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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:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
May. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sue F Haeberle, Spring, TX (US);
Christi Hambrick, Spring, TX (US);
Jack Havens, Houston, TX (US);
Manuel Maligas, Houston, TX (US);
Brian Swagerty, Spring, TX (US);
John C Vicic, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
FMC Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137 15 ; 251326 ; 251327 ; 251368 ;
Abstract
A gate valve for use in a high pressure line has a movable gate and a static seat within a valve body. The seat has a seat face which is in sliding contact with a gate face. The seat and gate faces are coated with an amorphic coating which hardens when the seat face and gate face are subjected to manufacturing processes or rubbed together during valve opening and closing. A leak resistant seal between the seat and gate faces results when the valve is closed and subjected to high line pressure.