Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Diverter valve
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Application No.: US16677274Application Date: 2019-11-07
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Publication No.: US11041366B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Jeffrey Partridge
- Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP
- Main IPC: E21B34/14
- IPC: E21B34/14

Abstract:
One illustrative diverter valve disclosed herein includes a body with a primary flow path therethrough, first and second fluid flow galleries, first and second fluid outlets, a first sliding sleeve element and a second sliding sleeve element. The first and second sliding sleeve elements, respectively, include first and second internal flow bores, respectively, wherein each of the first and second sliding sleeve elements are adapted to be moved from a first closed position to a second open position, and vice-versa. In the first and second positions, respectively, the first sliding sleeve element blocks or does not block, respectively, fluid flow between the first internal flow bore and the first fluid flow gallery. In the first and second positions, respectively, the second sliding sleeve element blocks or does not block, respectively, fluid flow between the second internal flow bore and the second fluid flow gallery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210140271A1 DIVERTER VALVE Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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