Valve device with control sleeve and check valve

• US 4,989,631 A
• Filed: 05/14/1990
• Issued: 02/05/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roy W. Harbin
• Original Assignee: Roy W. Harbin
• Inventors: Harbin, Roy W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Walton, George L.
• Application Number:
  US07/523,495
• Time in Patent Office: 267 Days
• Field of Search: 137/244, 137/269.5, 137/270, 137/315, 137/527, 137/614.16, 137/614.17, 137/614.18, 251/209, 251/309, 251/312
• US Class Current: 137/269.5
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 15/1848 Check valves combined with valves having a rotating tap or cock
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 5/0407 with particular plug arrangements, e.g. particular shape or built-in means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/0435 Mechanical cleaning [e.g., pig, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/4336 Cleaning member reciprocates in passage
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/5153 Reversible check
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/60 Assembling or disassembling flexible tube or sleeve type valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6086 Assembling or disassembling check valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8803 Also carries head of other valve

Abstract

A full opening sleeve valve device with check valve for controlling fluid flow through a line pipe or the like. The valve device has a housing, and a flow passageway extends through the housing and terminates at opposed ends thereof. The opposed ends of the housing passageway can be connected to the confronting ends of a pipe line. A bore extends through the housing and a flow control sleeve is rotatably received within the bore and sealingly engaging the peripheral wall surface of the bore. The sleeve has opposed ports that can be selectively rotated into registry with the flow passageways to align the ports with the passageway whereupon unrestricted flow can occur through the valve device. The check valve is a movable wall section of the sleeve and forms a closure member for a sleeve port and cooperates with the bore to form a check valve. When the ports are aligned with the passageway, the check valve is moved to the opened position when flow occurs in one direction and is moved into the closed position when flow occurs in an opposite direction. An actuator is provided for rotating the sleeve between an open and closed position wherein flow in either direction is precluded.

Claims

1. A full opening sleeve valve device for controlling fluid flow comprising:

a housing, a flow passageway though said housing terminating in opposed ends, means by which the opposed ends of the passageway can be connected in a pipe;

a bore extending through said housing transversely respective to said flow passageway and forming confronting passageway ends that terminate at and communicate with said bore, a flow control sleeve rotatably received within said bore and sealingly engaging the peripheral surface of the bore and thereby preventing flow through said passageway;

opposed ports in said sleeve diametrically opposed to one another that can selectively be rotated into registry with said flow passageway to thereby align said ports with said confronting passageway ends whereupon unrestricted flow can occur through the valve device;

check valve means for one of the sleeve ports arranged whereby when said sleeve is rotated to align said sleeve ports with said passageway confronting ends, said check valve can be moved into the opened position when flow occurs in one direction through said passageway, and said check valve means can be moved into the closed position when said sleeve is rotated to reverse the relationship of the sleeve ports respective to the confronting passageway ends and thereby effect flow in an opposite direction;

an actuator for rotating said sleeve to bring either of the sleeve ports into alignment with either of the confronting passageway ends and thereby place the valve in either of several alternate flow positions including an open and closed position;

said actuator includes a plurality of castellations formed adjacent the upper marginal end of said sleeve, and a plate member having a plurality of projections formed thereon for being received within the intervening space between said castellations;

shaft means for rotating said plate member and thereby rotating said sleeve from one into another flow position;

an arcuate stop means on said body, said arcuate stop means has opposed ends, and stop means on said sleeve for abuttingly engaging the opposed ends of said arcuate stop means when said sleeve is rotated to selectively position the sleeve ports respective to the passageway confronting ends.

2. The valve device of claim 1 wherein said check valve means has an outer circumferentially extending surface that is brought to bear against the surface that defines one of said ports with a wedge-like action, whereby the check valve means, when in the closed position, prevents fluid flow in one direction therethrough;

an o-ring received on the outside surface of said check valve means;

said o-ring is of greater diameter than said flow passageway and thereby is brought into sealing engagement with the wall surface of the bore adjacent the confronting passageway ends; and

, said sleeve is cylindrical and can be positioned to permit the check valve element to be removed from the interior of the sleeve valve.

3. A valve assembly having a flow passageway therethrough through which a pig can travel, means for connecting said flow passageway in series relationship respective to a flow line;

said valve assembly includes a housing, an upwardly opening cylindrical bore in said housing, said flow passageway extends transversely through said cylindrical bore;

a rotatable sleeve sealingly received within the bore with the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve engaging the inner peripheral wall surface of the bore;

diametrically opposed ports in said sleeve that are brought into axial alignment with said passageway when the sleeve is rotated into alternate flow positions;

said sleeve, when rotated to position the ports thereof transversely of said flow passageway, places the valve assembly in a flow preventing position;

a closure member for said cylindrical bore, a sleeve actuator, shaft means for manipulating the sleeve actuator externally of said housing;

a valve seat in one said sleeve port, a check valve in the last said sleeve port to prevent fluid flow through the flow passageway in one direction while permitting flow to occur through the flow passageway in the other direction;

said sleeve includes a castellated upper marginal end forming cut-outs;

said actuator includes an annular member having projections thereon that are received between said castellations; and

said shaft means is connected for rotating said annular member and thereby rotate said sleeve between alternate positions;

an arcuate member having opposed ends mounted on said body;

stop means on said sleeve for engaging one of said opposed ends of the sleeve arcuate member when in the open position and to engage the other opposed end of said sleeve arcuate member when in the closed position;

a closure member located at one end of said bore;

seal means by which said shaft means extends through said closure member, one end of said shaft means engages said annular member, whereby, the opposed end of said shaft means can be engaged and rotated to thereby rotate said sleeve; and

wherein said stop means on said sleeve and the ends of said arcuate member on said body can be brought into engagement with one another to selectively position the sleeve in the open position and to position the sleeve in the closed position.

4. A full opening sleeve valve device with check valve for controlling fluid flow, comprising:

a housing, a flow passageway through said housing terminating in opposed ends, means by which said opposed ends can be connected in a pipe;

a bore extending through said housing transverely respective to said flow passageway, a flow control sleeve rotatably received within said bore and sealingly engaging the peripheral surface of the bore;

said passageway has confronting ends spaced apart by said bore;

opposed ports in said sleeve diametrically opposed to one another that can selectively be rotated into registry with said flow passageway to thereby align said ports with the confronting ends of the passageway whereupon unrestricted flow can occur through the valve device;

a movable wall section in said sleeve forms a closure member for one said opposed ports, said movable wall section is in the form of a check valve whereby when said ports are aligned with the confronting ends of said passageway, said check valve is moved to the opened position when flow occurs in one direction and is moved into the closed position when flow occurs in an opposite direction; and

, an actuator for rotating said sleeve between alternate positions wherein one opposed port is aligned with alternate confronting ends of the passageway and thereby moved between the recited open and closed positions;

said sleeve has a plurality of cut-outs at one end that forms a castellated upper marginal end;

said actuator includes a member that has projections thereon extending into the cut-outs and thereby releasably engages the castellations; and

means for rotating the actuator member and thereby rotate said sleeve from an open to a closed position, and vice versa;

means forming an arcuate stop on said sleeve; and

, means forming a curved stop member on said body, said arcuate stop and said curved stop member engage one another to selectively position the sleeve in one flow position when rotated in one direction and to position the sleeve in another flow position when rotated in the other direction;

a shaft means for said actuator;

a closure member located at a terminal end of said bore;

seal means by which said shaft means extends through said closure member, one end of said shaft means engages said actuator, the opposed end of said shaft means can be engaged and rotated to thereby rotate said sleeve.

5. The valve device of claim 4 wherein said check valve has an outer circumferentially extending surface that is brought to bear against the surface of one said port with a wedge-like action whereby the check valve when in the cloesd position prevents fluid flow therethrough;

an o-ring received on the outside surface of said check valve;

said o-ring is of greater diameter than said flow passageway and thereby sealingly engages the wall surface of the bore adjacent the passagway;

said check valve is in the form of a concave disk and includes hinge means by which it is attached to said sleeve at a location that removes the valve free of the port;

said check valve can be removed from the interior of the sleeve when the closure member is removed from the housing.

6. A valve assembly having a flow passageway therethrough, said flow passageway has terminal ends for connection in series relationship respective to a flow line;

said valve assembly includes a housing, an upwardly opening cylindrical bore in said housing, said flow passageway extends transversely through said cylindrical bore;

a sleeve rotatably and sealingly received within said bore, with the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve engaging the inner peripheral surface of the bore;

diametrically opposed ports in said sleeve that are brought into axial alignment with said passageway when the sleeve is rotated into a flow permitting position;

said sleeve, when rotated to position the ports thereof transversely of said flow passageway, places the valve assembly in the closed position;

a closure member for said cylindrical bore;

a movable wall section in one of said opposed ports, said movable wall section forms a check valve in conjunction with said sleeve and the wall surface of the bore to prevent fluid flow through the valve in one direction while permitting flow to occur through the valve in the other direction;

an actuator for rotating said sleeve to bring either of the sleeve ports into alignment with either of the confronting passageway ends and thereby place the valve in either of several different flow positions including an open and closed position;

said actuator includes a plurality of castellations formed adjacent the upper marginal end of said sleeve, and a plate member having a plurality of projections formed thereon for being received within the intervening space between said castellations;

shaft means for rotating said plate member and thereby rotating said sleeve from one into another flow position;

an arcuate stop means on said body, said arcuate stop means has opposed ends, and stop means on said sleeve for abuttingly engaging the opposed ends of said arcuate stop means when said sleeve is rotated to selectively position the sleeve ports respective to the passageway confronting ends.