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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. 23, 1998
Filed:
May. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne F Wehber, Horseheads, NY (US);
Paul Wilkinson, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
Dresser-Rand Company, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
13751611 ;
Abstract
A fluid control valve has a valve guard and a valve seat, and the guard has a circular recess formed in a front surface thereof in which to nest the valve seat. In one embodiment, a pair of valve guards are integrally joined together by a plurality of webs which bridge therebetween via the rear surfaces of the guards.