Patent ID: 7225825

Claim:
A method of installing a valve seal, the method comprising: providing a valve, the valve comprising a valve gate, a housing, and a plurality of screws, the housing comprising a fluid passageway that extends through the housing, the housing also comprising a groove that extends into the housing from the fluid passageway, each of the screws having threads that extend into the groove of the housing, the valve gate being movable relative to the housing between opened and closed positions; installing an elastomeric valve seal at least partially into the groove; at least partially filling the groove with a curable material in a manner such that the curable material surrounds at least a portion of each of the screws and such that, after curing the curable material, the curable material and the valve seal will be secured to each other by interlocking geometry; allowing at least a portion of the curable material to cure in a manner such that the curable material becomes cured material that secures the valve seal to the screws in a manner preventing the valve seal from being removed from the groove and in a manner such that the valve seal is positioned to compress against the valve gate when the valve gate is in the closed position.