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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2005
Applicants:
Charles C. Partridge, Houston, TX (US);
Clayton L. Carroll, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Charles C. Partridge, Houston, TX (US);
Clayton L. Carroll, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
SPX Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A valve assembly, comprises a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and an internal volume; a pair of sealing rings and mounted to the housing; and a spherical plug rotatably disposed within the housing for contact with the seating rings, the spherical plug comprising a general spherical main body having a generally cylindrical bore therethrough; and a plurality of slotted plates longitudinally parallel to each other and parallel with the axis rotation of the spherical plug.