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US 2016/0161008 A1Published application
Ball valve seal
AssigneeCameron International Corporation
InventorRonald Wayne Webb
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a ball valve seal having a main body and a seal finger extending from the main body, wherein the seal finger is configured to extend from the main body and contact and flex against an outer surface of a ball body of the ball valve seal when the ball valve is assembled.
Claims20
A ball valve comprising:
- a valve body;
- a ball body disposed within the valve body;
- and
- a first seal supported by the valve body, wherein the first seal comprises;
- a first main body;
- and
- a first seal finger extending from the first main body and contacting an outer surface of the ball body.
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A system, comprising:
- a ball valve seal, comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a seal finger extending from the main body,
- wherein the main body is formed from a first metallic material, the seal finger is formed from a second metallic material, and the seal finger comprises a surface coating.
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A ball valve, comprising:
- a valve body;
- a ball body disposed within the valve body;
- a first seal supported by the valve body, wherein the first seal comprises;
- a first main body;
- and
- a first seal finger extending from the first main body and contacting an outer surface of the ball body;
- and
- a second seal supported by the valve body, wherein the second seal comprises;
- a second main body;
- and
- a second seal finger extending from the second main body and contacting the outer surface of the ball body,
- wherein the first seal is disposed on a first side of the ball body, and the second seal is disposed on a second side of the ball body opposite the first side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.