Patent ID: 9133941
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a body having a valve seat disposed in a fluid flow passageway between an inlet and an outlet; a flow control member operatively coupled to the body, the flow control member to move between a first position to engage the valve seat to restrict fluid flow through a valve and a second position to move away from the valve seat to allow fluid flow through the valve; and an actuator removably coupled to the body via an opening non-parallel relative to a longitudinal axis of the fluid flow passageway, the actuator being removable from the body while the inlet and outlet are to remain coupled in-line with a system, the actuator being operatively coupled to the flow control member to cause the flow control member to move between the first and second positions, a portion of the removable actuator defining a fluid control chamber being cantilevered in the fluid flow passageway between the inlet and the outlet when the removable actuator is coupled to the body, the fluid control chamber of the removable actuator being fluidly isolated from the fluid flow passageway.