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US 2013/0200286 A1Published application
High pressure ball valves and related systems and methods of use
OwnerDuane M. Eageninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an improved ball valve with trunnions connected to impact turn wheels. The trunnions are affixed to the ball of the ball valve mechanism. The improved ball valve impact turn wheels will generate increased torque which will allow improved operation of a ball valve in high pressure applications.
Claims19
A ball valve comprising:
- a ball valve case having a first valve bore and a second valve bore;
- a ball situated within said ball valve case and said ball comprising a throughbore defining a flow axis;
- a first trunnion having a proximal end attached to said ball and a distal end extending away from said ball and across said ball valve case through a first trunnion bore;
- a second trunnion having a proximal end attached to said ball and a distal end extending away from said ball and across said ball valve case through a second trunnion bore, wherein said first trunnion and said second trunnion define a trunnion axis;
- and,
- a first impactor turn wheel attached about said distal end of said first trunnion and a second impactor turn wheel attached about said distal end of said second trunnion, wherein each of said first impactor turn wheel and said second impactor turn wheel comprise one or more hammers and one or more strike bars, and wherein
- when the flow axis of said throughbore is at least partially aligned with respect to the flow axis of said first valve bore and said second valve bore, a fluid is capable of flowing through the ball valve case.
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