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US 4,051,865 AGranted
Fluid flow control valves
AssigneeSaunders Valve Company Limited
InventorsGlyn Cocking, John Owen Jones
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Abstract
A fluid flow control valve having a closure member movable by axial movement of a stem in which sealing means are provided between the valve body and a sleeve covering the part of the stem extending out of the valve body. Preferably the seal is a lip seal on a plastics sleeve secured to the body to provide an opening indicator and a lubricant reservoir.
Claims7
A fluid flow control valve comprising:
- a valve casing;
- an operating mechanism including an axially movable stem extending outwardly of the valve casing;
- a first annular member coupled to the valve casing and including a part extending from said casing co-axially with the stem outwardly beyond where said stem enters said casing;
- a second annular member coaxial with the stem and coupled to the stem, the first and second annular members being of such length as to axially overlap in all normal working positions of the stem;
- and the first annular member being of an inside diameter larger than the outside diameter of the stem with its outwardly extending part defining a lubricant reservoir surrounding the stem where it enters the casing;
- and seal means located between the first annular member and the second annular member to form a seal therebetween.
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A diaphragm valve comprising a valve body;
- a bonnet;
- a diaphragm clamped at its periphery between the valve body and the bonnet;
- an operating mechanism for moving said diaphragm, the operating mechanism including a stem screw-threadingly engaged with the bonnet and extending outwardly therefrom;
- a first tubular sleeve surrounding the stem and secured to the bonnet;
- a second tubular sleeve secured to the stem co-axially with the first tubular sleeve;
- and seal means providing a sliding seal between said first sleeve and said second sleeve, said first sleeve being of colour which contrasts with that of the second sleeve and being so positioned that when the valve is closed the second sleeve at least substantially completely covers the first sleeve, and said first sleeve being spaced from the stem to define a reservoir which is filled with lubricant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.