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US 12,416,362 B2Granted
Valve seat with circumferential rib
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorXianhua Feng
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Abstract
A valve seat includes an annular sealing body defining an inner seat surface and an outer seat surface, the inner seat surface defining an annular seating portion configured to seat with a valve member; and a circumferential sealing rib extending circumferentially about the annular sealing body, the circumferential sealing rib defining a gooseneck portion coupled to the annular sealing body and a bulbous portion coupled to the gooseneck portion opposite the annular sealing body.
Claims19
A valve seat comprising:
- an annular sealing body defining an inner sealing flange defining an inner seat surface, an outer sealing flange defining an outer seat surface, and an annular spring groove defined between the inner sealing flange and the outer sealing flange, the inner seat surface defining an annular seating portion configured to seat with a valve member;
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- a circumferential sealing rib extending circumferentially about the annular sealing body, the circumferential sealing rib defining a gooseneck portion coupled to the annular sealing body and a bulbous portion coupled to the gooseneck portion opposite the annular sealing body,
- wherein the outer seat surface of the annular sealing body defines a spherical zone.
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A valve seat comprising:
- an annular sealing body defining an inner seat surface and an outer seat surface, the inner seat surface defining an annular seating portion configured to seat with a valve member;
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- a circumferential sealing rib extending circumferentially about the annular sealing body, the circumferential sealing rib defining a gooseneck portion coupled to the annular sealing body and a distal end portion coupled to the gooseneck portion opposite the annular sealing body;
- wherein the outer seat surface of the annular sealing body defines a spherical zone;
- wherein the annular seating portion defines a spherical zone;
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- wherein the annular sealing body defines an inner sealing flange and an outer sealing flange, an annular spring groove defined between the inner sealing flange and the outer sealing flange, the annular spring groove configured to receive a spring therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.