Valves and valve actuation – Fluid actuated or retarded – Flexible wall expansible chamber reciprocating valve actuator
Patent
1985-04-18
1987-11-03
Michalsky, Gerald A.
Valves and valve actuation
Fluid actuated or retarded
Flexible wall expansible chamber reciprocating valve actuator
137606, 137883, 137884, 137885, F16K 31126
Patent
active
047039132
ABSTRACT:
Briefly, the present invention comprises the improvement in a valve arrangement for controlling the flow of a fluid including a valve block having at least one substantially flat valving site on a surface thereof, the valve block defining passages communicating with the valving site through openings, a resilient diaphragm covering the valving site and forming a fluid tight seal with the valve block along the periphery of the valving site and a closure element having a substantially flat closure surface, the closure element being actuable between an open condition wherein the closure surface is retracted a preselected distance from the valving site and diaphragm, and a closed condition wherein the closure surface forces the diaphragm against the valving site; whereby the diaphragm can be urged away from the valving site by fluid pressure in the passages and the closure element is in the open condition, establishing a valve chamber above the valving site for fluid flow between the passages, and if forced against the valving site when the closure element is in the closed condition, eliminating the valve chamber and expelling any fluid therein; the said improvement for which a patent is sought comprising a valve block having said passages therein which are free of intersections within the valve block.
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patent: 3763862 (1973-10-01), Spieth
patent: 4168724 (1979-09-01), Graffunder et al.
California Institute of Technology
Michalsky Gerald A.
Mueth Joseph E.
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