Gang valve arrangement
First Claim
1. IN A FLUID FLOW CONTROL AND VENT VALVE, AN INLET AND VENT VALVE BODY SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE OUTLET VALVE, SAID INLET AND VENT VALVE BODY HAVING AN INLET PASSAGE, AN OUTLET PASSAGE AND A VENT PASSAGE, SAID OUTLET VALVE CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW THROUGH SAID OUTLET PASSAGE, SAID OUTLET VALVE HAVING A FLUID FLOW PASSAGE ALIGNED WITH SAID OUTLET PASSAGE OF SAID INLET AND VENT VALVE BODY, SAID OUTER VALVE HAVING AN ANNULAR CHAMBER FORMED THEREIN IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FLUID FLOW PASSAGE A DISCHARGE PASSAGE INITIATING WITHIN THE SPACE DEFINED BY SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER TO COOPERATE THEREWITH IN DEFINING AN ANNULAR VALVE SEAT, A FLUID FLOW CONTROL DIAPHRAGM SPANNING SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER AND SEAT, AN APERTURE IN SAID DIAPHRAGM POSITIONED CENTRALLY OF SAID DISCHARGE PASSAGE, A SEPARATE BLEED APERTURE IN SAID DIAPHRAGM COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER AND THE BACKSIDE OF SAID DIAPHRAGM, A SOLENOID ACTUATED ISTON MOVABLE TO SEAL SAID CENTRAL APERTURE FROM THE BACKSIDE OF SAID DIAPHRAGM, A SPRING BIASING SAID DIAPHRAGM TOWARD SAID ANNULAR VALVE SEAT, SAID VENT PASSAGE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BORE, SAID BORE HAVING AN INLET OPENING COAXIAL THEREWITH AND AN OUTLET OPENING PERIPEHRALLY THEREOF, A VALVE SEAT FORMED ON SAID VENT PASSAGE INLET OPENING, A SOLENOID MOUNTED ON SAID VENT PASSAGE COAXIAL TO SAID BORE, A VALVE CLOSABLE AGAINST SAID SEAT, A CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING COAXIALLY OF SAID BORE BETWEEN SAID SOLENOID AND SAID VALVE, A FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BORE AND CONNECTED TO SAID ROD IN FLUID-SEALING RELATION TO ISOLATE SAID SOLENOID FROM FLUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID VENT PASSAGE, SAID DIAPHRAGM BEING SPACED FROM SAID VALVE SEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID OUTLET OPENING, AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID INLET AND VALVE BODY AND SAID OUTLET VALVE IN ASSEMBLED, OPERABLE FLUID FLOW RELATION AS AN INTEGRAL UNIT.
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1. IN A FLUID FLOW CONTROL AND VENT VALVE, AN INLET AND VENT VALVE BODY SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE OUTLET VALVE, SAID INLET AND VENT VALVE BODY HAVING AN INLET PASSAGE, AN OUTLET PASSAGE AND A VENT PASSAGE, SAID OUTLET VALVE CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW THROUGH SAID OUTLET PASSAGE, SAID OUTLET VALVE HAVING A FLUID FLOW PASSAGE ALIGNED WITH SAID OUTLET PASSAGE OF SAID INLET AND VENT VALVE BODY, SAID OUTER VALVE HAVING AN ANNULAR CHAMBER FORMED THEREIN IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FLUID FLOW PASSAGE A DISCHARGE PASSAGE INITIATING WITHIN THE SPACE DEFINED BY SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER TO COOPERATE THEREWITH IN DEFINING AN ANNULAR VALVE SEAT, A FLUID FLOW CONTROL DIAPHRAGM SPANNING SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER AND SEAT, AN APERTURE IN SAID DIAPHRAGM POSITIONED CENTRALLY OF SAID DISCHARGE PASSAGE, A SEPARATE BLEED APERTURE IN SAID DIAPHRAGM COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER AND THE BACKSIDE OF SAID DIAPHRAGM, A SOLENOID ACTUATED ISTON MOVABLE TO SEAL SAID CENTRAL APERTURE FROM THE BACKSIDE OF SAID DIAPHRAGM, A SPRING BIASING SAID DIAPHRAGM TOWARD SAID ANNULAR VALVE SEAT, SAID VENT PASSAGE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BORE, SAID BORE HAVING AN INLET OPENING COAXIAL THEREWITH AND AN OUTLET OPENING PERIPEHRALLY THEREOF, A VALVE SEAT FORMED ON SAID VENT PASSAGE INLET OPENING, A SOLENOID MOUNTED ON SAID VENT PASSAGE COAXIAL TO SAID BORE, A VALVE CLOSABLE AGAINST SAID SEAT, A CONNECTING ROD EXTENDING COAXIALLY OF SAID BORE BETWEEN SAID SOLENOID AND SAID VALVE, A FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY OF SAID BORE AND CONNECTED TO SAID ROD IN FLUID-SEALING RELATION TO ISOLATE SAID SOLENOID FROM FLUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID VENT PASSAGE, SAID DIAPHRAGM BEING SPACED FROM SAID VALVE SEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID OUTLET OPENING, AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID INLET AND VALVE BODY AND SAID OUTLET VALVE IN ASSEMBLED, OPERABLE FLUID FLOW RELATION AS AN INTEGRAL UNIT.
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Current AssigneeGeorge Honsinger Phillip
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Original AssigneeGeorge Honsinger Phillip
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InventorsGEORGE HONSINGER PHILLIP
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Application NumberUS04/076,354Time in Patent Office1,649 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current137/583CPC Class CodesA47J 31/461 Valves, e.g. drain valvesY10T 137/86292 System with plural openings...Y10T 137/87877 Single inlet with multiple ...
