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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Utex Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mark Henry Naedler, Cypress, TX (US);
Ricardo Jose Betancourt, Katy, TX (US);
William Stephen Colburn, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
UTEX INDUSTRIES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/42 (2006.01); F04B 53/10 (2006.01); F16K 1/44 (2006.01); F16K 15/02 (2006.01); F16K 1/46 (2006.01); F16K 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 53/1087 (2013.01); F16K 1/443 (2013.01); F16K 15/021 (2013.01); F16K 1/12 (2013.01); F16K 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve seat assembly comprises a valve. The assembly further comprises a removable upper seat associated with the valve. The assembly further comprises a lower seat configured to be inserted into a fluid end of a pump and releasably couplable to the upper seat. The upper seat is decouplable from the lower seat while the lower seat remains inserted in the fluid end of the pump. The valve is configured to contact the upper seat to prevent a flow of fluid through the fluid end of the pump.