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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Randall Scott Collison, Bondurant, IA (US);
Chad Michael Engle, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Christine Rae Hodny, Aberdeen, SD (US);
Fisher Controls International LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
An example apparatus includes a valve body defining a fluid flow passageway between an inlet and an outlet, a cage disposed in the fluid flow passageway, a plug disposed in the cage, a retainer collar coupled at an end of the plug, where an exterior surface of the retainer collar includes a first engagement surface having a first non-circular cross-section, and an anti-rotation collar coupled at an end of the cage, where the anti-rotation collar has a second engagement surface defining an aperture to receive the retainer collar, where the aperture has a second non-circular cross-section, where the engagement surfaces interact to inhibit rotation of the retainer collar and the plug.