Abstract

A valve system comprising a valve body having an opening and an interior; a davit system comprising: a first pillar having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end of the first pillar is attached to the valve body; a second pillar having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end of the second pillar is attached to the valve body; a pivot arm having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the pivot arm is rotationally attached to the upper end of the first pillar, the second end of the pivot arm is removably attached to the upper end of the second pillar and the pivot arm straddles the valve body opening when the second end of the pivot arm touches the upper end of the second pillar; and a closure cap system comprising a closure cap, wherein a means for sealing the closure cap is disposed between the closure cap and the valve body; and a cap stem having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end of the cap stem is attached to the closure cap and the upper end of the cap stem is disposed through a central portion of the pivot arm; and wherein a means for lifting and lowering the closure cap engages the cap stem to lift or lower the closure cap is disclosed. A method of using the valve system is also disclosed.

IPC Classes  ?

• F16K 1/24 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces with valve members that, on opening of the valve, are initially lifted from the seat and next are turned around an axis parallel to the seat
• F16K 31/60 - Handles
• F16K 1/36 - Valve members
• F16K 27/08 - Guiding yokes for spindlesMeans for closing housingsDust caps, e.g. for tyre valves
• F16J 13/22 - Covers or similar closure members for pressure vessels in general with movement parallel to the plane of the opening