F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – K
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
16
K
F16K 15/04 (2006.01) F04B 53/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2264497
An improved ball-type check valve is provided for a reciprocating pump. The valve is an assembly having a cage containing the ball and a ball stop at the cage's fluid outlet, a ball seat and a seat retainer. A contiguous bore is formed therethrough from a fluid inlet at the retainer to the fluid outlet. The bore has an inside wall which is formed of three continuous profiles. The diameter of the bore diminishes from the fluid inlet of the seat retainer to the ball seat, then increases in the cage to the fluid outlet. Bore transitions are substantially tangential throughout. The cross--sectional area of the cage is managed to be about twice that of the ball's area. The bore of the ball seat is maximized to be within 1/8 inch of the diameter of the ball. More preferably, the ball is hollow. Accordingly, the improved valve has a low pressure drop and can operate at lower hydraulic head before vapor-locking or reduced pumping efficiency.
Bennett Jones Llp
Conn Kenneth S.
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