摘要 |
<p>The present invention discloses a flexible seal carrier for use in a butterfly valve, the valve having a valve body, a retainer ring, and a valve disk having a sealing surface. The flexible seal carrier comprising a radially outward extending mounting portion sized to extend between the valve body and the retainer ring, a sealing member sized to surround the sealing surface of the valve disk to form a sealing engagement, and a shaped cross-section disposed between the mounting portion and the sealing member and arranged to permit the sealing member to shift relative to an axis perpendicular to the sealing surface of the valve disk and an axis parallel to the sealing surface of the valve disk.</p> |