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US 2024/0360905 A1Published application
Guide assembly for valve
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsEric Joseph Manternach, Conner Scott Holmes
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Abstract
A valve comprising a valve body and a gate. The valve body defines a valve port and a guide channel. The gate is configured to slide along the guide channel between an open and closed configuration. A guide assembly within the guide channel of the valve comprises a track mounted in the guide channel, a gap defined between the guide channel and the track, a barrier covering the gap, and a cured adhesive within the gap.
Claims20
A valve comprising:
- a valve body defining a valve port and a guide channel;
- a gate configured to slide along the guide channel between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
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- a guide assembly comprising:
- a track mounted in the guide channel, a gap defined between the guide channel and the track,
- a barrier covering the gap, and
- a cured adhesive within the gap.
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A method of manufacturing a gate valve comprising:
- fitting a track within a guide channel of a valve body of the gate valve, the guide channel and the track defining a gap between the track and the guide channel;
- creating a barrier covering the gap between the guide channel and the track;
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- injecting a curable adhesive within the gap so that the curable adhesive is captured within the gap by the barrier.
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A method of aligning a track in a wettable surface of a valve, the method comprising:
- inserting the track into a guide of the valve to form a gap between the track and the guide;
- forming a barrier in the gap with an adhesive bonded on a barrier structure;
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- filling the gap between the track, the guide, and the barrier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.