Butterfly valve

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9377111
APP PUB NO 20100044373A1
SERIAL NO

12298842

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The invention relates to a butterfly valve, comprising a passageway, a valve seat enclosing the passageway, a rotatable valve shaft which has an axis of rotation spaced from a plane through the valve seat, a valve plate member fixed to the valve shaft and being located in the passageway, and seal enclosing the valve plate member. The valve plate member has an open position and a closed position. At least in a plane through the seal in the open position, the width of the passageway adjacent to the valve seat as viewed from the valve seat in the direction of the axis of rotation is larger than the width of the passageway at the valve seat. Due to this configuration leakage via the seal in the closed position is avoided, because of minimal deformation of the seal in the open position. The butterfly valve has good resistance against irradiation and high-temperature necessary for enabling disinfection of the butterfly valve and a container to which it can be fixed and which is suitable for storage of sterilized products.

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SCHOLLE IPN CORPORATION200 WEST NORTH AVE NORTHLAKE IL 60164

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
De, Muinck Ebo Jacques Loenen Aan de Vecht, NL 5 27
Sondaar, Jaap Jeroen Woerdense Verlaat, NL 2 11

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