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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Nagamori, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A valve device has an outer valve casing externally fitted to an existing fluid pipe, an inner valve casing housed in the outer valve casing and an inner packing for sealing a gap between them. The inner packing includes an annular portion mounted along a periphery of an upper side surface of the inner valve casing and a plurality of U-shaped portions extending downward from the annular portion and to be mounted over an entire length from a side surface to a bottom surface of the inner valve casing. An enclosed space sandwiched between an inner surface of the outer valve casing and an outer surface of the inner valve casing is formed between the U-shaped portions that are adjacent to each other. The inner packing is provided with a connecting portion for connecting the plurality of U-shaped portions to one another.