Combustion Engineering, Inc.

Erc Industries, Inc.

Floyd J Lane

John K McGee

Jerry D Smith

An assembly for sealing the annular space between the inner cylindrical surface of a tubular member and the outer surface of a cylindrical member having a separate upper and lower seal member each of which are sealably and translatably positioned on the cylindrical member outer cylindrical surface, each of the upper and lower seal members having a circumferentially outwardly displaceable sealing lip and including a tubular actuator positioned between the upper and lower seal members having end portions for radially outwardly displacing the upper and lower sealing lips and including a downwardly displaceable seal energizer for moving the upper seal member towards the lower seal member to cause the actuator to concomitantly, radially outwardly expand the circumferential sealing lips.

Assembly for sealing the annulus between concentric cylindrical surfaces

A non-rising valve stem is provided with a shoulder that, in normal opening and closing of the valve, remains free of a complementary seat formed inside the valve bonnet. Should the valve stem packing in the bonnet begin to leak while the valve is open and under pressure, the bonnet packing gland may be backed out a few turns to effect a seal between the shoulder and seat. Then a disassembly, packing change, reassembly and testing may be effected.

Selective back seat valve

An actuator, in which fluid pressure on a piston advances a stem against retractive force provided by a spring, a hydraulic dashpot is provided for the stem, and a stroke varying cushion is used for preventing engagement of a back seat between the stem and housing except when a seal is desired.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Floyd J Lane