Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sealing arrangement
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Application No.: US16646308Application Date: 2019-02-22
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Publication No.: US11268619B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: David Gordon Arthur Crichton
- Applicant: APEX VALVES LIMITED
- Applicant Address: NZ Auckland
- Assignee: APEX VALVES LIMITED
- Current Assignee: APEX VALVES LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: NZ Auckland
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: NZ740296 20180227
- International Application: PCT/NZ2019/050015 WO 20190222
- International Announcement: WO2019/168413 WO 20190906
- Main IPC: F16K1/36
- IPC: F16K1/36 ; F16K1/46 ; F16K31/26 ; F16J15/00 ; F16K21/18 ; F16J9/20 ; F16J15/32 ; F16K1/12

Abstract:
A liquid control valve including a body comprising an inlet port, an outlet port, and an interior chamber, the body defining a liquid passageway between the inlet and outlet ports. Also included is a plunger comprising a groove provided on an external wall, the plunger being configured to reciprocate within the interior chamber of the body between a first position where the valve is closed and a second position where the valve is open. Also provided is a sealing arrangement within the groove configured to seal between the plunger and the interior chamber of the body. The sealing arrangement includes a first sealing element on the external wall of the plunger and spaced apart from an inner wall of the internal chamber, and a second sealing element on the inner wall of the internal chamber and spaced apart from the external wall of the plunger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200284354A1 SEALING ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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