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US 2023/0349401 A1Published application
Redundant valve manifold system
AssigneeRoss Operating Valve Company
InventorsThomas Peter Thornber, Christopher John Perkins
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Abstract
A redundant valve manifold system includes at least two automatic valves coupled to one another and at least two automatic isolation valves each corresponding to one of the at least two automatic valves. Each of at least two automatic isolation valves is operatively coupled to one of the at least two automatic valves and isolates the one of the at least two automatic valves when the one of the at least two automatic valves is removed from the system to deliver media to an outlet.
Claims18
A redundant valve manifold system comprising:
- at least two automatic valves coupled to one another;
- and
- at least two automatic isolation valves each corresponding to one of the at least two automatic valves, wherein each of at least two automatic isolation valves is operatively coupled to one of the at least two automatic valves and isolates the one of the at least two automatic valves when the one of the at least two automatic valves is removed from the system to deliver media to an outlet.
A redundant valve manifold system comprising:
- at least two automatic valves coupled to one another;
- at least two automatic isolation valves each corresponding to one of the at least two automatic valves, wherein each of at least two automatic isolation valves is operatively coupled to one of the at least two automatic valves and isolates the one of the at least two automatic valves when the one of the at least two automatic valves is removed from the system to deliver media to an outlet;
- a first shuttle valve associated with one of the at least two automatic valves and the outlet and a second shuttle valve associated with the other of at least two automatic valves;
- and
- at least two visual indicators, another visual indicator, and yet another visual indicator, wherein each of the at least two visual indicators is associated with one of the at least two automatic valves, each of the at least two visual indicators indicate if the associated automatic valve has failed, an inlet is associated with the another visual indicator, and the outlet is associated with the yet another visual indicator,
- wherein one of the at least two automatic valves or one of the at least two automatic isolation valves includes a pin including a pin opening, the pin defining a pin fluid passage in fluid communication with the pin opening and that is received in a valve seat passage of a valve seat, and the other of the one of the at least two automatic valves or the one of the at least two automatic isolation valves includes a ball and a resilient member that are received in a ball fluid passage that is in fluid communication with the pin fluid passage, wherein when the one of the at least two automatic valves is installed in the system, the pin contacts the ball to compress the resilient member and push the ball away from the valve seat, and the pin fluid passage and the pin openings are in fluid communication with the valve fluid passage to allow the media to flow through the valve fluid passage, the pin openings in the pin, and the pin fluid passage of the pin, and
- wherein if one of the at least two automatic valves fails and is removed from the system, the associated one of the automatic isolation valves automatically actuates, and as the pin is removed from the valve seat passage of the valve seat, the resilient member biases the ball towards the valve seat, blocking the flow of the media through the valve seat passage to isolate the one of the at least two automatic valves from service to allow for replacement.
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