Disc valve

• US 3,237,916 A
• Filed: 10/02/1963
• Issued: 03/01/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Austin U. Bryant
• Original Assignee: Austin U. Bryant
• Inventors: Bryant, Austin U.
• Application Number:
  US04/313,357
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• US Class Current: 251/158
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 27/045 with pivotal obturating members
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 3/06 in the form of closure plates arranged between supply and discharge passages F16K3/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 3/10 with special arrangements for separating the sealing faces or for pressing them together
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/1635 for rotating valves
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/523 comprising a sliding valve

Claims

1. A FLUID FLOW CONTROL VALVE COMPRISING:

A VALVE BODY INCLUDING A FLOW PASSAGE, A VALVE WORKING SURFACE ON SAID BODY SURROUNDING SAID FLOW PASSAGE, A CLOSURE CARRIER MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED IN SAID BODY TO SWING ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID FLOW PASSAGE, A VALVE CLOSURE MEMBER SUPPORTED BY SAID CARRIER AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID VALVE WORKING SURFACE TO CLOSE SAID FLOW PASSAGE, OPERATING MEANS FOR SWINGING SAID CARRIER BETWEEN AN ACTIVE POSITION WHEREIN SAID CLOSURE MEMBER IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FLOW PASSAGE AND AN OPEN POSITION DISPLACED THEREFROM. MENS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO SAID OPERATING MEANS WHILE SAID CARRIER IS IN SAID ACTIVE POSITION TO PRODUCE AXIAL RECIPROCAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CLOSURE MEMBER ON SAID CARRIER INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID VALVE WORKING SURFACE, AND COMPLEMENTARY LOCKING MEANS ON AT LEAST ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND ON SAID VALVE BODY OPERATIVE TO SECURE SAID VALVE CLOSURE MEMBER AGAINST MOVEMENT TRANSVERSE OF SAID WORKING SURFACE DURING AT LEAST THAT PORTION OF SAID AXIAL MOVEMENT ADJACENT SAID VALVE WORKING SURFACE.