Tap with integral ball valve
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1. A tap for attaching to an oil or gas pipeline, said tap comprising:
- a tap comprising two ends, one end of said tap comprising a male NPT threaded end and another end of said tap comprising a flanged end and defining a flow path between the threaded end and the flanged end;
the tap further comprising a tap body intermediate the threaded end and the flanged end;
a ball within the tap body;
the tap further comprising opposed stems, the opposed stems passing through the tap body and into the ball;
the ball being rotatable within the tap body so as to control the flow path between the threaded end and the flanged end.
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Abstract
A valved tap is disclosed comprising a tap body having a through bore from a threaded input end to an output end thereof. A globe valve is positioned in the valve body so as to interrupt the flow of fluid in the through bore. The output end of the tap body may comprise a flanged portion connectable to a manifold.
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1. A tap for attaching to an oil or gas pipeline, said tap comprising:
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a tap comprising two ends, one end of said tap comprising a male NPT threaded end and another end of said tap comprising a flanged end and defining a flow path between the threaded end and the flanged end; the tap further comprising a tap body intermediate the threaded end and the flanged end; a ball within the tap body; the tap further comprising opposed stems, the opposed stems passing through the tap body and into the ball; the ball being rotatable within the tap body so as to control the flow path between the threaded end and the flanged end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A pipeline configuration including an orifice plate placed between flanges of the pipeline;
- said orifice plate positioned with the orifice in a flow of the pipeline;
said pipeline further comprising at least two taps;a first tap of said at least two taps comprising one threaded end;
a second tap of said at least two taps comprising one threaded end;
said threaded end of said first tap being threadedly connected to a first of said flanges and said second tap being threadedly connected to a second of said flanges;each of said first and second taps comprising a distal end opposite its threaded end;
each of said taps further comprising a ball valve mounted on opposed stems between the threaded and the distal ends;
each of said taps being threaded into their respective first and second flanges by threadedly engaging one end of each taps into threaded bores positioned in said flanges such that the opposed stems of the first tap and the opposed stems of the second tap lie in the same plane when the first and second taps are threadedly engaged in their respective flanges. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- said orifice plate positioned with the orifice in a flow of the pipeline;
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