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US 12,473,982 B2Granted
Guide assembly for valve
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsEric Joseph Manternach, Conner Scott Holmes
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Abstract
A valve comprising a valve body and a gate. The valve body defines a valve port and a guide channel. The gate is configured to slide along the guide channel between an open and closed configuration. A guide assembly within the guide channel of the valve comprises a track mounted in the guide channel, a gap defined between the guide channel and the track, a barrier covering the gap, and a cured adhesive within the gap.
Claims8
A valve comprising:
- a valve body defining a valve port and a guide channel;
- a gate configured to slide along the guide channel between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
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- a guide assembly comprising:
- a track mounted in the guide channel, a gap defined between the guide channel and the track,
- a barrier covering the gap, and
- a cured adhesive within the gap;
- wherein:
- the barrier and the cured adhesive comprise non-corrosive materials, and
- the barrier is a stainless-steel wire mesh lattice, and the cured adhesive is a thermoset epoxy, and wherein the thermoset epoxy forms a wetted surface that covers the wire mesh lattice, and the wire mesh lattice is not wetted when fluid is in the valve port.
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