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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:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ian McNair, Coal Aston, GB;
Paul L Hill, Chesterfield, GB;
Assignee:
Flogates Limited, , GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
251326 ; 251144 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a sliding gate valve for controlling the flow of molten metal from a vessel. The valve comprises an orificed fixed plate and an orificed sliding plate slidingly mounted on a hinged support sub-assembly. The sliding plate is biased into face to face contact with the fixed plate. The biasing means applies the biasing force directly on to the contact plane defined by the meeting faces of the two plates.