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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2010
Applicant:
Glenn C. Parks, Jr., Cypress, TX (US);
Inventor:
Glenn C. Parks, Jr., Cypress, TX (US);
Assignee:
GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gate valve seat for a gate valve includes a seat having a stepped outer wall surface, with a spring, spacer ring, front facing lip seal, and a rear facing lip seal disposed about the stepped outer surface of the seat. The spring may be releasably locked into a compressed configuration for installation of the gate of the gate valve.