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US 10,228,077 B2Granted
Fluidizing butterfly valve, and system
AssigneeThe Young Industries, Inc.
InventorsRichard W. Ambs, Joseph Anthony Hauser
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Abstract
A fluidizing butterfly valve. The fluidizing butterfly valve includes a valve body and a fluidizing valve disk or member configured to fluidize material located above the butterfly valve and/or material moving through the butterfly valve.
Claims25
A butterfly valve, comprising:
- a valve body having a flow channel extending through the valve body;
- a fluidizing butterfly valve disk or member rotatably disposed within the valve body and configured to open and close the flow channel;
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- a rotatable shaft connected to the butterfly valve disk or member for opening and closing the butterfly valve disk or member within the valve body,
- wherein the butterfly valve is configured to fluidize material located above the butterfly valve disk or member in a manner to facilitate opening the butterfly valve disk or member of the butterfly valve.
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A butterfly valve, comprising:
- a valve body having a flow channel extending through the valve body;
- a fluidizing butterfly valve disk or member rotatably disposed within the valve body and configured to open and close the flow channel, the fluidizing butterfly valve disk or member comprising an upper fluidizing membrane;
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- a rotatable shaft connected to the butterfly valve disk or member for opening and closing the butterfly valve disk or member within the valve body,
- wherein the butterfly valve disk or member is configured to fluidize material located above the butterfly valve disk or member in a manner to facilitate opening of the butterfly valve disk or member of the butterfly valve.
2 more elements
A butterfly valve, comprising:
- a valve body having a flow channel extending through the valve body;
- a fluidizing butterfly valve disk or member rotatably disposed within the valve body and configured to open and close the flow channel, the fluidizing butterfly valve disk or member comprising a base disk and an upper fluidizing membrane defining a fluidizing chamber;
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- a rotatable shaft connected to the butterfly valve disk or member for opening and closing the butterfly valve disk or member within the valve body,
- the rotatable shaft having at least one air or gas passageway for supplying air or gas from a pressurized gas or air supply to the fluidizing chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.