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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2012
Gary A. Moren, Advance, NC (US);
Joshua Lee Hoots, Clemmons, NC (US);
Jon Terence Stone, Clemmons, NC (US);
Paul M. Gutmann, Lewisville, NC (US);
Gary A. Moren, Advance, NC (US);
Joshua Lee Hoots, Clemmons, NC (US);
Jon Terence Stone, Clemmons, NC (US);
Paul M. Gutmann, Lewisville, NC (US);
Hayward Industries, Inc., Elizabeth, NJ (US);
Abstract
Provided is a wafer check valve assembly comprising a body having a mating side including first, second and third surfaces and a shaft groove, a tapered surface of the mating side extends from the third surface toward an inlet side of the body and from a first end to a second end of a port opening; a retainer having a mating side including fourth, fifth and sixth surfaces; and a disc with a shaft; wherein, when the body, retainer and disc are mated together: the shaft is housed between the body and the retainer and within the shaft groove, the first and fourth surfaces are proximal, the second and fifth surfaces are proximal, and the third and sixth surfaces proximal, so to define a pocket housing a gasketing material to form a seal between the body and retainer and to secure together the body, retainer, and disc.