Shut-off/equalizing valve with molded seals

• US 4,844,413 A
• Filed: 08/20/1984
• Issued: 07/04/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elsag International BV (ABB Limited)
• Original Assignee: Babcock & Wilcox Company (Babcock International Group PLC)
• Inventors: Weber, Lee A., Machesky, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): Schwadron, Martin P.
• Application Number:
  US07/642,285
• Time in Patent Office: 1,779 Days
• Field of Search: 251/314, 251/315, 251/359, 137/375
• US Class Current: 251/314
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2045/14459 injecting seal elements
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 5/0478 on the plug

Abstract

A shut-off/equalizing valve in which a valve core assembly includes an elastomeric seal element molded onto a cylindrical metallic core member. The core member includes an enlarged barrel portion having a cross bore formed therethrough. The seal element is molded onto the barrel portion and includes first and second circumferential ribs adjacent the ends of the barrel portion, one of which lies adjacent to the openings of the cross bore, and pairs of longitudinal ribs in straddling relation to the openings of said cross bore.

Claims

1. In a shut-off/equalizing valve having a body and a core assembly rotatably received within said body, the improvement in which said rotatable core assembly comprises:

a cylindrical metallic core member having an enlarged barrel portion, a cross bore formed therethrough and a shaft element for positioning said core member within said body; and

an elastomeric seal element molded onto said core member, said seal element including a layer of elastomeric material covering the circumference of a portion of said core member and the interior of said cross bore, first and second circumferential sealing ribs adjacent the ends of said barrel portion encompassing the openings of said cross bore, one of which lies adjacent to the openings of said cross bore, and at least two pairs of longitudinal sealing ribs extending between said circumferential ribs, each pair being in straddling relation to the openings of said cross bore, to surround the cross bore by compressible sealing ribs.