Fluid handling – Processes – With control of flow by a condition or characteristic of a...
Patent
1988-05-11
1989-08-22
Hepperle, Stephen M.
Fluid handling
Processes
With control of flow by a condition or characteristic of a...
137 681, 137497, 137599, 251117, G05D 701
Patent
active
048586366
ABSTRACT:
A pressure-compensating, self-flushing, preset flow valve utilizing an emitter for maintaining a continuous microscopic flow of water at a specified continuous rate. The valve includes a housing adapted with an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber and a preset emitter device encapsulated between the inlet and outlet chamber having selectively unplugged outlet ports each capable of delivering a preset microscopic volume of water into the outlet chamber for collective distribution to a moisture maintenance system. The valve housing is adapted with inlet and outlet ports for connecting to a water source and a moisture maintenance system, respectively. In an alternative embodiment the housing may be modified to provide multiple stages of the encapsulated preset emitter device such that each stage is preset for a flow rate for selectively utilization according to seasonal needs.
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Flores Victor
Hepperle Stephen M.
Weiss Harry M.
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