Ball valve
OwnerBogdan Roszkowski, David Chelchowskiinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a valve member for a valve of the ball valve type, including two shell parts rigidly joined together to form a valve member and generally snap-fitted over a frame. The two shells have opposed sealing surfaces and a flow passage extends through the shells and the frame. The valve member includes a means for engagement of a drive mechanism to enable rotation of the valve assembly, wherein said valve member can be rotated to present a sealing surface or alternatively rotated to present a flow path to a water supply when said valve member is located in a sealed fluid passage such as a pipe.
Claims5
A valve member for a fluid control device, said device including a drive mechanism, comprising:
- a frame member having at least first and second sides and a flow passage therethrough, said frame member including a first set of attachment members disposed on said first side and a second set of attachment members disposed on said second side;
- at least first and second shells, said first and second shells having a substantially hemispherical shape, said first shell including first engagement means adapted to engage said first set of attachment members, said second shell including second engagement means adapted to engage said second set of attachment members, said first and second shells being adapted to substantially encapsulate said frame member when said first engagement means engages said first set of attachment members and said second engagement means engages said second set of attachment members;
- a first sealing surface disposed on at least said first shell;
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- drive engagement means adapted to engage said drive mechanism to enable rotation of said valve member in said fluid control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.