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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2021
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Sean Michael Allen, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Justin Blaine Childress, Albertville, AL (US);
Christopher Joseph Duckett, Albertville, AL (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A valve closure device for a check valve can include a first valve member configured to rotate from an open position to a closed position; a second valve member configured to rotate from an open position of the second valve member to a closed position of the second valve member; and a hydraulic dampener coupled to each of the first valve member and the second valve member in each of the open position and the closed position of each of the first valve member and the second valve member, the hydraulic dampener configured to resist rotation of the first valve member towards the closed position of the first valve member and the second valve member towards the closed position of the second valve member.