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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2018
Hydra-stop Llc, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Andrew J. Nelson, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher C. Vazzana, Palos Park, IL (US);
Cole Strickland, Chicago, IL (US);
Carl Mastny, Crete, IL (US);
Hydra-Stop LLC, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Abstract
A gate valve cartridge, valve housing and installation assembly as well as a completion plug for a line stop fitting and installation assembly. The gate valve cartridge comprises a gate, a paddle, a threaded valve stem and a completion plug. Both completion plugs include an outer circumferential slot for accommodating a circumferential seal and both completion plugs also accommodate a normally-closed check valve. The check valves have an open distal end for receiving a check valve actuator and an open proximal end in communication with fluid disposed proximally of the circumferential seal.