Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seal assemblies for use with fluid valves
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Application No.: US15336585Application Date: 2016-10-27
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Publication No.: US10533668B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: J. Adin Mann, III , Shawn William Anderson
- Applicant: Fisher Controls International LLC
- Applicant Address: US IA Marshalltown
- Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
- Current Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Marshalltown
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: F16K3/24
- IPC: F16K3/24 ; F16K41/00 ; F16J15/16 ; F16J15/3236 ; F16J15/3252

Abstract:
Seal assemblies for use with fluid valves are described. An example apparatus includes a cage; a plug including a seal gland; and means for sealingly engaging an inner surface of the cage at least partially positioned in the seal gland and including a first portion and a second portion, in response to a fluid acting on the first portion in a first direction, the first portion to engage, outwardly urge, and splay the second portion to sealingly engage the cage, in response to the fluid acting in a second direction, the second portion to deter the fluid from acting on the first portion, the first direction opposite the second direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170045147A1 SEAL ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH FLUID VALVES Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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