Patent ID: 8413672

Claim:
A flushing kit used for temporarily flushing a globe valve, said valve having a valve body defining an internal cavity for receiving a linear reciprocating closure member and a first internal fluid passage connecting a valve inlet to the internal cavity and a second internal fluid passage connecting the internal cavity to a valve outlet, said internal cavity having an upper opening closed by a closure bonnet held in place with threaded nuts received on a plurality of threaded studs protruding from an upper exterior surface of the valve body, and a lower opening in the internal cavity having a closure seat and a seat gasket adapted to receive the closure member, said flushing kit comprising: a flushing bonnet assembly comprising a circular disk adapted to be received in the upper opening of the valve cavity when the closure bonnet and the closure member are removed; one or more downwardly disposed legs connected at a proximal end to a bottom side of the circular disk; a seat protection ring adapted to abut the seat gasket and thereby protect the closure seat, said seat protection ring connected to a distal end of the one or more legs; and a plurality of bonnet clamps each having at least one opening therethrough, said opening adapted to be received on one of the threaded studs protruding from the upper exterior surface of the valve body and held in place by the threaded nuts.