US 12,473,982 B2
Guide assembly for valve
Eric Joseph Manternach, Chattanooga, TN (US); and Conner Scott Holmes, Chattanooga, TN (US)
Assigned to Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/140,547.
Prior Publication US 2024/0360905 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 27/04 (2006.01); F16K 3/314 (2006.01); F16K 3/316 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 3/316 (2013.01) [F16K 3/314 (2013.01); F16K 27/044 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve comprising:
a valve body defining a valve port and a guide channel;
a gate configured to slide along the guide channel between an open configuration and a closed configuration; and
a guide assembly comprising:
a track mounted in the guide channel, a gap defined between the guide channel and the track,
a barrier covering the gap, and
a cured adhesive within the gap;
wherein:
the barrier and the cured adhesive comprise non-corrosive materials, and
the barrier is a stainless-steel wire mesh lattice, and the cured adhesive is a thermoset epoxy, and wherein the thermoset epoxy forms a wetted surface that covers the wire mesh lattice, and the wire mesh lattice is not wetted when fluid is in the valve port.