Oilfield valve
CA 2106136 C · Owner: M&M Supply Company · Inventors: Cunningham, James A.; Mcknight, Devereux J.; Mcknight, Brent H.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A valve comprises a valve body having threaded connections on each end. A unit handled valve mechanism includes a cage carrying a spring loaded floating valve ball. The valve mechanism is placed in and removed from the valve body without the use of special tools. The valve mechanism includes lip type polyseals allowing pressure from below to leak past a lower valve seat so pressure from below causes the valve ball to seal only against an upper seat assembly. The only segment of the valve ball in substantial compression is immediately adjacent the upper seat assembly. An actuator for the valve fits onto a connector between the actuator and ball in only one manner so the indicator on the …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed September 14, 1993 and granted September 2, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 14, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 14, 2015.
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