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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1988
John T Rogers, Houston, TX (US);
Utex Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A valve element for use in a high pressure pump, the valve element having a body portion with a top side and a bottom side, a guide means attached to and projecting away from the bottom side of the body portion and an insert secured to the top side of the body portion, the insert having a second guide which projects away from the top side of the body portion and an annularly extending flange which defines an annularly extending sealing surface, the insert being formed of a generally non-metallic material having a specific gravity less than the specific gravity of the material forming the body portion and the guide means projecting from the bottom side of the body portion.