Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gasket, fluid flow control valve and method of cleaning such a valve
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Application No.: US17639721Application Date: 2020-09-08
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Publication No.: US12104702B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Jens Folkmar Andersen , Otto Jensen
- Applicant: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
- Applicant Address: SE Lund
- Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
- Current Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Lund
- Agency: BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
- Priority: EP 196438 2019.09.10
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/075086 2020.09.08
- International Announcement: WO2021/048130A 2021.03.18
- Date entered country: 2022-03-02
- Main IPC: F16K1/46
- IPC: F16K1/46 ; F16J15/06 ; F16J15/16 ; F16K1/38

Abstract:
A valve disc gasket for use in a fluid flow control valve includes a frustoconical, ring-shaped body part having a plurality of circumferentially distributed asymmetrical, through-going openings and/or slits and/or asymmetrical protrusions, wherein an internal surface of the respective asymmetrical through-going opening and/or slit forms a vane surface and/or wherein an external surface of the respective asymmetrical protrusion forms a vane surface, wherein the asymmetrical through-going openings and/or slits and/or protrusions are asymmetrical at least in the sense that respective through-going opening or slit and/or protrusion is asymmetric relative to any radial plane intersecting the respective through-going opening or slit and/or the respective protrusion. Also disclosed is a fluid flow control valve and a method for cleaning a fluid flow control valve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220333693A1 GASKET, FLUID FLOW CONTROL VALVE AND METHOD OF CLEANING SUCH A VALVE Public/Granted day:2022-10-20
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