Patent · US Expired

Method of manufacturing a gate valve body

US4443920A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 8, 1981
Grant dateApr 24, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 8, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T408/03
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There are disclosed two embodiments of a gate valve having a forged body in which a generally rectangular cavity to receive the gate for opening and closing each flowway through the body is formed by drilling a first hole within the forging from which the body is to be made, and then drilling at least one other hole within the forging which is parallel to and overlaps a prior drilled hole therein.

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