Fluid handling – Line condition change responsive valves – Pilot or servo controlled
Patent
1979-02-12
1983-02-15
Cline, William R.
Fluid handling
Line condition change responsive valves
Pilot or servo controlled
73702, 137 8, 137 12, 137557, F16K 3102
Patent
active
043735495
ABSTRACT:
An input valve having an input that can be coupled to a source of pressurized gas is open during first portions of successive cycles and closed during the remainder. A volume V is connected between the output of the valve and a load, and gas flows through the volume V to a load during the entire cycle. Pressure in the volume V is measured at the end of the first portion of each cycle and/or at the end of each cycle, and means responsive to a pressure can be used to control the flow of gas through the input valve so as to maintain the pressure on the load at a predetermined value or the difference in the pressures can be used to maintain a constant flow to the load. An output valve can be inserted between the volume and the load and closed while pressure measurements are being made so that the pressure is constant during the measurement. In one embodiment, a reserve volume can be coupled to the output valve and a third valve can be coupled between the reserve volume and the load so as to smooth out variations in pressure on the load. In this last embodiment, the output and third valves are operated out of phase and in such manner that the input valve and output valve are closed when the measurement is taken at the end of a first portion of a cycle, and the input and third valves are shut when the pressure is being measured at the end of a cycle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3762223 (1973-10-01), Feuer et al.
patent: 3842676 (1974-10-01), Brown et al.
patent: 4086804 (1978-05-01), Ruby
Casale Michael A.
Nalepa Roger A.
Cline William R.
Hewlett--Packard Company
Timbie Donald N.
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