A sanitary check valve having an open hook hinge coupling the valve disc to the valve body. The open hook hinge comprises a pair of open hook receivers coupled to the valve body, each open hook receiver adapted to receive a respective free end of a pin which is coupled to the valve disc. The open hook hinge prevents separation of valve disc from valve body during operations while permitting thorough cleaning and sanitation of sanitary check valve.

A pump including a pump body and an intake valve attached to the pump body, connected to a source of a coating product, the intake valve including a valve body and a valve shutter. The valve body includes a first component secured to the pump body, and a second component screwed to the first component and including a valve-shutter support situated radially toward the inside of the first component and forming a seat of the valve to collaborate with the valve shutter to establish sealing, the second component also including a nut, attached to the valve-shutter support, extending radially around an end part of the first component, this end part having an external screw thread collaborating with an internal screw thread of the nut, and when the nut has been unscrewed from the first component, the second component and the valve shutter may be extracted from the first component.

A pump fluid end having a reciprocating element a discharge valve assembly, a suction valve assembly, and a suction valve stop. The reciprocating element is disposed at least partially within a reciprocating element bore of the pump fluid end. The suction valve assembly is coupled with a front end of the reciprocating element. The suction valve stop is positioned within the reciprocating element bore such that the suction valve stop contacts and applies a closing force to the suction valve assembly when the suction valve assembly is stuck open at the end of a discharge stroke of the reciprocating element.

An inventive lock open device for use with a poppet type check valve is disclosed. The device permits bidirectional flow of fluid or gas by defeating the check valve sealing device which permits hydrostatic testing without the need for check valve disassembly or the need for additional tooling.

A pump fluid end having a reciprocating element a discharge valve assembly, a suction valve assembly, and a suction valve stops. The reciprocating element is disposed at least partially within a reciprocating element bore of the pump fluid end. The suction valve assembly is coupled with a front end of the reciprocating element. The suction valve stop is positioned within the reciprocating element bore such that the suction valve stop contacts and applies a closing force to the suction valve assembly when the suction valve assembly is stuck open at the end of a discharge stroke of the reciprocating element.

An inventive lock open device for use with a poppet type check valve is disclosed. The device permits bidirectional flow of fluid or gas by defeating the check valve sealing device which permits hydrostatic testing without the need for check valve disassembly or the need for additional tooling.

The present application includes a compressor having a cylinder forming a compression chamber in which gas is compressed, a housing having a peripheral wall forming an internal space in which the compressor is stored, and a supporting member situated above the compressor in the internal space. The peripheral wall includes an opening wall in which a carry-out port is formed through which the cylinder is carried out. The supporting member extends to guide movement of a first lifting device between a position above the compressor and a position above the carry-out port. The cylinder is hung from the first lifting device.

A discharge valve assembly configured to control fluid flow out of a chamber of a pump fluid end of a pump, wherein the discharge valve assembly comprises a controllable holding system (CHS), wherein the CHS is controllable to hold the discharge valve assembly in an open configuration.

An air release and pump primer attachable to a swimming pool pump is configured to permit the manual release of air trapped inside a pool pump while permitting the pump to be manually primed with fluid.

A pump fluid end comprising: a reciprocating element disposed at least partially within a reciprocating element bore of the pump fluid end; a discharge valve assembly; a suction valve assembly coupled with a front end of the reciprocating element; and a suction valve stop, wherein the suction valve stop is positioned within the reciprocating element bore such that the suction valve stop contacts and applies a closing force to the suction valve assembly when the suction valve assembly is stuck open at the end of a discharge stroke of the reciprocating element.