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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
James E Gotch, Kirtland, OH (US);
Dale J Kitchen, Euclid, OH (US);
Maria T Longo, South Euclid, OH (US);
Victor N Rasanow, Willoughby, OH (US);
Philip J Smith, Madison, OH (US);
Swagelok Marketing Co., Solon, OH (US);
Abstract
A flow control device includes a first body and a second body; a threaded engagement for clamping the bodies together in an axially aligned relationship; a diaphragm seal that is disposed axially between the first and second bodies to form a seal there between; each of the first and second bodies having a generally flat surface portion near its respective outer periphery; at least one of the generally flat surfaces being adjacent an outer corner thereof; the diaphragm being singularly clamped between the generally flat portions; the diaphragm having an outer peripheral portion adjacent the generally flat surfaces and that bends over and seals at the corner.