Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ball valve with anti-rotational pressure plate
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Application No.: US13782310Application Date: 2013-03-01
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Publication No.: US09377120B2Publication Date: 2016-06-28
- Inventor: Kurt R. Thomas
- Applicant: Kurt R. Thomas
- Applicant Address: US MA Andover
- Assignee: Schneider Electric Builders, LLC
- Current Assignee: Schneider Electric Builders, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Andover
- Agency: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.
- Main IPC: F16K5/06
- IPC: F16K5/06 ; F16K27/06 ; F16K5/10

Abstract:
A ball valve having an anti-rotational pressure plate that allows for a balanced pressure load on a valve member is provided. Additionally, the pressure plate can also fix the rotation of an adjacent flow disk, allowing for angular-orientation specific flow characterizing features to be used with the flow disk. By fixing the rotation of the flow disk, the ball valve can characterize flows using a greater variety of flow disk geometries, including angular-orientation dependent and angular-orientation independent flow disks. Further, the pressure plate could also be directly in the form of a flow disk that has anti-rotation features.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130175465A1 Ball Valve With Anti-Rotational Pressure Plate Public/Granted day:2013-07-11
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