Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Butterfly valve
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Application No.: US15372705Application Date: 2016-12-08
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Publication No.: US10683937B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Paul M. Gutmann , Joshua Lee Hoots , Gary A. Moren , Jon Terence Stone
- Applicant: Hayward Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Berkeley Heights
- Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Berkeley Heights
- Agency: McCarter & English, LLP
- Main IPC: F16K1/22
- IPC: F16K1/22 ; F16K31/60 ; F16K35/02 ; F16K15/02 ; F16K31/53 ; F16K35/10 ; F16K37/00 ; G05G1/12

Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments are directed to butterfly valves, generally including a body assembly. The body assembly generally includes a body, a disc rotationally disposed inside an opening of the body, a bearing disposed inside the disc and the body, and a stem passing through the disc, the bearing and the body. The bearing generally includes an internal bearing edge. The stem generally includes an external stem edge to engage the internal bearing edge to prevent stem blowout from the body. Methods of assembling and positioning a butterfly valve are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170089468A1 Butterfly Valve Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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