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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Timothy Wayne Stern, Macon, IL (US);
Stephen Adrianus de Boer, Summerland, CA;
Fairlyte Paige Eubank, Vancouver, WA (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Example aspects of a seat assembly for a valve, a valve, and a method for opening a valve are disclosed. The seat assembly for a valve can comprise a diaphragm defining a first diaphragm end and a second diaphragm end, the diaphragm comprising a diaphragm end wall at the second diaphragm end, the diaphragm end wall defining an inner diaphragm end wall surface and an outer diaphragm end wall surface; and a diaphragm guide comprising a guide disc, the guide disc defining an inner guide disc surface and an outer guide disc surface, the outer guide disc surface abutting the inner diaphragm end wall surface.