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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Kennedy Valve Company, Elmira, NY (US);
Inventor:
Paul Kennedy, Horseheads, NY (US);
Assignee:
KENNEDY VALVE COMPANY, Elmira, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/22 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/221 (2013.01); F16K 27/0218 (2013.01); F16K 31/535 (2013.01);
Abstract
A butterfly valve includes a body and a gear box cover, the body having a fluid conduit and a gear platform supported on and over the fluid conduit, the gear platform configured to support a gear assembly for actuating a valve disk between an open position and a closed position, the gear box cover defining an internal cavity, the internal cavity sized to house the gear assembly, the gear box cover configured to be removably mounted to the platform such that the internal cavity is between the gear box cover and the platform.