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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Garnham, Rothwell, GB;
Assignee:
Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1374542 ; 137315 ;
Abstract
A valve assembly has a body portion (11) which can be removably receivable in a receptacle (10). The body carries the valve element such as a gate which controls fluid through a flowpath in the body. The openings of a flowpath in the receptacle accommodate annular sealing members (23, 24) which are movable axially in the opening. Means such as a lever arrangement (32, 33) are coupled to each sealing members and are contactable by the body (11) on its insertion in the receptacle such that the sealing members are moved axially toward the body to seal around the flowpath openings of the body.