Metering valve assembly and method of assembly thereof
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Michael Cadman, David Richard Barnhart
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Abstract
A valve assembly includes a body including an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow passage extending therebetween. The flow passage includes a plurality of valve seats in a stepped arrangement between the inlet port and the outlet port. The valve assembly further includes a valve stem positioned within the flow passage. The valve stem includes at least one shaft and a poppet disk positioned at one end of the at least one shaft, and at least one reed petal coupled to the at least one shaft. The poppet disk is engageable with a first valve seat of the plurality of valve seats, and the at least one reed petal is engageable with a second valve seat of the plurality of valve seats.
Claims12
A valve assembly comprising:
- a body comprising an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow passage extending therebetween and comprising a plurality of valve seats in a stepped arrangement between said inlet port and said outlet port;
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- a valve stem positioned within said flow passage and comprising at least one shaft, a poppet disk positioned at one end of said at least one shaft, and at least one reed petal coupled to said at least one shaft, wherein said poppet disk is engageable with a first valve seat of said plurality of valve seats, and said at least one reed petal is engageable with a second valve seat of said plurality of valve seats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.