PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15987298
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["137", "015230"]

Abstract:
A replaceable seat pocket assembly ( 10 ) for a gate valve body, the valve body comprises a recess ( 13 ) forming a seat pocket interface around the flow bore (B) by the gate opening, the seat pocket assembly ( 10 ) is arranged to be replaceable and comprises a ring shaped replaceable seat face ring ( 1 ), an energizing retaining collar ( 3 ) provided with threads. The invention also comprises a tool ( 1000 ) for replacing the replaceable seat pocket assembly, an also a kit and a method for installation of the replaceable seat pocket assembly.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for installing a replaceable seat pocket assembly ( 10 ) in a gate valve comprising a gate valve body ( 0 ), a flow bore (B), a gate opening (GO), a gate (G), a gate cavity (GC), said valve body comprises a seat pocket interface recess ( 13 ) forming a replaceable around said flow bore (B) by said gate opening (GO), said recess ( 13 ) having a rear wall ( 131 ) and an inward facing circumferential side wall ( 130 ) with a threaded portion ( 132 ) close to the gate opening (GO);\n operating through said gate cavity (GC): placing a seal ring ( 20 ) into a groove ( 19 ) in said rear wall ( 131 ) of said recess ( 13 ), placing a ring shaped replaceable seat face ring ( 1 ) with a front ( 11 ) and a reverse side ( 12 ), an outer circumference wall ( 101 ) and an inner circumference wall ( 100 ) with said reverse side ( 12 ) facing said seal ring ( 20 ) and said rear wall ( 131 ), arranging an energizing retaining collar (ERC) ( 3 ) onto an outer circumferential portion of said front ( 11 ) of said seat face ring ( 1 ), by engaging a threaded outer circumferential wall ( 302 ) of said energizing retaining collar ( 3 ) with said threaded portion ( 132 ) in said recess ( 13 ), inserting a circular torque key ( 1004 ) with one or more arc-shaped load dogs ( 1008 ) on its outer circumference and engaging said load dogs ( 1008 ) with one or more corresponding arc-shaped load slots ( 307 ) in said energizing retainer collar ( 3 ), then operating through said flow bore (B) inserting an extension rod ( 1001 ) through said flow bore (B), engaging a first end ( 1001 a ) of said extension rod ( 1001 ) into a central engagement slot ( 1007 ) of said torque key ( 1004 ) and using a torque tool (T) engaging a bolt head ( 1006 ) on a second end ( 1001 b ) of said extension rod ( 1001 ) and operating said hydraulic tool and tighten to a required torque.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01852
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10423257', '10670942', '11205751', '13733556', '13492543']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8525626727302456
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4832666920613768
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8156330746633588
- Mean Citation Score: 227.565202
- Max Citation Score: 245.55356
- Similarity Product: 180.4310241876125

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test