Patent ID: 8727015
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: E21B,F16B

Abstract:
1. A quick connect flange for securing a gate valve to a blowout preventer, comprising: a. a flexible member positioned around a wall of the gate valve above a flange of the valve; b. at least two spaced apart studs secured to the flexible member, each stud engaged into a bolt opening in the valve flange; c. a latch positioned on each stud, with each latch set in the inward position against an outer wall of the flange; d. a lower tooth member on each latch, so that when the gate valve is lowered onto the flange of the blowout preventer, each latch is forced outward until each tooth member clears the flange of the blowout preventer, and each latch returns to a closed position so that the teeth members are engaged onto a lower surface of the blowout preventer flange, and the valve is secured to the blowout preventer flange until permanent bolts are secured in place.