Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lifting valve and seal
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Application No.: US17261085Application Date: 2019-07-16
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Publication No.: US11415229B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Jens Burmester , Jörg Pieplow , Matthias Südei , Nils Waldemann
- Applicant: GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Büchen
- Assignee: GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
- Current Assignee: GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Büchen
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Priority: DE102018005699.7 20180719
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/069080 WO 20190716
- International Announcement: WO2020/016211 WO 20200123
- Main IPC: F16K1/46
- IPC: F16K1/46 ; F16K1/38 ; F16J15/02 ; F16K25/00 ; F16J15/06

Abstract:
A lifting valve includes a first and a second connection, a passage connecting the first and second connections and surrounded by a valve seat, a closing element that can be brought into sealing contact with the valve seat, and an actuator to bring about the sealing contact. The closing element includes a sealing arrangement comprising a first part, a second part releasably connected to the first part, a first groove formed in the first part, a second groove, and a clamping gap. The second groove and clamping gap are formed between the first and second parts, and a seal comprising a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg is received in the sealing arrangement. The first leg is received in the first groove, the second leg is received in the second groove, and the third leg is received in the clamping gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210254723A1 Lifting Valve And Seal Public/Granted day:2021-08-19
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