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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2016
Applicant:
Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Inventor:
Kevin McGuire, New Paris, IN (US);
Assignee:
ELKHART BRASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/228 (2006.01); F16K 1/22 (2006.01); F16K 31/52 (2006.01); F16K 31/524 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/228 (2013.01); F16K 1/224 (2013.01); F16K 31/521 (2013.01); F16K 31/52441 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0525 (2015.04); Y10T 137/6048 (2015.04);
Abstract
A valve having a valve body mechanically linked to the corresponding valve seat such that the valve seat automatically moves to a position spaced from the valve body as the valve body is moved from a closed position to an open position is disclosed. The resulting spaced-apart configuration of the valve body and valve seat in the open position eliminates impingement of the valve body on the valve seat in the open position.