Heating and cooling zone valve
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1. IN A FLUID CONTROL VALVE:
- (A) A VALVE BODY INCLUDING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET AND A FLOW PORT COMMUNICATING SAID INLET WITH SAID OUTLET, (B) A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID VALVE BODY AND HAVING A SLIDER MEMBER MOUNTED THEREON, (C) A FIRST THERMALLY SENSITIVE ELEMENT IN SAID VALVE BODY ADJACENT SAID INLET AND HAVING AN OPERATING PISTON MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE FLUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID INLET, (D) SAID CARRIAGE COUPLED TO SAID OPERATING PLUNGER FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH, (E) A SHAFT JOURNALED FOR ROTARY MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID BODY HAVING A VALVE DISC MOUNTED THEREON AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH AND OVERLYING SAID PORT, (F) AN APERTURE IN SAID DISC POSITIONABLE IN REGISTRY WITH SAID PORT TO PERMIT MAXIMUM FLUID FLOW THROUGH SAID VALVE, WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID DISC TO MOVE SAID APERTURE OUT OF REGISTRY WITH SAID PORT WILL DECREASE THE FLOW OF FLUID THROUGH SAID VALVE, (G) A RADIALLY EXTENDING LEVER CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, (H) A RECTILINEARLY MOVABLE ELEMENT PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO A FREE END OF SAID LEVER, WHEREBY RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT OF SAID ELEMENT WILL EFFECT ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID SHAFT, (I) A SECOND THERMALLY RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID BODY AND HAVING AN OPERATING PISTON EXTENSIBLE THEREFROM IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AMBIENT SAID SECOND ELEMENT, (J) SAID RECTILINEARLY MOVABLE ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID OPERATING PISTON FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH, (K) WHEREBY SAID SHAFT IS ROTATED IN RESPONSE TO THE TEMPERATURE AMBIENT SAID SECOND ELEMENT.
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1. IN A FLUID CONTROL VALVE:
- (A) A VALVE BODY INCLUDING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET AND A FLOW PORT COMMUNICATING SAID INLET WITH SAID OUTLET, (B) A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID VALVE BODY AND HAVING A SLIDER MEMBER MOUNTED THEREON, (C) A FIRST THERMALLY SENSITIVE ELEMENT IN SAID VALVE BODY ADJACENT SAID INLET AND HAVING AN OPERATING PISTON MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE FLUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID INLET, (D) SAID CARRIAGE COUPLED TO SAID OPERATING PLUNGER FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH, (E) A SHAFT JOURNALED FOR ROTARY MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID BODY HAVING A VALVE DISC MOUNTED THEREON AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH AND OVERLYING SAID PORT, (F) AN APERTURE IN SAID DISC POSITIONABLE IN REGISTRY WITH SAID PORT TO PERMIT MAXIMUM FLUID FLOW THROUGH SAID VALVE, WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID DISC TO MOVE SAID APERTURE OUT OF REGISTRY WITH SAID PORT WILL DECREASE THE FLOW OF FLUID THROUGH SAID VALVE, (G) A RADIALLY EXTENDING LEVER CONNECTED TO SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, (H) A RECTILINEARLY MOVABLE ELEMENT PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO A FREE END OF SAID LEVER, WHEREBY RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT OF SAID ELEMENT WILL EFFECT ROTARY MOVEMENT OF SAID SHAFT, (I) A SECOND THERMALLY RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID BODY AND HAVING AN OPERATING PISTON EXTENSIBLE THEREFROM IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AMBIENT SAID SECOND ELEMENT, (J) SAID RECTILINEARLY MOVABLE ELEMENT COUPLED TO SAID OPERATING PISTON FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH, (K) WHEREBY SAID SHAFT IS ROTATED IN RESPONSE TO THE TEMPERATURE AMBIENT SAID SECOND ELEMENT.
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Current AssigneeLawrence A. Kolze
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Original AssigneeLawrence A. Kolze
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InventorsKolze, Lawrence A.
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Application NumberUS04/308,896Time in Patent Office1,054 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current236/1.00CCPC Class CodesF24F 11/89 Arrangement or mounting of ...G05D 23/126 using a capillary tubeG05D 23/132 with temperature sensing el...
