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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Ralph William Vanderburg, Soddy Daisy, TN (US);
Jared Aaron Brandt, Hixon, TN (US);
Carlos Stephen Moreno, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 29/00 (2006.01); F16K 3/12 (2006.01); F16K 3/316 (2006.01); F16K 3/18 (2006.01); F16K 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 3/12 (2013.01); F16K 3/316 (2013.01); F16K 3/3165 (2013.01); F16K 29/00 (2013.01); F16K 3/18 (2013.01); F16K 3/30 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0435 (2015.04); Y10T 137/4273 (2015.04);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a gate valve include a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid path therebetween, a track defined in the inner surface, the track defining a bottom surface; a gate having a wing; a scraper having a leading edge, the scraper mounted to the wing of the gate; a biasing element, the biasing element biasing the leading edge of the scraper against the bottom surface of the track.