Patent ID: 7222417

Claim:
A tooling system for a valve assembly including a valve body and internal workings, comprising: a workstation assembly including a plurality of clamping and alignment mechanisms structured to engage said valve body of said valve assembly at a plurality of locations to align and secure said valve assembly in order to perform an operation thereon in which said internal workings of said valve assembly are exposed; and a toolkit including a plurality of tools for performing said operation on said valve assembly, which is aligned and secured in said workstation assembly, wherein said workstation assembly provides a number of mounting locations for receiving at least some of said tools in order to facilitate the use of said tools to perform said operation on said valve assembly, wherein said workstation assembly further comprises: a generally horizontal base platform; a plurality of upright members coupled to and extending generally vertically from said base platform; an adjustable valve seat assembly coupled to said base platform and structured to adjust the height and alignment of said valve assembly being worked on; a stabilizing assembly structured to further align and secure said valve assembly; and a clamping assembly structured to engage and secure said valve assembly once it is aligned in order to permit said operation to be quickly and easily performed on said aligned, secured valve assembly, wherein said plurality of upright members includes a number of substantially rigid upright members and a pair of upright positioning bars; wherein said clamping assembly includes a generally horizontal clamping frame forming an opening for receiving said valve assembly therethrough; wherein said generally horizontal clamping frame is coupled on top of said number of upright members extending generally vertically from said base platform; and wherein said pair of upright positioning bars extend generally vertically above said generally horizontal clamping frame in order to receive said stabilizing assembly.