Daniel Industries, Inc.

Daniel Valve Company, Inc.

Kee W Kim

Kenton Chickering, Iii

Alberto L Hinojosa

A gate valve mechanism is provided which is especially designed for use as a hot tap valve. The valve incorporates a fabricated valve body having internal seat rings with circular elastomer sealing elements disposed within circular sealed grooves formed therein. A slab gate member is movable between the seat members between open and closed positions and is positionable radially outwardly of the seal grooves to permit replacement of the elastomer seal members. The valve body structure is of minimal thickness to permit access to the seal members through the flow ports of the valve in order to permit seal replacement. The valve also incorporates an internal rotatable threaded drive stem which receives a drive nut interconnected with the gate to thus permit opening and closing movement of the gate member by simply rotating the valve stem. The seat rings accomplish venting of the seal groove to the valve chamber and metal internal sealing lands to prevent seal extrusion and damage upon valve opening and closing movement.

Valve mechanism with replaceable seal rings

Valve seat rings are provided having sediment guard recesses formed in the back face portions thereof, which recesses are in the form of annular grooves having restricted annular openings and defining an internal stop shoulder. A sediment guard is movably positioned within the receptacle and includes an annular sediment blocking portion that protrudes through the restricted groove for sediment blocking engagement with a radial surface defining a portion of the seat recess. The sediment guard also defines a stop portion that is engageable with the stop shoulder to prevent separation of the sediment guard from its receptacle. The sediment guard is urged toward the radial surface of the seat recess by compression springs located within the receptacle.

Valve seat with sediment guard

Apparatus comprising an interchange which receives a sphere from a meter prover loop after a meter prover run and which launches the sphere into the loop to commence a run. An assembly within the body of the interchange is movable between sphere receiving and sphere launching positions. When in sphere launching position it provides a seal which prevents flow through the interchange. Means is incorporated which prevents hydraulic shock when the assembly is moved from sphere receiving to sphere launching position. Also the apparatus has improved means for detecting leakage.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Kee W Kim