Ball valve with a flat mounting face
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1. A ball valve that mounts onto a flat surface, having fluid communicating ports, namely first port and subsequent port or ports comprising:
- a valve body having faces, one of said faces is a mounting face, generally flat, a first cavity on said mounting face defines the location of said first port, said first cavity creating a wall, said wall of said first cavity generally threaded, a second cavity at the base of said first cavity, generally formed by a stepped recess or recesses extending through the second port, said second port located on the face opposite the mounting face, a number of holes, namely mounting holes, disposed near the edges of said valve body, the axes of said mounting holes are generally perpendicular to said mounting face;
a retainer, generally cylindrical in shape, having an outside surface, generally threaded, configured to be received in said first cavity on said mounting face, an inside diameter defining the first port, a first end, and a second end, the said second end, having a groove, generally circular, for receiving a sealing material.
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A ball valve with fluid communicating ports, namely a first port and subsequent port or ports has a valve body having faces, one of the faces namely the mounting face is generally flat, a bore on the said mounting face defines the location of said first port. A number of mounting holes are provided near the edges of the valve body, the axes of said mounting holes are generally perpendicular to said mounting face.
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1. A ball valve that mounts onto a flat surface, having fluid communicating ports, namely first port and subsequent port or ports comprising:
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a valve body having faces, one of said faces is a mounting face, generally flat, a first cavity on said mounting face defines the location of said first port, said first cavity creating a wall, said wall of said first cavity generally threaded, a second cavity at the base of said first cavity, generally formed by a stepped recess or recesses extending through the second port, said second port located on the face opposite the mounting face, a number of holes, namely mounting holes, disposed near the edges of said valve body, the axes of said mounting holes are generally perpendicular to said mounting face; a retainer, generally cylindrical in shape, having an outside surface, generally threaded, configured to be received in said first cavity on said mounting face, an inside diameter defining the first port, a first end, and a second end, the said second end, having a groove, generally circular, for receiving a sealing material. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. A ball valve that mounts onto a flat surface having fluid communicating ports, namely first port and subsequent port or ports comprising:
a valve body having faces, one of said faces is a mounting face, generally flat, said mounting face is the location of said first port, a first cavity on the face opposite the mounting face defines the location of said second port, said first cavity creating a wall, said wall generally threaded, a second cavity at the base of said first cavity, generally formed by a stepped recess or recesses extending through said first port, a groove, generally circular, on said mounting face for receiving a sealing material, and a number of holes, namely mounting holes, disposed near the edges of said valve body, the axes of said mounting holes are generally perpendicular to said mounting face. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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