Patent ID: 6296016
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A valve comprising:a valve body having two standard parallel flanges for attachment to pipework and a passageway therethrough for flow of medium, said valve body including two tapered bores intercepting said passageway, the axes of the bores extending transversely of the passageway;two obturators comprising tapered plugs being located one in each of the bores, each plug being rotatable about the restive axis of the bore between a closed position wherein said passageway is blocked and an open position wherein said passageway is unblocked;wherein the axis of one of said two obturators and associated bore is arranged at an angle of at least about 90.degree. with respect to the axis of the other of said two obturators and associated bore;wherein the flanges are spaced apart by a longitudinal distance which is the same as a standard distance for a valve comprising one obturator and associated bore; andwherein the relative orientations of said two obturators and associated bore allows said two obturators and associated bore to occupy a more compact volume than if said axes of said two obturators and associated bore were oriented at the same angle.