US 11,808,378 B2
Globe valve assembly
Michael Pellegrini, Westfield, MA (US)
Filed by Michael Pellegrini, Westfield, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,245.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/174,092, filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325804 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F16K 3/24 (2006.01); F16K 1/42 (2006.01); F16K 5/04 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01); F16K 1/48 (2006.01); F16K 31/50 (2006.01); F16K 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 5/0435 (2013.01) [F16K 1/10 (2013.01); F16K 1/427 (2013.01); F16K 1/482 (2013.01); F16K 3/246 (2013.01); F16K 5/0464 (2013.01); F16K 27/065 (2013.01); F16K 31/508 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve assembly for controlling a flow of a substance through the valve assembly, the valve assembly comprising:
a valve body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a volume therebetween;
a sleeve disposed in at least a portion of the volume, an interior of the sleeve having a first opening in fluid communication with the inlet and a second opening in communication with the outlet;
a seat ring releasably held in place in the valve body by pressure exerted by a lower end of the sleeve at at least one of the first opening or the second opening without the seat ring being secured by a mechanical fastener to the valve body;
a stem disposed in the sleeve;
a plug releasably engaged to the stem and configured to contact the seat ring to control the flow of the substance through the valve assembly;
an actuating subassembly that receives the stem and comprising a lower mounting flange having a lower mounting flange body that is threaded into the valve body; and
a dowel inserted in a wall of the sleeve at an upper end and in the lower mounting flange body to align the sleeve in the valve body.