Obturator valve for a coupling device for pipes
AssigneeFMC Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDamien Tortel, Cécile Pastel, Renaud Le Devehat
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Abstract
A valve (2) is concerned comprising an obturator (16) maintained in a resting position against a seat (14) through the action of a first force generated by pre-loading means (38), further comprising means (28) for rotating the obturator (16) to place the valve in an open or closed position, characterized in that the valve comprises means (26, 40) for translating the obturator to move the obturator (16) such that a gap (j1) is created between the obturator (16) and the seat (14), the translating means being adapted to drive the obturator (16) to move in translation independently of the rotational movement of that obturator (16).
Claims15
An obturator valve for a pipe coupling device which comprises:
- at least one valve housing;
- a flow passage which extends within the valve housing;
- an obturator which is located in the valve housing and which in a first position engages a seat positioned around the flow passage, the obturator being held in the first position against the seat through the action of a first force generated by a pre-loading means;
- means for rotating the obturator between an open position of the valve in which a fluid can flow through the flow passage and a closed position of the valve in which the fluid is prevented from flowing through the flow passage;
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- translating means for moving the obturator in translation from the first position against the seat to a second position in which a gap is created between the obturator and the seat;
- wherein the translating means is adapted to move the obturator in translation independently of the rotational movement of the obturator and the rotating means is adapted to rotate the obturator independently of the translational movement of the obturator.
A device for coupling pipes, an end of at least one of the pipes being provided with an obturator valve which comprises:
- a valve housing having a flow passage which extends therethrough;
- an obturator which is located in the valve housing and which in a first position engages a seat positioned around the flow passage, the obturator being held in the first position against the seat by a first force generated by a pre-loading means;
- means for rotating the obturator between an open position of the valve in which a fluid can flow through the flow passage and a closed position of the valve in which the fluid is prevented from flowing through the flow passage;
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- translating means for moving the obturator in translation from the first position against the seat to a second position in which a gap is created between the obturator and the seat;
- wherein the translating means is adapted to move the obturator in translation independently of the rotational movement of the obturator and the rotating means is adapted to rotate the obturator independently of the translational movement of the obturator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.