Butterfly valve
US4103866A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 1977 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16K27/0218
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The butterfly valve includes a pair of tailpieces which are threaded onto the outer ends of axially spaced pipe sections of a piping system and have a radially extending flange, a valve unit having a wafer-like body which fits between the tailpieces, and a pair of clamping members, each encircling one of the tailpiece flanges. All of these components preferably are fabricated by a powder-metallurgy process. The valve unit is supported between the tailpieces by a plurality of bolts which extend through axially alignable, circumferentially spaced apertures in the clamping members and the outer periphery of the valve body. After the butterfly valve has been installed, the valve unit can be removed without disturbing the piping system by removing the bolts or rotated 360.degree. without disturbing the piping by loosening the bolts so that the valve unit and clamping members can be rotated relative to the tailpieces.
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