M & M Oil Tools, LLC

Sythonh Sysavath

Andy Paul Todd

David A Buck

Jon David Hurst

Brad Indest

Joseph Wertz

An adapted die carrier assembly for a gripping device includes a conventional die carrier, a die adapter, and an alternate die that is not configured to directly engage die receptacles of the conventional die carrier. The die adapter is secured to the conventional die carrier, and the alternate die is secured to the die adapter. The die adapter includes a receiving slot and one or more lobes. Each lobe is slidingly secured within one of the die receptacles of the conventional die carrier. Each lobe has an outer surface that is reciprocal to the die receptacles. The alternate die is slidingly secured within the receiving slot of the die adapter. The alternate die includes a gripping surface.

Die adaptor and method

A valve seat for a ball valve. The valve seat having a valve seat body with a circumferential concave seating surface configured to mate with a curvature of the valve ball. A seal pocket formed within the valve seat body, the seal pocket having (i) an throat formed in the concave seating surface, (ii) an outer pocket sidewall, and (iii) an inner pocket sidewall. A retaining groove positioned below the throat on either the outer pocket sidewall or the inner pocket sidewall and a flexible seal element shaped for positioning in the seal pocket. The seal element includes (i) an extended lip configured to rest within the retaining groove when the seal element is seated in the seal pocket, and (ii) a sealing face with an upper end laying below the valve seat's concave seating surface and a mid-portion extending upward above a curvature path of the concave seating surface.

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Breaux Bridge, LA, United States of America

Sythonh Sysavath