Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ball valve with load varying mechanism, and method of operating the same
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Application No.: US15116086Application Date: 2015-02-05
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Publication No.: US09897218B2Publication Date: 2018-02-20
- Inventor: Yves Gamache
- Applicant: MECANIQUE ANALYTIQUE INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Thetford-Mines
- Assignee: MECANIQUE ANALYTIQUE INC.
- Current Assignee: MECANIQUE ANALYTIQUE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Thetford-Mines
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- International Application: PCT/CA2015/050086 WO 20150205
- International Announcement: WO2015/117242 WO 20150813
- Main IPC: F16K5/06
- IPC: F16K5/06 ; F16K5/20 ; F16K31/524 ; F16K27/06 ; F16K5/14

Abstract:
A ball valve is provided. The ball valve includes at least one load varying mechanism provided in the static body assembly. The load varying mechanism includes a biasing member pressing one of the ball seat seals against the outer surface of the ball of the ball valve with a variable sealing load force applied on the ball, toward the ball and coaxial with the direction of the fluid. The load varying mechanism also includes a movable member operatively connected to a cam and to the biasing member, a rotation of the cam translating the movable member coaxially to the direction of the fluid, in order to variably load the biasing member toward or away from the ball, based on the different positions of the ball.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170167616A1 BALL VALVE WITH LOAD VARYING MECHANISM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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