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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Louis E. Matalon, Lancaster, PA (US);
Paul S. Gifford, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Inventors:
Louis E. Matalon, Lancaster, PA (US);
Paul S. Gifford, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 7/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A weir-type diaphragm valve includes a valve body having a spherically-shaped valve body sealing surface with a weir having a spherically-shaped weir sealing surface; and a diaphragm having a diaphragm sealing surface with a diaphragm weir sealing surface, the diaphragm responding to an applied force and providing sealing contact between the diaphragm weir sealing surface and the spherically-shaped weir sealing surface so as to stop the flow of fluid through a fluid flow channel of the valve body.