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US 2001/0032952 A1Published application
Floating stuffing box assembly
OwnerRuben Lahinventor
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Abstract
A floating stuffing box is disclosed which prevents leakage caused by oscillation of the valve stem compressing packing material by instead allowing for movement of the ball within the socket of the base wall as lateral movement of the base.
Claims1
A floating stuffing box assembly comprising:
- a) a packing gland body having a ball-shaped end;
- b) a base assembly having a socket formed therein;
- c) a valve stem passing through the packing gland body and the base portion, voscillation of the valve stem being translated into movement of the ball-shaped end of the packing gland within the socket of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.