Butterfly

A butterfly valve comprising a housing in which a flat flap having an elastic rim is adapted to turn between a position in which the plane of the flap is parallel to the axis of the flow passage across the housing and a position in which the elastic rim is in sealing relationship to a seat arranged all...     

A valve, such as a butterfly valve having an offset closure vane and a thru shaft for operating the vane in the flow passage of the body, has all exposed and/or potentially vulnerable metal surfaces encapsulated in a corrosion resistant polymeric plastic coating. By extending the coating uninterrupted...     

The butterfly valve vane is constructed with a main vane portion and a movable servo tab. The servo tab is controlled to open relative to the main vane portion in order to define an auxiliary flow path so that the flow forces acting on the vane create a substantially zero closing moment. The servo tab...     

The valve has a closure member in the shape of a dish which has an end wall and a flared lateral wall and is pivotable in the passage of the valve body between a closing position and a maximum opening position which is substantially perpendicular to the closing position. The lateral wall makes an angle...     

A butterfly valve apparatus comprising a rotating shaft, a valve stem movable by the rotating shaft through a coupling member and a valve plate fixed within a valve housing to the valve stem.

A butterfly valve apparatus comprising a rotating shaft, a valve stem movable by the rotating shaft through a coupling member and a valve plate fixed within a valve housing to the valve stem.

A butterfly type valve is provided with an annular sealing ring disposed in a groove in the bevelled periphery of the circular valve plate. The operating shaft is journalled in a radially disposed external boss and an operating handle having a spring biased locking plunger is secured to the shaft. A...     

A clamp for securing in a fluid proof manner a wafer type butterfly valve to the coupling flange of a pipe. Wafer type butterfly valves are inserted between the flanges of two aligned pipes and are retained in position by bolts connecting the two flanges and engaging around the apertureless wafer flange...     

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...     

A fire, smoke and air control damper is disclosed wherein one or more hook-shaped hinge portions formed intermediate between the longitudinal edges of each damper blade engage complementally configured hook-shaped hinge elements formed on opposite sides of the damper frame. A novel notch configuration...     

A butterfly valve has a valve body with an improved seal assembly mounted in the groove about a flow passage in the valve body. The seal assembly has an outer metal body including a pair of spaced inner legs having outer ends thereof in sealing contact with the outer periphery of a valve disc in the...     

A novel damper kit is described wherein blade stock having a hook-shaped hinge portion formed therein, and notched angle bracket stock having periodically spaced hook-shaped hinge elements formed therealong can easily be cut and assembled at the job site to custom fit and install a damper in a duct,...     

A novel rotating blade fire, smoke and air control damper is disclosed wherein integral hook-shaped hinge portions of the damper blades cooperate with integral hook-shaped hinge elements on opposing inwardly depending flanges of the damper frame. The flanges are additionally notched so that hook-shaped...     

In a fuel injection system, the combination of an air measuring valve, biasing structure and an air suction tube of an internal combustion engine. The suction tube defines an air flow cross section and the air measuring valve provides a controlled flow of air through the flow cross section, with the...     

A fluid flow controlling butterfly valve assembly is disclosed which comprises a valve body defining a through passage for fluid, a butterfly valving member supported within the body, a shaft extending transversely through the passage and drivingly connected to the valving member, and a shaft supporting...     

A seal construction for a heat control valve in a system for heating a fuel-air mixture in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine by transfer of heat from exhaust gas flowing through a heating chamber defined in a portion of an exhaust manifold. The heating chamber is defined by a top wall,...     

A butterfly valve comprising a valve body provided with a hard body seat having a cylindrical sealing surface, and a valve disc rotatable within the body and provided with a hard disc seat on the periphery thereof. The body seat and the disc seat are adapted to contact each other substantially over the...     

A butterfly valve disk plate having a plurality of fluid directing ribs extending from the disc perpendicular to the plane of the disk, the ribs on one side of the disk being located opposite the spaces between the ribs on the other side of the disk and the ribs on one half of one side of the disk being...     

A butterfly valve with a seal face (4) having two opposite, essentially spherical sections (h, i) intersected by a symmetry plane (k) through the throttle which coincides with the torsional axis (j) of the throttle and two opposite, essentially conical sections (f, g) on both sides of the symmetry plane....     

In a butterfly valve comprising a valve housing including a cylindrical fluid passage and a disc-shaped valve body rotatable within the housing, a hard annular seat provided in the housing and a hard annular rim defined on the periphery of the valve body are adapted to contact one another over the entire...     

A concentric rotary valve having a rotatable stem of a valve disc supported by bearing portions and metal seats mounted in a valve housing to contact metal seats on the valve disc. Clearances in directions parallel to a closed disc surface and radial of the valve stem are barely enough to permit a shift...     

A cam actuated valve is disclosed having a butterfly-type valve member (50) rotatably mounted in a fluid passageway (22) defined by a valve housing (20) with a crank member (16) attached to the valve member and extending beyond the housing. A rectangular bracket (12) is attached to one side of the valve...     

A disc valve having a valve housing with a conduit therethrough and a seal ring mounted to the housing. A disc can be pivoted about a pivot axis that is offset from the main valve axis and perpendicular thereto between an open position and a closed position in which a seating surface of the disc contacts...     

A butterfly valve with a seal face (4)having two opposite, essentially spherical sections (h, i) intersected by a symmetry plane (k) through the throttle which coincides with an axis through a point (n) parallel with the torsional axis (j) of the throttle and two opposite, essentially conical sections...     

A carburetor for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine which has for each cylinder a main combustion chamber defined above the piston in the cylinder and a sub-combustion chamber defined above the main combustion chamber and communicating with the latter through a torch nozzle. The carburetor has...     

A damper assembly comprising, in combination, a generally rectangular frame including side, top and bottom members, a plurality of damper blades supported at opposite ends on the side members of the frame for limited rotative movement about axes extending longitudinally and substantially centrally of...     

A starting valve is disclosed having a starter choke valve and a poppet valve which is kept closed by the starter choke valve when the choke valve is in an open position. For mounting the starter choke valve there is provided a choke shaft and a bushing set screw which interact with a plurality of tapered...     

A valve, such as a butterfly valve having an offset closure vane and stub shafts for operating the vane in the flow passage of the body, has all exposed and/or potentially vulnerable metal surfaces encapsulated in a corrosion-resistant polymeric plastic coating. Providing bearing support for the vane...     

The present invention relates to novel remotely dismountable valves comprising a valve body welded to the pipes and having a truncated seat, an outwardly truncated member fitting on said seat, an obturator whose movements may be remotely controlled due to an extension element and a heavy element made...     

A butterfly valve includes an annular valve seat and a disc-like valve member mounted both for rotation about an axis parallel to the valve seat and for axial displacement relative to the seat. The actuating mechanism automatically effects sequential motion of the valve member, first to rotate it to...     

A throttling device is located in a venting pipe or in a pipe section such as a flue gas pipe or conduit arranged between a boiler and a flue or chimney. The flap is held in a pipe section for removal out of the respective pipe either by tilting or by pulling the flap out. For this purpose the pipe section...     

A carburetor for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine which has for each cylinder a main combustion chamber defined above the piston in the cylinder and a sub-combustion chamber defined above the main combustion chamber and communicating with the latter through a torch nozzle. The carburetor has...     

A butterfly valve is disclosed for use in controlling the flow of gaseous fluid under high temperature, high pressure conditions. The interior of the valve body has non-overlapping semi circular valve seats spaced to either side of the shaft for the valve disc. The valve disc is rigid and inflexible...     

A passenger vehicle heater core fluid flow system and bypass valve (10) therefor is disclosed having a butterfly valve member (24) rotatably mounted in a primary fluid passageway (14) and intermediate first (20) and second (21) fluid ports which fluidly communicate with the primary passage. Third (22)...     

A sealed butterfly-type valve for an exhaust gas passage in an engine intake mainfold, the valve having a rotatably mounted stem carrying a gas flow modifying valve element disposed in the passage, and sealing against escape of exhaust gases along the stem is prevented by axially biasing the stem to...     

An installation control valve, for example for use in a fire fighting sprinkler installation, comprises a pivotal butterfly valve disc co-operable with a movable stop, which in one position abuts the valve disc to retain the valve closed against pressure forces acting thereon. A retaining mechanism is...     

A wafer-type valve for securing between two flange fittings comprises a valve body having a flowway therethrough, connection formations integrally adjoining the valve body and extending radially therefrom, a valve element mounted in the flowway, and adapter means adjoining the valve body and extending...     

A novel damper kit is described wherein blade stock having a hook-shaped hinge portion formed therein, and notched angle bracket stock having periodically spaced hook-shaped hinge elements formed therealong can easily be cut and assembled at the job site to custom fit and install a damper in a duct,...     

The valve disk of a butterfly valve is carried by a valve shaft, which is mounted in bearing bushings, which are fitted in the valve body. Each bearing bushing is formed in its outside peripheral surface with two peripheral grooves and between said grooves with diametrically opposite grooves for receiving...     

A butterfly valve disc of generally oval shape, tiltingly arranged so that the outer periphery forms a perfect circle intersecting with the inner bore of a butterfly valve, and where two semi-circular wall portions forming said discs have angularly offset planary axes to substantially reduce hydrodynamic...     

A throttle controlled induction passage assembly is shown as having a body with an induction passage formed through the body and a throttle shaft extending transversely of the induction passage and carried by the body, the throttle shaft having an axis of rotation about which the throttle shaft is rotatable,...     

The manifold cross-over control valve includes a powdered metal mounting base (10) which is mounted in a bore in a cross-over passage of an intake manifold (B). A frame (40) which extends into the cross-over passage from the mounting base seals against passage around its periphery and defines an exhaust...     

A locating pin having a generally cylindrical, threaded lower portion and an axially aligned, nonthreaded upper portion is provided. The threaded lower portion has at least one vertical slot in which is located a locking bar. The locking bar has a flat lower portion that permits the pin to be threaded...     

A throttle valve shaft projecting from a boss on an internal combustion engine throttle body has a nut which is adjustable for establishing a selected clearance between the nut and the boss to thereby limit end float or axial displacement of the shaft. A lever or other retainer secured to the shaft has...     

The annular cast body 1 of a butterfly valve is coated both internally and externally, including the butterfly shaft and axle passages 12, 13, with an elastomeric material 2 of the same type and hardness at all points of the valve body. The coating has a thickened band 15 which acts as a seat for the...     

A valve comprising a valve body, a butterfly valve element pivotally mounted within the body and a guard closely adjacent the upstream edge of the valve element in the open position. The guard protects the upstream edge of the valve element from the fluid stream passing through the valve. The guard may...     

Butterfly valve actuated by a servo-motor, opening taking place by means of hydraulic force and closing by means of spring force. The hydraulic force must overcome the torque due to the flow, and the force of the closing spring. The excess hydraulic force of the servo-motor (2) during the end phase of...     

A throttle valve 4 is pivotally mounted about a shaft 3 within a connection-piece housing of a throttle-valve connection piece. In order to reduce the air leakage rate, means are provided for eddying the leakage air which, when the throttle valve is closed, passes between it and the wall of the bore...     

A water shutoff valve is disclosed in the preferred embodiment comprising a cylindrical body having a valve disk and water flow sensor therein. The sensor is operatively connected to a timer which automatically resets to zero upon interruption of water flow through the valve. The valve automatically...     

A butterfly valve comprising a body 1, a passage 2 extending through the body, a closure or butterfly member 3 mounted in the passage 2 to pivot about an axis orthogonal to the axis of the passage so as to be movable between a closing position in which a sealing element fixed or formed on the periphery...     

A damper controls fluid flow and includes a frame with an opening through which the fluid is intended to flow when the damper is open, and a closure cap movable between a first position in which it blocks the opening and a second position in which the opening is unblocked. In the second position, the...     

A butterfly valve of the type including a valve casing, a seat ring provided in the valve casing and a butterfly rotatably provided in the valve casing. The butterfly valve further includes a pair of semicircular sealing projections formed on the sheet ring. The sealing projections are arranged and configured...     

A hollow airfoil damper blade formed by sheet metal. The walls of the blade are formed by two sheets crimped together at the edges. The blade tapers from the center toward the edges and has two pairs of V-shaped stiffening ribs formed by corrugations in the sheets. The ribs project nearly one half the...     

A butterfly valve having a body provided with a fluid passage therethrough. The fluid passage includes a tapered inner surface. A circular valve member is in the housing across the passage and is secured to a shaft rotatable on the housing. One end of the shaft is in a portion of an annular groove in...     

An annular valve seat is fitted in a rotary fluid control valve of the butterfly type. The seat consists of a radially outer tail portion, a radilly intermediate metal support portion in the shape of an S and a radially inner metal seal portion having a metal sealing surface in the form of an annular...     

A throttle valve for regulating the introduction of a fuel-air mixture into an internal-combustion engine is provided with a return spring system. The return spring system includes a first coiled spring, a second coiled spring, a hat-shaped bushing for separating the two spring coils and a lever, fixed...     

A shutoff valve includes a pivotably displaceable flap shaped cutoff part mounted in a flow passageway through a housing. The flap shaped cutoff part is relatively thin so that in the fully open position it does not appreciable reduce the flow passageway cross-section. The cutoff part is pivotably supported...     

The improved positive pullback synchro valve actuator of the present invention comprises a universal cam assembly having a frame supporting a deformable cam strip which is operatively connected to a plurality of contour adjustment screws and which may be adjusted to form the desired shape of the cam....     

The disclosure is of a gate-like valve wherein a gate or carrier plate has upper and lower through bores movable into alignment with flow passages in the body. In the upper through bore is received a valve disc that is rotatable on the carrier between a closed position wherein it is in the plane of the...     

Valve which consists of a body (1) provided with a flow passage, of a closing member (2), such as, e.g., a flap, fitted in the flow passage (3) pivotably or turnably and having no passage opening, and, if necessary, of jointly operative sealing members (6) fitted between the closing member (2) and the...     

The disclosure is directed to a high performance butterfly control valve which may be applied and utilized in critical high pressure and/or high performance operation environments. In accordance with the invention, the vane of the butterfly valve is formed to include first and second diametrically opposed,...     

A damper to be pivotally mounted and eventually clamped in a cylindrical air duct includes a circular damper blade, a first pivot pin extending integrally radially outwardly from the blade, a damper clip mounted on the opposite side of the blade to have a slidably mounted second pivot pin extending radially...     

A butterfly valve comprises a valve housing (1) with an axial passage (4) for a fluid medium; a valve seat in the form of a seat ring (8) which is displaceable within a slot (7) in the valve housing in a radial direction relative to the axial passage, the seat ring elastically deformable as to its shape...     

A butterfly valve housing which is to be interposed between two sections of as conduit includes a metallic core body and a covering body of a high-rigidity synthetic plastic material which is molded around the core body to substantially completely encase the same and to form a substantially self-supporting...     

A sealing device is provided for sealing the bearing journal area of a rotatable flap within the housing of an air guiding duct which sealing device allows for a reliable sealing, increased rotational mobility of the flap and a saving of material cost and weight. The sealing device is formed with a sealing...     

A fiber reinforced composite article such as a valve element is provided with a reinforcing insert.

A butterfly valve for insertion between a pair of spaced flanges in a fluid flow passageway is disclosed as incorporating a tubular body having a pivotally mounted disc valve positioned in the fluid flow passageway for opened and closed positions thereof, and a resilient seal mounted in the tubular body...     

In a flap valve, a casing is provided forming a flow opening through the valve. A flap is pivotally mounted in the casing for closing the flow opening. The casing is formed of two annular parts secured together by bolts. The two casing parts have a plane of contact with a seal secured between the two...     

An elongated flexible oil spout has one end portion provided with internal threads for engagement with external threads of a plastic oil bottle. An intermediate portion of the oil spout is formed from accordion fold snap-lock segments which connect to a conical tip portion. A snap-on cap is provided...     

A fire damper kit is set forth wherein a fire damper box is formed with a first framing angle iron fixedly secured thereto with a second angle iron slidable thereon to secure said damper and sandwich a fire wall between said opposed angle iron collars. A fusable link positions a fire damper door in a...     

A throttle body defining a passageway and including a throttle valve formed by a pivoting plate is profiled to include a venturi nozzle whose converging wall lies adjacent the path of the plate periphery. The radius, and other characteristics of the converging wall reduces the change of flow rate throughout...     

A gasketless air damper includes a cylindrical sleeve having an inwardly protruding integral seal ridge. A circular blade damper disposed for rotation in the sleeve has integral oppositely oriented edge seals that aerodynamically interact with airflow through the damper and which, in a closed position,...     

The present invention is a shaftless butterfly valve that does not require a valve housing and may be mounted to a length of pipe by merely drilling a hole into the wall of the pipe. A stuffing box is attached to a pipe by a U-bolt or other conventional means. The stuffing box serves as a drill jig to...     

A butterfly valve includes a duct defining a fluid flow path and a plate-like valve member pivotal in the duct to in one position open and close the latter. The valve member is pivotal to a second position spanning the duct and extending parallel to the flow path to allow fluid flow therein. Means are...     

A butterfly valve includes a duct defining a fluid flow path and a plate-like valve member pivotal in the duct to in one position open and close the latter. The valve member is pivotal to a second position spanning the duct and extending parallel to the flow path to allow fluid flow therein. Means are...     

A butterfly valve includes a duct defining a fluid flow path and a plate-like valve member pivotal in the duct to in one position span and close the latter. The valve member is pivotal to a second position spanning the duct and extending parallel to the flow path to allow fluid flow therein. Means are...     

A butterfly valve includes a duct defining a fluid flow path and a plate-like valve member pivotal in the duct to in one position span and close the latter. The valve member is pivotal to a second position spanning the duct and extending parallel to the flow path to allow fluid flow therein. Means are...     

A locking construction for addition to an existing valve having a valve body, a flange on the valve body, a valve member in the valve body, a valve stem coupled to the valve member and extending through the flange for moving the valve member between various positions, the locking construction including...     

A desired-value transmitter (2) is flanged onto a throttle-valve connecting piece (1), the desired-value transmitter having a setting shaft (5) aligned with a throttle-valve shaft (3). The setting shaft (5) engages in rotatable manner via a pin (9) into a bearing bushing (11) which is also rotatably...     

Motorized damper apparatus including a conduit, a damper blade movably mounted within the conduit between an open position and a closed position, and mechanism including a motor for moving the damper blade between the open and closed positions. The damper blade is decoupled from the motor after movement...     

A valve for an extraction device of a molten metal or molten alloy atomizing chamber comprises a valve member which is rotatably mounted in a pipe. The peripheral edge of the valve member has a groove in which is located a rubber seal. A protecting member is located in the pipe upstream of the valve...     

Provided is a damper for controlling air flow through an air duct. The damper includes a mounting fame secured to the interior of the duct which has a circular opening for air flow therethrough when the damper is open. A circular damper plate is provided which is dimensioned to block the circular opening...     

A cooling water temperature controlling apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises a butterfly valve placed in a cooling water passage for the internal combustion engine at a position between the inlet port of a radiator and the inlet port of a radiator bypass pipe, and a stepper motor connected...     

Disc-stem connection for a butterfly valve using interfitted slots on the disc and stem for mechanical connection. An oversize slot on the disc creates channels between the disc and the stem which allows deep penetration of a weld bead. Centralization of the stems within the oversize slots is effected...     

The present invention is a shaftless bi-directional butterfly valve that does not require a valve housing and may be mounted to a length of pipe by merely drilling a hole into the wall of the pipe. A stuffing box is attached to a pipe by a U-bolt or other conventional means. The stuffing box serves as...     

There is disclosed a butterfly valve having a stem which extends through a disc rotatable within a seat about an annular hub to open and close the valve. The stem and disc have flat sides which engage one another in order to rotate the disc within the stem, and outer end of the stem is releasably retained...     

At the outer-periphery contact portion of a butterfly disk of a butterfly valve, the sealing area closest to the shaft is formed smaller than other sealing areas. Thus, when the valve is closed by the butterfly disk, the outer-periphery contact portion of the butterfly disk almost simultaneously starts...     

A pipeline valve is provided which includes a valve body having a spherical bore with a cylindrical valve seat. The cylindrical valve seat is positioned along the centerline of the spherical valve body and can be machined in the valve body. Alternatively, the valve seat can be an elastomeric material...     

An air control damper assembly for mounting in an air duct comprising a damper blade pivotally mounted within the air duct and means for rotating the damper blade from an open position to a close position. A drive system rotates the damper blade such that the system exerts a high torque and low speed...     

A pig-compatible three-way valve designed to be mounted on a fluid transfer conduit for use in oil or petroleum distribution or similar operations. The valve includes a tee-shaped tubular passageway and a valve closure element mounted on a control shaft for controlling fluid flow.

The starting of an i.c. engine usually takes place by carrying out the necessary number of starting attempts with the carburetor choked in order to obtain an ignition. After that, the choke valve (15,23,24) is opened and the engine can be started by making more starting attempts. Thus, the engine does...     

A novel throttle device adjuster having a U-shaped fastening bracket, connected to a throttle valve shaft and having a sawtooth contour in the region of two locking segments that pass through a pulley in two fastening bracket receptacles; the sawtooth contour, together with the fastening bracket receptacles,...     

An engine exhaust gas system includes a conduit for transferring exhaust gas, and a butterfly valve within the conduit for controlling communication of exhaust gas through the conduit. The butterfly valve is mounted on a shaft for pivoting relative to the conduit. The shaft is supported on a bushing...     

A sanitary butterfly valve including a closable disc member carried by a resilient valve seat. The valve seat is compressed between a housing and clamp plate while being retained by a first acute lip and a second acute lip. The compression of said valve seat causes its central portion to collapse inwardly...     

There is disclosed a butterfly valve having a body forming a continuation of the flowway in which it is installed, bearing housings mounted on the body to connect with side openings from the flowway, a stem rotatable in the bearing housings and extending into the flowway, and a disc rotatable with the...     

There is disclosed a butterfly valve having a disc whose stem portions on its opposite ends are closely received within openings in opposite faces of the disc and a seat in the body of the valve. A seal assembly is mounted between the faces in surrounding relation to the stem portions so as to prevent...     

A pivotable joint including a first part provided with pivot bores and a second part with resiliently mounted pivot pins received in said pivot bores such that the second part is pivotably mounted in a desired assembled position. The first part has a closed tubular cross section and may be a section...     

This is a unitary bellmouth duct fitting having a tubular body portion and a bellmouth portion; the tubular body portion has a circumferential terminal edge from which the bellmouth portion or flange radially and integrally extends and the bellmouth portion merges with the tubular body portion to provide...     

A butterfly valve comprising a valve body, a throttle plate located within a throat of the valve body, and opposed projecting pins connected to the throttle plate and extending into two opposed bores of the valve body. At least one pin has an annular bearing surface. A spring urges either a thrust bearing...     

A closure valve assembly for the discharge outlet line of a garbage disposal has a resilient deformable housing which defines a fluid passage and a rigid valve element pivotal in said housing and having an outer circumferential surface with a greater diameter than that of the inside surface of said housing.