Patent ID: 11959558
Assignee: MUELLER INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 8:
9. A valve assembly comprising:
a primary valve comprising a primary stem and a primary valve member configured to seal against a primary valve seat, the primary valve assembled on a primary valve body portion of a valve body, the primary valve body portion defining a primary bore extending through the primary valve body portion from a primary upstream end to a primary downstream end, the primary bore comprising a primary upstream bore extending through the primary upstream end and a primary downstream bore extending through the primary downstream end; and
a bypass valve comprising a bypass valve seat seamlessly integrated with the primary valve, the bypass valve comprising a bypass stem and a bypass valve member configured to seal against the bypass valve seat, the bypass valve assembled on a bypass valve body, the bypass valve body defined by a bypass of the valve body, the bypass comprising a bypass upstream end and a bypass downstream end, the bypass valve body positioned between the bypass upstream end and the bypass downstream end, the bypass upstream end seamlessly integrated with the primary upstream end and the bypass valve seat, the bypass downstream end seamlessly integrated with the primary downstream end and the bypass valve seat, an integral reinforcement web integrally attached to the bypass valve body and at least one of the bypass downstream end and the bypass upstream end, an internal surface of the bypass valve defining a bypass bore comprising the bypass valve seat and extending between a bypass upstream bore and a bypass downstream bore, the bypass upstream bore extending through the primary upstream end and seamlessly intersecting the primary upstream bore, the bypass downstream bore extending through the primary downstream end and seamlessly intersecting the primary downstream bore.