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US 2023/0358316 A1Published application
Valve seat with circumferential rib
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorXianhua Feng
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Abstract
A valve seat includes an annular sealing body defining an inner seat surface and an outer seat surface, the inner seat surface defining an annular seating portion configured to seat with a valve member; and a circumferential sealing rib extending circumferentially about the annular sealing body, the circumferential sealing rib defining a gooseneck portion coupled to the annular sealing body and a bulbous portion coupled to the gooseneck portion opposite the annular sealing body.
Claims23
A valve seat comprising:
- an annular sealing body defining an inner seat surface and an outer seat surface, the inner seat surface defining an annular seating portion configured to seat with a valve member;
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- a circumferential sealing rib extending circumferentially about the annular sealing body, the circumferential sealing rib defining a gooseneck portion coupled to the annular sealing body and a bulbous portion coupled to the gooseneck portion opposite the annular sealing body.
A valve comprising:
- a valve body defining a main valve bore;
- a valve member disposed within the main valve bore and movable between an open orientation and a closed orientation, the valve member defining a seat engagement surface;
- a seat retainer mounted to the valve body;
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- a valve seat comprising an annular sealing body and a circumferential sealing rib, at least a portion of the circumferential sealing rib compressed between the valve body and the seat retainer, the annular sealing body defining an inner seat surface configured to seal with the seat engagement surface in the closed orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.