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US 2024/0384800 A1Published application
Elbow Globe Valve
AssigneeFisher Controls International LLC
InventorJonathan W. Richardson
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Abstract
A globe valve assembly can include a globe valve that can include a valve stem that defines a valve stem axis, a valve seat, a plug secured at a distal end of the valve stem, and a valve body that supports the valve seat. The valve body can define an inlet passage that extends between an inlet opening and the valve seat and an outlet passage that extends between an outlet opening and the valve seat.
Claims20
A globe valve assembly comprising:
- a globe valve that includes:
- a valve stem that defines a valve stem axis;
- a valve seat;
- a plug secured at a distal end of the valve stem to be moved relative to the valve seat by movement of the valve stem to control flow across the valve seat;
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- a valve body that supports the valve seat, the valve body defining an inlet passage that extends between an inlet opening and the valve seat and an outlet passage that extends between an outlet opening and the valve seat;
- wherein the inlet opening defines an inlet flow orientation and the outlet opening defines an outlet flow orientation;
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- wherein, as projected onto a reference plane that is perpendicular to the valve stem axis, the inlet flow orientation has an angular offset relative to the outlet flow orientation.
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A method of forming a globe valve assembly, the method comprising:
- forming a valve body to support a valve seat, wherein the valve body defines:
- an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a seat passage for flow across a valve seat, an inlet passage that extends between the inlet opening and the seat passage, and an outlet passage that extends between the outlet opening and the seat passage;
- wherein the inlet opening defines an inlet flow orientation and the outlet opening defines an outlet flow orientation, the inlet and outlet flow orientations being angularly offset as projected onto a common reference plane.
A method of installing a globe valve assembly, the method comprising:
- providing a globe valve that includes valve body that supports a valve seat, a valve stem movably secured to the valve body to define a valve stem axis, a plug secured at a distal end of the valve stem to be moved relative to the valve seat by movement of the valve stem to control flow across the valve seat, the valve body defining an inlet passage that extends between an inlet opening and the valve seat and an outlet passage that extends between an outlet opening and the valve seat;
- aligning the valve body so that the valve stem axis extends substantially vertically, the inlet opening defines a horizontal inlet flow orientation, and the outlet opening defines a horizontal outlet flow orientation that extends perpendicularly or obliquely relative to the horizontal inlet flow orientation;
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- securing an inlet flow conduit at the inlet opening and an outlet flow conduit at the outlet opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.