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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2009
Thomas Henry Loga, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Moises Martinez, Houston, TX (US);
Gary Allen Tatum, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Norman Melasky, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony Jones, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Henry Loga, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Moises Martinez, Houston, TX (US);
Gary Allen Tatum, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Norman Melasky, Houston, TX (US);
Anthony Jones, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel Measuremant and Control, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An orifice fitting having a drainage system. In some embodiments, the orifice fitting includes a housing having a chamber therein, a flow path extending through the chamber, an orifice plate moveable between a first position in the flow path and a second position outside of the flow path, and a rotatable shaft extending through the housing into the chamber. The shaft has a flowbore extending between a first fluid inlet in fluid communication with the chamber and a fluid outlet formed adjacent the end of the shaft.