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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Process Components Limited, Macclesfield, Cheshire, GB;
Inventors:
Anthony Goodwin, Macclesfield, GB;
Paul Bailey, Macclesfield, GB;
Assignee:
Process Components Limited, Macclesfield, Cheshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 3/02 (2006.01); F16K 11/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 3/0281 (2013.01); F16K 3/0254 (2013.01); F16K 11/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gate valve () is provided and comprises: a valve body () including an aperture (); a gate () reciprocally movable within the body between a first position in which the aperture is occluded to a second position in which the aperture is open; a bearing member () over which the gate moves in the body; and a loading member () for urging the bearing member against the gate. The loading member comprises a lattice-like elastomeric mat ().