Fluid motor actuated ball valve

• US 3,218,024 A
• Filed: 07/18/1962
• Issued: 11/16/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Werner Kroekel Rolf Heinz
• Original Assignee: Werner Kroekel Rolf Heinz
• Inventors: WERNER KROEKEL ROLF HEINZ
• Application Number:
  US04/210,667
• Time in Patent Office: 1,217 Days
• US Class Current: 251/58
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/1635 for rotating valves

Claims

1. A BALL VALVE COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A CHAMBER WITH INLET AND OUTLET FLOW APERTURES, A BALL VALVE HAVING A STEM ROTATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, AND LOCATED IN SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING AN AXIAL PASSAGEWAY CONNECTING SAID INLET WITH SAID OUTLET FLOW APERTURES, AN UPPER FLUID SEALING SEAT ADJACENT SAID STEM AT THE TOP OF SAID BALL AND A LOWER FLUID SEALING SEAT ADJACENT SAID STEM AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID BALL, A BELLOWS TYPE MOTION TRANSMITTING MECHANISM PROVIDED WITH AN UPPER CIRCULAR PROJECTION ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID UPPER FLUID SEALING SEAT FIXED IN SAID HOUSING, ANOTHER BELLOWS TYPE MOTION TRANSMITTING MECHANISM, PROVIDED WITH A LOWER CIRCULAR PROJECTION ENGAGEABLE WITH SAOD LOWER FLUID SEALING SEAT, FIXED IN SAID HOUSING, SAID UPPER FLUID SEALING SEAT AND SAID LOWER FLUID SEALING SEAT HAVING ERQUAL AREAS, SAID UPPER CIRCULAR PROJECTION AND