Patent ID: 9328828
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: F16K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A valve, comprising; a valve member; an annular seat carrier having an inner side, an outer side, an inward facing side, and an outward facing side, the seat carrier having an annular sealant groove formed along the inner side of the seat carrier, the seat carrier having at least one sealant injection port extending through the seat carrier from the outer side of the seat carrier and intersecting the sealant groove for injecting a sealant into the sealant groove; and a sealant distribution member extending along the sealant groove of the seat carrier to cooperate with the seat carrier to define an annular sealant flow path along the inner side of the seat carrier, the sealant distribution member having a plurality of openings formed there through to provide a plurality of fluid flow passageways from the sealant groove for injecting the sealant between the seat carrier and the valve member.