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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Mogas Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Way Diehl, Cypress, TX (US);
Hugh Wesley Barrett, Spring, TX (US);
Charles Miller Walker, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mogas Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 5/06 (2006.01); F16K 5/10 (2006.01); F16K 11/22 (2006.01); F16K 11/20 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01); F16K 11/10 (2006.01); F16L 41/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/20 (2013.01); F16K 11/10 (2013.01); F16K 11/205 (2013.01); F16K 27/067 (2013.01); F16L 41/023 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04); Y10T 137/0402 (2015.04); Y10T 137/4238 (2015.04); Y10T 137/4259 (2015.04); Y10T 137/6416 (2015.04); Y10T 137/794 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87338 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87772 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87877 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87909 (2015.04);
Abstract
A multiport severe service ball valve comprising a main bore in fluid communication with a plurality of auxiliary bores arranged about the main bore such that a maximum spacing between a flow control element of the auxiliary bore and an outer surface of the main bore is less than two times a diameter of the main bore. Systems comprising the multiport severe service ball valve and methods of using it are also disclosed.