Gould Inc.

Donald R Speckmann

John N Scapes

A union bonnet valve wherein the valve body is provided with a female threaded recess for receiving an inverted union bonnet nut securing the bonnet of the valve in the valve body. At the inner end of the threaded recess, the valve body is provided with an outwardly facing sealing shoulder and the bonnet is provided with a complementary inwardly facing shoulder secured in sealing engagement with the body shoulder by the bonnet nut. The valve further includes a stem extending outwardly through the bonnet and a sealing structure at the outer end of the bonnet for movably sealing the stem to the bonnet while yet permitting facilitated servicing of the sealing structure when desired. The metal-to-metal seal of the bonnet to the valve body shoulder provides a high pressure seal.

Union bonnet valve

A metering valve having a deflectible beam for controlling fluid flow through an inlet port wherein a selected orifice disc, which may be any one of a plurality of orifice discs having different size orifices, is disposed in aligned relationship with the inlet. The deflectible beam may be carried on the orifice disc. The orifice disc may be removably secured within the valve by separable portions of the wall structure thereof. The outlet may be arranged to extend around the periphery of the orifice disc and opens to the flow chamber within the valve closely adjacent the beam to provide effective minimum axial extent of the valve. The beam deflecting structure includes a spring. One spring retainer at an outer end thereof is provided with a conical surface engaging a threaded adjusting element for minimum transfer of rotational force to the spring during the adjustment of the metering valve. The other spring retainer may be fully cylindrical for improved sliding action with a complementary cylindrical portion of the valve flow chamber.

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Mount Prospect, IL, United States of America

Donald R Speckmann