Abstract: A gate valve is disclosed which includes a modified valve seat designed to reduce stress concentrations and wear between the gate and the valve seat. The valve seat includes a relief groove positioned on the inner diameter of the valve seat relatively close to the seating surface of the valve seat.

Abstract: A gate valve for use in a high pressure line has a movable gate and a static seat within a valve body. The seat has a seat face which is in sliding contact with a gate face. The seat and gate faces are coated with an amorphic coating which hardens when the seat face and gate face are subjected to manufacturing processes or rubbed together during valve opening and closing. A leak resistant seal between the seat and gate faces results when the valve is closed and subjected to high line pressure.

Abstract: A valve has removable internal components including a disc, an orifice plate, and guides for engaging and guiding the disc. The internal components are removably secured to a valve seat plate by tee bolts. The seat plate is drilled, bored, or machined to include a plurality of cavities. Each cavity has a cantilevered projection extending over avoid in the cavity, and a slot is formed in each projection to form a tee slot for receiving the tee bolt. Each tee bolt has a head which is slipped into the void in the cavity so that the head engages the cantilevered projection while a shank of the tee bolt extends outward through the slot. The orifice plate has bolt holes for receiving the tee bolts, and an opening in the orifice plate is aligned with a passageway through the valve. A nut is tightened onto the shank of each tee bolt. After extended service, the tee bolts are still easily removable and replaceable, and the tee bolts can be aligned with bolt holes in a replacement orifice plate.

Abstract: Slide valve to close large fluid conduits, in particular double-disk slide valve, with a slide gate (14) disposed within a valve housing (11) so that it can move transverse to the fluid conduit, and arranged like spectacles with a shut-off plate (15) on one side and a pipe bridge (16) on the other. The shut-off plate (15) can be moved into the fluid conduit when the slide valve is closed, and the pipe bridge (16) when it is opened. The slide gate (14) is supported in the valve housing (11) on roller bearings in such a way that the bearing rollers (21, 22) hold the slide gate (14) radially with respect to its direction of movement (23) on all sides. (FIG.

Abstract: A wedge gate valve having a valve body defining a valve chamber and flow passages and upwardly diverging circular seat surfaces of circular, flat configuration and defining seat planes. A valve disk or wedge having downwardly converging sealing surfaces is movable within said valve chamber between open and closed positions for controlling flow through the valve. Pressure boundary plates connected by hubs to the valve disk define the sealing surfaces of the disk and have bottom corners that establish line contact with the downstream seat surface and prevent any portion of said sealing surfaces of said valve disk from crossing the sealing plane of the downstream seat in the event of flow responsive downstream movement of the valve disk during its opening and closing movement. Guide ears of the disk are provided with flexible upper and lower extremities and rounded or chamfered inner end surfaces to minimize localized peak contact stress with disk guide rails of the valve body.

Abstract: A knife gate valve comprises a body member to which two aligned conduits are attached. The body member has a U-shaped internal recess of predetermined length formed within it. A removable sealing member fits within the recess and extends along its entire length. The sealing member is comprised of rubber which has been cured about a threaded or irregularly surfaced rod that reinforces the seat, helping to keep it in the correct position and orientation in the recess. The rod protrudes from both lengthwise ends of the rubber and is operatively connected with the body of the valve. This prevents the sealing member from being dislodged by the flow of slurry through the valve or the opening action of the valve in the presence of a sticky slurry.

Abstract: The inventive device produces compressed gas. It is provided with a compressor, wherein the compressor has a compression chamber (25), a suction chamber (10) and a pressure chamber (6). The compression chamber (25) can be connected to the suction chamber (10) via a suction valve (12, 21, 54) and to the pressure chamber (6) via a pressure valve (3). When the receiving-end pressure reaches a predetermined level, the pressure chamber (6) is connected to a compressed-air supply container (44). This connection is via a device for the discontinuation of compressing action (23, 51). In addition, the pressure in the pressure chamber (6) is monitored by a control valve (26), which is a sensing device with a control output (38). The sensing device (26) is designed to produce a control signal at the control output (38), when the pressure in the pressure chamber (6) or compression chamber (25) of the compressor reaches or exceeds a predetermined value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding gate valve for controlling the flow of molten metal from a vessel. The valve comprises an orificed fixed plate and an orificed sliding plate slidingly mounted on a hinged support sub-assembly. The sliding plate is biased into face to face contact with the fixed plate. The biasing means applies the biasing force directly on to the contact plane defined by the meeting faces of the two plates.

Abstract: A valve utilizes secondary attachment methods for internal valve parts. A guide channel is attached to a valve body with a primary pin and weld arrangement and additionally with a dovetail arrangement between the guide channel and the body. A facing ring is connected to a stop utilizing a circumferential weld and additionally a bolt inserted through the facing ring and threaded into the stop. The connection between a valve seat and a valve body has a primary weld connection, and additionally, a pin is inserted through the valve seat into a recess in the valve body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum tube shut-off 10 for shutting off vacuum air flow between coating removal power tools 36 and a vacuum source 34. The vacuum tube shut-off 10 includes a vacuum tube 12 in vacuum air flow communication with the power tool 36 and the vacuum source. The vacuum tube 12 has a slot 26 transverse to the air flow direction through the vacuum tube 12. An air flow block 16 is removably insertable into the vacuum tube 12 through the slot 26 to prevent air flow through the vacuum tube 12. A self clamping stopper or O-ring 14 circumscribes the outside of the vacuum tube 12 to sealingly engaging the vacuum tube 12 to prevent air flow through the slot 26 when the air flow block 16 is removed from the slot 26.

Abstract: A gate valve structured for the removal and replacement of the valve gate, seats and seals through the flowpath of the valve, a valve body constructed as a single piece of material without covers or valve bonnet to access the seats, gate or interior parts of the valve body, a pair of bolted flanged conduits on each side of the valve body for the attachment to a pipeline and removal of the valve body from the pipeline for access to the body interior for removal of the ring seals and valve seats fitted to the body ports forming the flowpath. The installation or removal of the gate from the valve stem is accomplished by orienting the gate in the valve flowpath, unbolting a split rectangular collar from the stem through a rectangular opening in the gate, and the reorientation of the gate for the removal of a thread protector bolt from the face of the gate, and replacing it by a threaded rod which provides assistance for inserting or extracting the gate through the valve body flowpath.

Abstract: A gate valve assembly for controlling fluid flow is provided with wireline-cutting inserts loose-fitted in either of, or both of, the gate opening and at least one of the seats. Each insert has a length that prohibits it from extending beyond the opening in which it is received so that the contact surface between the gate and an adjacent seat forms a continuous seal and the inserts serve only a wireline-cutting function, thus eliminating the possibility of sealing surfaces being damaged by wireline-cutting.

Abstract: A reciprocating gate valve for controlling the flow of particulate material is provided. The gate valve has a metal valve gate with an angled leading edge and also has a groove in the center of the angled leading edge. The valve body is formed from a metal cover plate that has a plurality of plastic body parts fixed to the cover plate so that the metal valve gate reciprocates between plastic body parts. The plastic body parts are preferably formed of self-lubricating plastic such as nylon or Teflon. The valve body has a rectangular recess which intersects the circular passage through the valve body with the rectangular recess having its long dimension positioned transverse to the direction of movement of the valve gate. The rectangular recess provides space for the particulate material to be moved ahead of the valve gate angled leading edge as the valve gate closes.

Abstract: A valve apparatus for use with a holding tank of a recreational vehicle which has a manually operated valve actuator. The apparatus includes a pivotable actuating lever which is connected to a clevis having mounted therein a clevis pin that is slidably received in a guide channel. The clevis pin is joined by a connecting rod to a laterally, slidable gate valve so that the valve moves in response to lateral movement of the activating lever.

Abstract: An improved gate for a gate valve will allow shearing of a wireline extending through the gate valve while preserving post-shear seal integrity. The improved gate comprises an inlay of a hard ductile material such as Stellite along the shearing edge of the gate. The gate also comprises a coating of an extremely hard material such as tungsten carbide on the sealing surface of the gate. The invention also covers an improved gate seat. The improved seat also comprises an inlay of a hard ductile material such as Stellite along its shearing edge. The improved seat can also have a coating of an extremely hard material such as tungsten carbide on part of its sealing surface.

Abstract: A control valve well-suited for controlling the flow of particulate solids comprises a valve body having a flow passageway comprising inlet and outlet passages extending transversely to a slide chamber. A plug member having a flow orifice is mounted for movement within the slide chamber to seal the flow passageway when the flow orifice is out of register therewith and to connect the inlet and outlet passages in flow communication when registered therewith. One of the inlet passage and the flow orifice has a cross section including a tapered slot portion which terminates in an apex defining an angle of from about 45 to 90 degrees and an associated polygonal base portion or circular arc base portion subtending from 225 to about 270 degrees of arc. The other has a peripheral shape which includes a leading edge disposed substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the plug member.

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure system includes a pump and a dry valve situated in the inlet of the pump, the dry valve being actuated by a pilot valve capable of capturing the pressure differentials between inlet and outlet of the pump for shifting the dry valve between opened and closed positions. In the dry operational mode, the pump inlet operates at a pressure below atmospheric, thus providing a pressure differential substantial enough to move the dry valve to an opened position. In the preferred form, the pilot valve is a solenoid actuated two-position, four-way, spring loaded valve. The dry valve is a gate valve directly coupled to a fluid control motor.

Abstract: The present invention can provide the memory circuit which has advantages in integration and the manufacturing expense and is easy to manufacture. The nonvolatile memory 21 comprises a P type well for which a N+ type source 4 and a N+ type drain 3 are provided. A surface of a space between the source 4 and the drain 3 comprises a first portion 10a and a second portion 10b. An insulating layer 6 for holding electrons spans the surface of the space. A memory gate electrode 5 is on the insulating layer 6 and spans the first portion 10a. A body 23 of high dielectric material is formed on the surface of the insulating layer 6 so that it connects to the memory gate electrode 5 through an insulating film 8 and spans the second portion 10b.

Abstract: A suction control valve is disclosed that vents to atmosphere the residual vacuum pressure presented to a suction catheter or similar device when the central bore of the valve is completely blocked by a valve member and the device that the suction control valve is controlling becomes occluded. A vent bore extends from the central bore through the valve body underneath the valve member. A vent channel is formed in the underside of the valve member longitudinally aligned with the vent bore and extending a small distance along the underside of the valve body from the end of the valve body. The length of the vent channel is such that when the valve member completely blocks the central bore, the vent channel is positioned over the vent bore thereby forming a vent path from the central bore through the vent bore and vent channel to the atmosphere. Unless the valve body is in the fully closed position, the vent bore is not aligned with the vent channel.

Abstract: A knife valve comprises a body defining a valve seat and a knife blade longitudinally movable by a cylindrical stem in the body for opening and closing a lateral flow passage defined therethrough. The body includes a bonnet with the stem extending therethrough and with circular packing rings being disposed therein around the stem. The valve seat is located on a first side of the blade and in operative proximity thereto. The stem includes a lower head portion which defines an angular surface, whereas a top portion of the blade defines a slot forming an angular surface parallel to the angular surface of the stem head. The stem head is engageable in the slot with the angular surfaces thereof being in sliding contact. Therefore, when the blade is in its closed position, a longitudinal force exerted by the stem on the blade is transferred into a lateral force oriented towards the seat, thereby forcing the blade against the seat in a tight bidirectional seal under a positive torque.

Abstract: A plate brick for a sliding gate valve provides a mechanism for preventing cracks which may occur in the abutting portion of a brick setting metal fitting. The plate brick comprises ends having a semicircular shape and an outer periphery which is strained with an iron plate hoop. The generation of cracks is reduced by providing slits or recesses at both ends of the plate at positions corresponding to those of the brick fixing metal fittings.

Abstract: A vacuum gate valve device having a vacuum path includes: a valve casing; a valve body provided in the valve casing, the valve body being allowed to reciprocate between two positions to close and open the vacuum path; a bonnet flange for closing the casing; driving member provided on the bonnet flange for reciprocably driving the valve body, the driving member having a stem shaft which is loosely inserted into a through hole of the bonnet flange and is coupled with the valve body; and a member for isolating a sliding portion of the stem shaft from the vacuum path.

Abstract: A sliding valve unit is adapted to be mounted on the exit panel of a range hood in front of an exit duct. The valve unit is made of a pair of flat plates facing each other. The pair of plates have a perforation therethrough and a sliding slice therebetween for obstructing the perforation. A handle connected to the slice extends between the plates and outwardly for manually moving the slice. The valve unit is provided with means for being fixed flatwise against said duct.

Abstract: A control valve well-suited for controlling the flow of particulate solids comprises a valve body having a flow passageway comprising inlet and outlet passages extending transversely to a slide chamber. A plug member having a flow orifice is mounted for movement, within the slide chamber to seal the flow passageway when the flow orifice is out of registration therewith and to connect the inlet and outlet passages in flow communication when registered therewith. The flow orifice has a cross section including a tapered slot portion which terminates in an apex defining an angle of from about 45 to 90 degrees and a rectangular base portion or a circular arc base portion subtending from 225 to about 270 degrees of arc. This shape provides valves of enhanced rangeability with a unique logarithmic flow characteristic which, for most flow rates, is intermediate to linear and equal percentage flow characteristics.

Abstract: A gate valve has a housing, a valving element in the housing, and a seat in the housing which cooperates with the valving element and extends transverse to the flow direction. The valving element is carried by a spindle which serves to move the valving element into and out of engagement with the seat. A support for the spindle is disposed in the housing and has a central, outwardly directed flange which defines a passage for the spindle. The flange is coupled to the spindle in the region of the valving element so that the support moves with the spindle. The support is in sliding engagement with the internal surface of the housing to thus guide the spindle and support the latter against transverse forces generated by flow through the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers at reduced pressure comprising a vacuum chamber and a pumping system connected with the chamber. The pumping system includes at least a roughing pump, an exhaust pipe connecting the chamber with the roughing pump and a valve inserted in the exhaust pipe for opening and closing gas flow therethrough. The valve comprises: a valve casing having valve inlet and outlet openings connected with the exhaust pipe; a valve seat comprising a gasket surrounding at least one of the openings and having a first surface; and a valve plug having a second surface, the second surface being parallel with the first surface and contacting airtightly with the gasket at a valve closed position, the valve plug being movable substantially in the direction of the first surface for closing and opening the valve, thereby causing the opening for gas flow to be opened or closed gradually by the movement of the second surface of the valve plug.

Abstract: A gate lifter for shifting a gate from a valve seat in a gate valve. The gate lifter is provided on the downstream, or low pressure side of a valve, and is a tubular structure that surrounds and is slidable relative to a tubular valve seat. Hydraulic or other pressurized fluid is adapted to be introduced between an end of the lifter and a flange carried by the valve seat to cause the parts to move in opposite directions, as a result of which the lifter operates by shifting the gate member away from the valve seat to avoid damage to the valve seat as the gate member is moved there across. The gate lifter includes a face that is adapted to engage with a corresponding face of the gate member, the gate lifter face preferably including a low friction coating, such as teflon, gearings or gearing type material.

Abstract: A gate valve has a one-piece casing which contains a valve chamber. The casing is provided with a tubular stub on either side of the chamber, and the stubs serve to connect the valve to a pair of pipes. The chamber has a non-circular sealing surface which is inclined to the direction of flow. A valving element having a non-circular sealing surface complementary to the sealing surface of the chamber is insertable in the latter via a selected one of the stubs. Following insertion, the valving element is connected to a spindle. Both the valving element and the spindle are held against rotation, and movement of the valving element towards and away from the sealing surface of the chamber is achieved by a rotary nut which is threaded onto the spindle. The sealing surface of the valving element delimits a region having a maximum dimension greater than the maximum dimension of the selected stub as considered in planes normal to the flow direction.

Abstract: A slide valve for use in applications where gated fluid temperatures may exceed approximately 1600.degree. F. and exterior valve wall temperatures may be less than approxiamtely 600.degree. F. connects the valve bed plate to the valve body by use of a ring of conical cross section which is resiliently flexible in a response to thermal expansion or contraction of the ring so as to maintain the valve bed plate in a fixed relationship with respect to the valve body over a preselected temperature range. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, the valve orifice is propped against the valve bed plate by supports mounted on gussets that have grooves alternately spaced in their opposite faces so as to provide a heat sink between the orifice and the valve body. In another preferred embodiment intended for use in applications where the gated fluid temperature ranges from approximately 1000.degree. F. or less to an exterior valve body temperature of 600.degree. F.

Abstract: There is disclosed an improved sliding exhaust brake system installed on a large vehicle. The brake system comprises a housing, an exhaust gas passage, a main valve member taking the form of a flat plate, an exhaust pressure-adjusting hole formed in the main valve member, a block member fixed to the front end of a piston rod, and a piston valve mechanism for opening and closing the exhaust pressure-adjusting hole. When the passage is closed by the main valve member, it is pushed in one direction by the front end of the piston rod. When the passage is opened, the block member engages the main valve member to move it in the opposite direction. The piston valve mechanism is biased forward by a spring.

Abstract: A slide gate assembly for use in maintaining a dust free environment is disclosed. The assembly includes a slide gate and a dust cover which operate to allow the passage of particulate or other material into or out of a bin or other container. In one embodiment, the gate is slidably mounted in a frame which is formed by a plate member, upper and lower base members and upper and lower gasket members. In one embodiment, some of the components are of neoprene while other components are of UHMW, thus providing resilient properties and also self-lubricating properties for the slide gate assembly. The gate assembly is maintained in a dust tight condition by means of controlled compression obtained through the use of bolts or screws which extend through the plate member, the base members and the gasket members.

Abstract: Friction patches 7 are fixed on the metal core 1 of a shutter of a disc valve. The core comprises at least one seating 3 intended to accommodate a friction patch 7 provided with deformable fingers 8 which permit its accurate positioning on the core and its mechanical attachment on the disc via an injection elastomer 2.

Abstract: A gate valve assembly has two aligned and connected body housing members which each have a gate slot above a through passage which is above a seat portion slot. Gaskets are compressed by the body housing members to form a liquid-tight seal along the valve sides. Two resilient valve liners are fitted between and compressed by the body housing members. Each valve liner has a body with a planar front face and a cylindrical through passage which extends through the liner body. A seat portion extends downwardly from the body of each liner and increases in thickness as it extends from the body. The valve liners are compressed within the body housing members such that the planar front faces are adjacent one another and the seat portions are compressed within the seat portion slots to produce a tight seal along the bottom of the valve assembly. A packing filled chamber at the top of the assembly forms a tight seal at the top of the valve.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-line fluid flow control valve adapted and designed for installation in an existing fluid line carrying fluid under pressure, without the necessity of interrupting flow of fluid through such line, and further provides apparatus for installation of the valve of the invention and a method of installation of the valve of the invention. The valve of the invention generally comprises a valve body having a sleeve to be placed around the fluid line and a neck extending outwardly from the sleeve, a double acting and hydraulically balanced valve member to seal the fluid line and the neck of the valve body, and a valve actuating assembly to operate the valve and to maintain proper alignment of the valve member.

Abstract: The recreational vehicle has a valve which is remotely controlled to permit remote draining of the drain water tank. The method of flushing the tank, including remote control of the drain valves is also included.

Abstract: An in-line valve is employed in a droplet generator for sharply cutting off the flow of liquid and preventing drips from forming at the outlet of the generator. In order to effect valve action, the interior surface of a droplet-forming orifice plate is machined optically flat. A movable valve plate having openings therein, corresponding to the pattern of orifices in the orifice plate, is positioned in abutting relationship to the interior surface of the orifice plate; and its interface surface is likewise machined optically flat so that the interface forms a liquid seal. When the valve plate is moved to a position where openings therein are in registry with the orifices, a droplet stream is generated. However, when the valve plate is moved in shear translation, registration between the openings therein and the orifices no longer exists and the flow of fluid therebetween is quickly stopped.

Abstract: A valve which minimizes fluid turbulence. The valve body has inlet and outlet ports at the end of threaded counterbores. Threaded collars mounted on the ends of the conduits are locked in place in the counterbores. A flange such as a snap ring on the conduits is engaged by a transverse wall on the collars to prevent movement of the conduits away from the valve body. A sliding valve element containing a flow opening permits fluid to flow through the valve when in open position. The interior of the valve body, the opening in the sliding valve member, the inlet and outlet ports and the inside diameter of the conduits are the same dimension with no gaps therebetween, creating a smooth bore.

Abstract: A flow regulator for high-pressure fluids at elevated temperatures includes a body having a flow passage extending between inlet and outlet openings. First and second orifice members are arranged in the flow passage so at least one of the orifice members can be moved transversely in relation to the flow passage between one operating position where the two orifice openings are aligned for establishing a maximum flow rate of fluids flowing through the flow passage and at least one other operating position in which the two openings are moderately misaligned with one another for establishing a predetermined reduced flow rate of fluids flowing through the flow passage.

Abstract: A knife gate valve wherein the seat for sealing against the knife gate is provided on a separate removable/replaceable carrier portion mounted to the body of the valve. The seat may be a metal rim for metal-to-metal sealing or it may carry a resilient seal. Removable, seat carrying carriers can be provided on both sides of the knife gate for bi-directional control of the slurry flow. The seats may include seals that are sandwiched between the body and the carriers to insure against dislodgement. The seals may include a two-part seal with a non-exposed resilient seal that is urged by a resilient O-ring into bubble tight sealing against the knife gate.

Abstract: An engine air intake shutoff apparatus includes a frame that can be attached to and supported by an engine air intake passage such as an engine blower housing over the engine air intake passage. A baffle plate having rollers extending above its surface slidably moves along the side panels of the frame. Rotatable, retractable baffle arms direct the movement of the baffle plate within the housing. The baffle plate has a mitered leading edge that mates with a wedge on the interior of the frame opposite the leading edge of the baffle plate. Baffle arms are secured to rotatable operating shafts at a point above the attachment point of the baffle plate to the baffle arm so that downward force is exerted on the end of the baffle plate. The combination of the mating of the leading edge of the baffle plate and the wedge and the downward and forward force exerted by the baffle arms create an airtight seal between the baffle plate and the frame when the baffle plate is in the closed position.

Abstract: An electrically actuated valve for incremental fluid flow rate control is disclosed. The valve is comprised of a valve body having an interior with a planar outlet surface against which a rectilinear valve element is slidingly operated. The valve body includes an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice in the planar outlet surface for fluid flow through the valve body. The valve element has an orifice therethrough controlling flow through the outlet orifice in accordance with the position of the valve element, which is linearly actuated by a rotary stepper motor. Linear actuation of the valve element by the rotary stepper motor is accomplished by a shaft extending through and rotating in bearings at opposing ends of the valve body. A drive key on the shaft interfits a corresponding slot in the valve element and converts rotary motion of the shaft to linear motion of the valve element.

Abstract: This thermostatic expansion valve (2) for heating-cooling refrigeration systems includes a body (4,8) having a transverse linear flow channel (10) therethrough. A tapered control valve element (12) divides the flow into identical inflow-outflow chambers (14,16) having equally sized inflow-outflow ports (22,24). The control valve element (12), when seated, prevents flow between the chambers (14,16), and is urged into a normally closed position by a biasing spring (26). A motor assembly (6) responsive to evaporator outlet pressure or compressor suction pressure, and temperature also controls movement of the valve element (12).

Abstract: A gate valve includes:(1) an inlet;(2) an outlet;(3) wall means for defining a flow path between the inlet and the outlet;(4) a bonnet wall which defines a bonnet space; and(5) at least one valve seat.A gate is selectively movable between a first gate position, in which the gate is retracted away from the valve seat and the inlet communicates with the outlet, and a second gate position, in which the gate contacts the valve seat, thereby preventing flow from the inlet to the outlet, the gate having a seal surface which contacts the valve seat when the gate is in the second gate position. At least one valve seat protector is selectively movable between a first seat protector position, in which the valve seat protector covers the valve seat, and a second seat protector position, in which the valve seat protector is retracted away from the valve seat. The gate is movable between the first and second gate positions and the seat protector is movable between the first and second seat protector positions.

Abstract: A valve stem formed by evaporative pattern (or lost foam) casting a hollow or solid rod member inside of the elongated outer member. Since the stem is thereby cast to near net shape, little machining is required to finish it. The elongated member can have on its outer surface coarse square threads, a thrust ring, a flattened transition and a retaining nut threaded end. The rod member can advantageously be made of a material that is stronger and less expensive than that of the copper base alloy of the elongated member.

Abstract: A valve slide includes a slide housing and defines a slide passage opening. The slide passage opening is closable by a closing member which is slidable in the plane of the slide. A sealing surface surrounds the slide passage opening. In the closed position of the closing member, a circumferentially closed sealing member rests against the sealing surface. Imaginary straight generatrices of the sealing surface extend at a right angle to the plane in which the axis of the slide and the sliding direction of the closing member are located. In the direction of the generatrices of the sealing surfaces, the sealing surface has an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion. The upper portion and the lower portion each include an obtuse angle with the middle portion. The planes of the upper portion and the lower extend approximately perpendicularly to the sliding direction of the closing member.

Abstract: A guillotine damper has the framework surrounding a flow path provided with side and bottom guide sections. The blade has U-shaped channel sections extending along the top, bottom and sides thereof with its bottom and side sections dimensioned for sliding engagement with corresponding guide sections. The guide and channel sections are connected to the framework and blade, respectively, in a manner preventing their distortions by thermal expansion forces.

Abstract: A sliding exhaust brake system installed on a large-sized vehicle. The system comprises a main valve member for opening and closing an exhaust passage and an auxiliary valve mechanism. The auxiliary valve mechanism consists of a support frame of a substantially C-shaped cross section and a liner mounted inside the frame. The liner has tonguelike portions at its both side ends. The tonguelike portions extend under the support frame.

Abstract: There is disclosed a slide type exhaust brake system including a housing accommodating a valve member formed with a plurality of exhaust pressure adjusting holes and having its intermediate beam wall formed with an exhaust pressure escape hole, and a piston rod to which an auxiliary valve mechanism composed of a support frame and a liner is locked. The end portions, bent upwards, of the liner are laid along the peripheral wall portions of the frame to prevent the exhaust gas from escaping from the adjusting holes, thereby eliminating an incipient delay in braking. The liner closes the exhaust pressure adjusting holes when closing an exhaust passageway by the valve member which is at the same time thrust forwards. When opening the exhaust passageway, the liner opens the adjusting holes, while the valve member is moved backwards. The liner surface is also formed with at least one through-hole.

Abstract: A gate valve body member 10 and plastic liner 12 define a flow passage 24 therethrough which communicates with a pair of pipes 34 bolted to the gate body. The liner has a bottom seating surface engageable by the gate 22 and extending from a central point outward to the sides of the flow passage. A top opening recess 54 in the liner 12 receives the gate in a slidable sealing fit. The recess and gate are wider than the flow passage and defining walls of the gate receiving recess terminate at the bottom intermediate the center and sides of the seating surface to provide side sealing and pressure backing support in both directions of flow for a lower portion of the gate and particularly a support below the horizontal center line of the flow passage. The seating surface includes a central arcuate surface portion and straight surface portions joined therewith and extending outwardly to the sides, the bottom edge of the gate being configured to fit the arcuate and straight surface portions.

Abstract: A basic refractory shape resulting from firing a batch consisting essentially of a magnesite and a zirconia; said batch containing for each 100 percent by weight thereof about 3 to 20 percent by weight of coarse zirconia having a particle size of 150-mesh Tyler, or greater, and 0 to 20 percent by weight of fine zirconia having a particle size of finer than 150-mesh Tyler and a slide gate assembly comprising at least one such shape.