Floating valve

In an improved floating ball check valve including a body having an outlet port, a cap, having an inlet port, joined with the body, a ball guide slidably received within the body and having a ball pocket for receiving a sealing ball, a biasing spring for biasing the ball toward the inlet port, an annular seat retainer in the cap and a generally ring-shaped seat, of non-resilient plastic material of preferably thermoplastic or fluoroplastic composition, substantially received within a conical bore within the cap and retained therein via the seat retainer, with the spherical surface of the ball being urged into a sealing engagement with an arcuate/spheric sealing surface of the seat having a radius slightly larger than the radius of the sealing ball, with the noted seat materials and geometries permitting seat self-compensation for pressure and temperature. An improved manufacturing method is also set forth.

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