Patent ID: 7699074

Claim:
A valve assembly, said assembly comprising a valve body with ends having a bore running along the length thereof, said bore controlled between open and closed positions by two selectively operable valve arrangements positioned within the valve body, said body having a channel and an aperture with said body formed from at least first and second valve body parts, said parts joined at an interface intermediate the ends of the valve body, said valve body further including at least one end thereof with an end face and at least one port, said at least one port having an opening at said end face of the valve body and said port depending inwardly from the end face into the valve body for the reception of fastening means to allow the valve to be joined with a pipeline end at said end face wherein the valve body parts are joined at the interface to form the valve body by locating means passing along said channel in one of the body parts into said aperture in the other of said body parts.