealing ring is interposed therebetween. In the event that the sealing ring fails, the pressure of fluid in the passage presses the shoulder on the stem into contact with the shoulder on the body to create a metal-to-metal seal which prevents the escape of fluid to atmosphere through the opening. To make the seal reliable, the shoulders are shaped so that they contact each other only over the outer periphery of the stem shoulder.

Abstract: A packing (10) for a stuffing box (12), for example, for petrochemical and/or power industry valves including one or more low density, graphite preform rings (30 and 44) which are further compressed, when the packing gland is tightened, with controlled material flow into the remaining open areas to provide impervious and effective I.D. and O.D. seals. The preform rings (30 and 44) are preferably adjacent higher density graphite adapter rings (32 and 46) with the adjacent facing surfaces (34-36 and 40-42) of the preform and adapter rings, preferably, having acute angles of 45.degree. and 60.degree., respectively, with respect to the axis of the packing.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having an assembly consisting of a seal gasket for the valve stem and a spring support cap, the gasket is mounted on the valve guide to form a seal against the valve stem and the spring support cap is mounted externally of the gasket and has an outwardly-extending flange that rests directly on the engine cylinder head. The lower end of the gasket has an outwardly extending flange for retention by the support cap, the latter having a stepped cross section to enable it to be centered on the exterior surfaces of the gasket with an interference fit. The valve spring bears on the flange of the support cap.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing the lead-through of a valve spindle through the cover portion of a valve. The spindle is connected to a movable valve body. There is a radially supported elastic stuffing surrounding the spindle and an attachment member axially supporting the stuffing. In the inner space of the valve there is a stationary stop member for the valve body. The stop member prevents axial movement of the valve body, beyond the fully open position of the valve. The reaction force induced in the stop member by the valve body influences the stuffing via the spindle and causes an increased axial compression in the stuffing. Thereby, the stuffing, due to its elasticity, is pressed more firmly against its radial support, and thus, gives a better sealing effect in the fully open position of the valve.

Abstract: In a gate valve, which has a backseat which is made up only when the normally non-rising operator stem is permitted to rise a short distance, and in order that a smaller-diameter stem may be used than one which is of sufficient area where it passes through the stem packing to cause the internal pressure within the valve cavity to generate sufficient force to overcome the frictional forces resisting stem movement developed by the internal pressure between the gate plates and the seats, so that the stem may rise when it is supposed to, to make the backseat, a system of clearances is provided between the stem nut and the gate plates. A different stop arrangement is shown for limiting rising of the gate, for defining the fully open position of the gate.

Abstract: A valve comprises a casing having a passageway therethrough for the flow of fluid and a bore intersecting the passageway. A flow regulating member is rotatably mounted in the bore for blocking the passageway in the valve closed position of the flow regulating member. The flow regulating member has a port therethrough for connecting and being in communication with the passageway in the valve open position. The flow regulating member and the casing define a first chamber at one end of the flow regulating member. A stem is rotatably mounted within the casing and is mechanically coupled to the flow regulating member to rotatably drive the flow regulating member within the casing. The stem has an annular rim formed toward and positioned within the first chamber. At least one annular seal surrounds the stem to effect the seal between the stem and casing.

Abstract: A butterfly valve comprising a valve body mounted on a valve stem in a valve housing. The valve housing is provided with valve seats to contact the periphery of the valve body when the valve is closed. Elastic seal members are disposed between the end surfaces of the valve seats and the valve stem in a manner to surround the latter. The butterfly valve of the invention further comprises tubular holder members rotatable relative to the valve stem and fitted with the elastic seal members on outer parts thereof.

Abstract: A valve arrangement includes spherical core means rotatably mounted in a tubular member with operating means connected to the spherical core means and rotatably supported in a lateral opening in the tubular member to open and close the spherical core means for controlling flow through the tubular member. Seal means are provided between the spherical core means and tubular member and between the operating means and the tubular member with the operating means and the spherical core means having fluid passage means to conduct fluid from the tubular member fluid passage to act on the seal means between the operating means and the tubular member to substantially counterbalance the fluid pressure in the tubular member.

Abstract: The antifriction device for the control shaft of a flow-regulating valve comprises a hollow body and a closure member rotatably mounted within the hollow body. An annular flange is formed on the control shaft at the level of at least one of the packing gland seals and applied against an annular shoulder of the valve body which surrounds the control shaft, a washer formed of material which is capable of creep deformation being interposed between the flange and the shoulder. A peripheral groove is formed in the shaft opposite to the washer and receives the washer material in the event of creep flow.

Abstract: The device includes a main flow control valve and associated packings designed for effective operation under extreme conditions associated with the pumping of high viscosity asphaltic crude wherein the formation includes toxic gases, and where the formation is produced using steam flooding techniques. The main valve seat and the associated valve closure, consisting of a reciprocating ram and packing plug, are coaxial with the pump polished rod. The valve seat includes tapered walls defining a shoulder which partially confronts the ram plug; and the ram plug is formed of a compressible material formed to the shape of the valve seat. The packing plug is retained on the end of the ram by axial tie rods and a retaining ring, which ring may engage the valve seat shoulder to effect axial compression of the packing plug between the retaining ring and ram face, and consequent radial expansion into sealing engagement.

Abstract: The bearing assembly of a normally non-rising stem gate valve is provided with an annulus of fusible material. Upon subjection to a preselected temperature level, the fusible body melts out of the way, permitting the stem to raise slightly, making up a metal-to-metal seal between the valve stem and bonnet. This forms another line of defense against consequences from loss of the sealing normally provided by the valve stem packing.

Abstract: A control valve has a gland seal comprising a sealing member formed of a flexible polymeric material, preferably PTFE. The sealing member comprises a tubular portion located around the valve spindle and a radially extending flange encircling the tubular portion, the sealing member being supported within the hollow body by its radially extending flange. The spindle and surrounding tubular portion have adjacent surfaces, at least one of which has an annular ridge biased into sealing contact with the other surface.

Abstract: A valve having a valve stem extending through a bonnet with packing therebetween and a back seat and back seat valve member cooperable to isolate the packing from pressure within the valve body wherein an auxiliary piston is provided to positively hold the back seat valve member on the back seat under the influence of pressure other than the pressure within the valve body. The back seat valve may be actuated by auxiliary pressure while changing the bonnet packing and may also serve to positively close the valve in the case of a malfunction of the usual closing mechanism.

Abstract: In a ball valve including a cylindrical housing having a flow passage, a rotatable ball for selectively blocking the flow passage, and an external actuating handle, a fire safe stem seal comprising a stem having a selected diameter with a larger diametered shoulder portion on one end which is keyed for engaging the ball, and an opposite end for engagement with the actuating handle, the housing having a stem bore for matingly receiving the stem therethrough within a selected tolerance, a first interior step concentric with the stem bore and selectively sized to accommodate the stem shoulder, a second smaller selectively sized interior step concentric with the stem bore having a selected axial depth, a deformable heat-resistance second seal ring having an axial thickness substantially greater than the axial depth of the second step for engagement with the housing in the second step, a heat-destructible primary seal and bearing ring for engagement with the housing and the heat-resistant ring in the first step, a

Abstract: A concentric rotary valve having a rotatable stem of a valve disc supported by bearing portions and metal seats mounted in a valve housing to contact metal seats on the valve disc. Clearances in directions parallel to a closed disc surface and radial of the valve stem are barely enough to permit a shift of the valve disc to provide a good seat-to-seat contact when the valve is closed, and clearances in directions normal to the closed disc surface and radial of the rotatable stem are barely enough to permit normal rotations of the stem.

Abstract: A valve comprising a housing with an inlet and outlet and a chamber in between, a reciprocating gate mounted in a gate seat disposed within the chamber for opening and closing the valve, an upper bonnet for closing the chamber at one end and a lower bonnet for closing the chamber at the other end, the gate being disposed between upper and lower stems which extend into the upper and lower bonnets respectively. Metal-to-metal seals are provided at all junctures between the above members in the lower gate position with back-up seals at the junctures of all moving members.A double edged seal ring integral with the upper stem self-contained within the upper bonnet provides a metal-to-metal seal with the upper bonnet in the upper and lower gate positions of the valve.A metal gasket arrangement is provided between the upper bonnet and valve body whereby the assemblage of all points of contact between the gasket and body form an annular ring.

Abstract: A retaining device to hold a butterfly valve stem (26) in the valve body upon a shearing or breaking of the stem. The retaining device is mounted within a bore (38) in the valve body (12) beneath the stem packing and includes pins (44) extending from the stem (26) which engage in abutting relation a support ring (64) mounted in a groove (56) in the bore to restrain any outward movement of the stem.

Abstract: A shaft seal incorporates a casing formed with a stepped bore both diameters of which are greater than the diameter of the shaft fitted to the bore. A bearing sleeve fitting the shaft is located in the smaller diameter portion of the bore. A seal-carrying ring held captive within the larger diameter portion of the bore is formed to support at each end a sealing ring in contact with the shaft and a sealing ring located between the outer surface of the ring and the casing.

Abstract: A pressure energized packing arrangement (50, 74) for sealing the stem (64) and bonnet (66) of a high pressure gate valve. A stack of packing rings (90) is compressed against the valve stem and bonnet by retainer rings (92, 94) which are urged together by fluid pressure in the valve body. Extrusion of the packing rings (90) is prevented by metal chamfer rings (102, 108, 114, 120) which are cammed by the retainer rings (92, 94 ) against the valve stem (64) and bonnet (66). The packing assembly is held together by pins (124) against which metal gaskets (132) are cammed by the retainer rings (92, 94) to prevent extrusion of the packing rings (90) along the pins.

Abstract: A ball valve assembly that is uniquely suited for use in extremely high and low temperature applications where solid particles are frequently present within a flowing fluid. The valve includes a one-piece ball and stem or shaft element and the bore of that ball together with separate, removable end members, inserted from opposite directions into a passage extending through the valve body, form the valve's fluid-flow path. The valve body includes a second bore which can either extend through the entire valve body, perpendicularly with the other passageway, or can instead extend perpendicularly from that passageway to the exterior of the valve body in only one direction. The ball stem is rotatably retained and sealed in this second bore and the bore is dimensioned so as to be at least as large as the diameter of the ball so that the ball can be removed therethrough.

Abstract: A check valve assembly has a housing, and a throttle valve which includes a throttling disc rotatable in the housing and a spindle connected with the throttling disc for rotating the latter. The throttle valve is coated with a protective jacket of a synthetic plastic material, which is of one piece and coats the throttling disc and the spindle, including portions of the latter which extend outwardly beyond the housing. The inner side of the housing may be coated by a protective lining which coats an inner side of the housing facing toward the throttle valve. An additional elastic lining may urge the protective lining against the protective jacket in the region of the spindle. A method of manufacturing the check valve includes forming the protective lining so that it has a greater inner diameter than the protective jacket.