Abstract:
The gate valve has a body portion with coaxial inlet and outlet openings in the side walls and valve body chamber with opposed converging valve seats. A wedge member has a body portion with a depending wedge shaped gate portion that is movable vertically into a valve chamber within the body portion to control the flow of fluid through the valve body portion. A cover member is secured to the upper face of the valve body and has an elongated chamber communicating with the valve chamber in which the wedge member moves vertically. A guide pin and valve stem are positioned within a cover chamber in spaced parallel relation to each other and on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the gate portion of the wedge member. The wedge member body portion has a longitudinal passageway on one side of the gate portion through which the guide pin extends. The wedge member body portion has a second vertical threaded passageway on the other side of the wedge member gate portion through which the threaded valve stem extends. Rotation of the valve stem moves the wedge member vertically within the chamber of the cover in a manner that the gate portion of the wedge control the flow of fluid through the valve body chamber. The valve body, because of the offset stem configuration, is relatively short in length and may be positioned between closely adjacent pipe flanges.
Abstract:
A riser assembly for the connection of an underground gas line to a meter or other device includes a tubular polyethylene adapter having its lower end connected to the upper end of a polyethylene tubular member, which is connected at its lower end to the underground pipeline. A connecting sleeve of corrosion resistant, electrically nonconductive material, such as a combination of fiber glass and epoxy resin, maintains the upper end of the adapter in spaced relationship to the lower end of a metallic tubular member, which is connected at its upper end to the meter or other device. A polyethylene support sleeve surrounds the outer surface of the mutually connected end portions of the adapter and the lower tubular member. The adjacent ends of the lower portion connecting sleeve and upper portion of the adapter are maintained in fluid-tight engagement by the combination adapter support sleeve and resilient O-ring secured in the upper portion of the adapter. The riser assembly can also include a metallic outer support conduit surrounding the riser assembly and extending from the connection between the lower end of the metallic upper tubular member and the upper end of the connecting sleeve to a point at the lower end of the lower polyethylene tubular member near the connection to the underground pipeline. The outer support conduit may be closed for storage or transport at its upper end by an epoxy seal and at its lower end by a resilient end plug.