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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
J. Adin Mann, III, Ames, IA (US);
Shawn William Anderson, Haverhill, IA (US);
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
Seal assemblies for use with fluid valves are described. An example apparatus includes a cage; a plug including a seal gland; and means for sealingly engaging an inner surface of the cage at least partially positioned in the seal gland and including a first portion and a second portion, in response to a fluid acting on the first portion in a first direction, the first portion to engage, outwardly urge, and splay the second portion to sealingly engage the cage, in response to the fluid acting in a second direction, the second portion to deter the fluid from acting on the first portion, the first direction opposite the second direction.