Valve with grounded closure member
AssigneeVAT Holding AG
InventorsHelmut Bernhart, Oliver Mahr
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AssigneeVAT Holding AG
InventorsHelmut Bernhart, Oliver Mahr
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A valve with a closure member that, in its closed position, seals the through-opening, with the interposition of the seal against the valve seat, and is movable into the closed position by a relative movement between the closure member and the supporting member. The supporting member, in the closed position of the closure member, is supported on the abutment seat. The valve also has at least one grounding element for electrically grounding the closure member in its closed position, fastened on a carrier component of the valve. The carrier component is the closure member, the supporting member, the valve seat, or the abutment seat. The grounding element has a contact element and a supporting element, which is connected to the contact element, and the contact element and the supporting element are formed of mutually different materials or material compositions and the contact element is softer than the supporting element.
A valve, comprising:
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