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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Applicant:
William H. Glime, Painesville, OH (US);
Inventor:
William H. Glime, Painesville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Swagelok Company, Solon, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flow control device having a control member for forming a seal with another part of the flow control device. The control member having a base material and a portion or surface that is a softer or more deformable than the base material or the portion of the control device that the control member forms a seal with. The differences in hardness and/or the ability of the control member portion to deform, aids in forming the seal.