Patent ID: 8096524

Claim:
For use with a wafer-style valve assembly adapted to be fixedly located relative to a centerline of a pipeline by a plurality of longitudinal fasteners, the wafer-style valve assembly including a substantially cylindrical valve body having a peripheral edge portion, a centering assembly comprising: a first centering clip arranged for attachment to the valve body and extending outward of the peripheral edge portion; a second centering clip arranged for attachment to the valve body and extending outward of the peripheral edge portion; each of the first and second centering clips including a first arc-shaped edge bounded by a pair of first fingers and a second arc-shaped edge bounded by a pair of second fingers, each of the first and second centering clips further including a pair of recesses, each recess bounded by one of the first fingers and one of the second fingers; wherein the first and second centering clips comprise first and second plates removably securable to a common axial end surface of the valve body in a first configuration in which the first arc-shaped edge is disposed radially inward and a second and opposite configuration in which the second arc-shaped edge is disposed radially inward; wherein the first and second plates are arranged to be mounted to accommodate a first pattern of longitudinal fasteners when disposed in a first configuration to locate the valve assembly relative to the centerline of the pipeline; and wherein the first and second plates are arranged to be mounted to accommodate a second and different pattern of longitudinal fasteners when disposed in a second configuration to locate the valve assembly relative to the centerline of the pipeline.