VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR HOT TAPPING A LINE
    1.
    发明公开
    VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR HOT TAPPING A LINE 审中-公开
    阀装置和方法带压开孔一行

    公开(公告)号:EP1769179A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-04

    申请号:EP05711631.1

    申请日:2005-01-22

    申请人: Occlude

    IPC分类号: F16K43/00

    摘要: A valve assembly includes a valve body with an access opening in which a linearly installed but pivotally operated gate-like valve-stopping mechanism is disposed, said mechanism including a support structure or cartridge with a pivotally moveable valve-stopping element or isolator (e.g., a butterfly element). A method for hot tapping a pipeline with a valve assembly as described above proceeds by (i) connecting the valve body to a line to be tapped, (iii) connecting a hot-tapping machine to the valve body, (iv) connecting a bonnet holding the valve-stopping mechanism to the valve body over the access opening, (v) hot tapping the line, (vi) advancing the valve-stopping mechanism into the valve body interior, and (vii) disconnecting the hot-tapping machine from the valve body with the valve-stopping element pivoted to the first position where it stops fluid communications. The gate-like valve-stopping mechanism can replace a gate in an insert valve (IV) or a repair-under-pressure (RUP) valve.

    INSERTION VALVE AND INSTALLATION METHOD
    2.
    发明公开
    INSERTION VALVE AND INSTALLATION METHOD 审中-公开
    EINSETZVENTIL及安装方法

    公开(公告)号:EP1599675A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-30

    申请号:EP03756910.0

    申请日:2003-10-06

    申请人: Occlude

    IPC分类号: F04F10/00 F16L43/00

    摘要: A valve assembly for insertion in a line formed by an existing pipe of predetermined outside diameter containing fluid under pressure i ncludes a valve b ody with a bonnet-supporting flange that defines an access way into the valve body through which an installer can cut and remove a section of the existing pipe. A bonnet with a moveable gate having a width no less than the predetermined outside diameter of the pipe, includes a flange-mating portion that fits into the access way in a fluid-tight fit while defining a gate opening through which the gate moves into the valve body to a closed position in which the gate extends through the gate-receiving gap in the pipe and into fluid-tight engagement of the valve body. Installation is accomplished by (i) assembling the valve body over the existing pipe, (ii) mounting a temporary isolation valve on the bonnet-supporting flange, (iii) cutting and removing a section of the existing pipe through the isolation valve to form the gate-receiving gap in the pipe (iv) installing the bonnet through the isolation valve, and then (v) removing the isolation value up over the bonnet.

    VALVE AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A VALVE UNDER PRESSURE
    3.
    发明公开
    VALVE AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A VALVE UNDER PRESSURE 审中-公开
    阀和方法进行维修阀下方压力

    公开(公告)号:EP1649150A2

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-26

    申请号:EP04751852.7

    申请日:2004-05-10

    申请人: Occlude

    摘要: A valve includes a valve body with a hollow valve body interior and an opening-defining portion that defines an access opening. The opening-defining portion is arranged as a connection-facilitating structure for facilitating the fluid-tight connection of a separate isolation valve assembly to the opening-defining portion in a position over the access opening that enables removal and replacement of a valve-stopping mechanism from the valve through the isolation valve assembly. It may include a flange, exterior thread, one or more annular grooves or rings, and/or a segmented cam lock arrangement. The associated method includes (i) providing a valve-servicing assembly having an isolation valve assembly and an attached chamber-defining structure that defines a fluid-tight pressure chamber in which the valve-stopping mechanism fits, (ii) connecting the auxiliary valve assembly to the opening-defining portion of the valve body, and (iii) withdrawing the valve-stopping mechanism through the isolation valve assembly into the pressure chamber.