Armco Steel Corporation

Harold E Crow

Edward L Brown

An improved sealing means for use with a slide gate which is slidably mounted for opening and closing movement relative to a seat forming frame defining a fluid flow orifice. The sealing means comprises a resilient sealing member adapted to be received in a groove in the frame, the groove having an outer compartment in which the body of the sealing member is sealed and an inner compartment underlying the outer compartment, the sealing member having an outwardly projecting contoured face adapted to be contacted and displaced laterally inwardly by the gate as it is closed, the lateral displacement of the face of the sealing member causing a rear portion of its body to be displaced into the inner compartment of the groove, thereby accommodating the sealing member to the slide and relieving forces acting to shear the sealing member.

Sealing means for slide gate

A butterfly gate valve for control of water in treatment, waste water plants and the like, wherein the gate is mounted on a one-piece shaft. The lower end of the shaft rotates in a radial bearing, and a radial bearing and a thrust bearing are provided on the upper end of the shaft above the gate. The upper bearings are housed in a protective bonnet and may be sealed from access of water. The upper bearings are easily accessible through a removable bonnet cover. The vertical position of the leaf within the frame is adjustable by means of a rotatable threaded member reacting against a mating member above the frame.

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Middletown, OH, United States of America

Harold E Crow