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US 11,105,434 B2Granted
Flow rib in valves
AssigneeAutomatic Switch Company
InventorsBrian Gillespie, David Park, Gregory Volz
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Abstract
A valve can include a rib for improving flow, which can include improving a flow rating of the valve and improving the structural integrity of the valve. A valve can include a valve body, one or more inlets for allowing flow into the body, one or more outlets for allowing flow out of the body, one or more flow paths, and one or more ribs for routing fluid in a flow path. A valve can include an orifice fluidically between an inlet and an outlet and one or more ribs disposed upstream and/or downstream of the orifice. A valve can include one or more ribs in an inlet flow path, an outlet flow path or another flow path and a rib can be coupled between two or more portions of a valve.
Claims20
A valve, comprising:
- a valve body having a bowl, the bowl having a top interior surface and a bottom interior surface;
- an inlet that allows fluid flow into the valve body in a direction parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the inlet, wherein the inlet comprises a first inlet opening at a terminal end fluidically upstream from a second inlet opening into the bowl;
- an outlet that allows fluid flow out of the valve body;
- an orifice disposed fluidically between the inlet and the outlet, the orifice having an orifice body disposed at least partially within the bowl and an orifice inlet fluidically upstream from an orifice outlet;
- a valve flow passage from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the valve flow passage comprises an inlet flow passage from the inlet to the orifice and an outlet flow passage from the orifice to the outlet;
- a first rib disposed in the valve flow passage fluidically between the inlet and the outlet, the first rib having a height and a leading end disposed fluidically upstream from a trailing end;
- and
- a second rib disposed in the valve flow passage fluidically between the inlet and the outlet, the second rib having a height and a leading end disposed fluidically upstream from a trailing end;
- wherein one of the first and second ribs is disposed in the inlet flow passage and the other of the first and second ribs is disposed in the outlet flow passage;
- wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second ribs extends from the top interior surface to the bottom interior surface of the bowl and across a flow area of the valve flow passage;
- wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second ribs is disposed in contact with the orifice body;
- wherein the leading end of the first rib has a face in fluid communication with the valve flow passage;
- wherein the leading end of the second rib has a face in fluid communication with the valve flow passage;
- and
- wherein the faces of the leading ends of the first and second ribs are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the inlet.
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A valve, comprising:
- a valve body having a bowl, the bowl having a top interior surface and a bottom interior surface;
- an inlet that allows fluid flow into the valve body in a direction parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the inlet, wherein the inlet comprises a first inlet opening at a terminal end fluidically upstream from a second inlet opening into the bowl;
- an outlet that allows fluid flow out of the valve body;
- an orifice disposed fluidically between the inlet and the outlet, the orifice having an orifice body disposed at least partially within the bowl, and an orifice inlet fluidically upstream from an orifice outlet;
- a valve flow passage from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the valve flow passage comprises an inlet flow passage from the inlet to the orifice and an outlet flow passage from the orifice to the outlet;
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- a plurality of ribs disposed in the valve flow passage fluidically between the first inlet opening and the outlet, each of the plurality of ribs having a leading end disposed fluidically upstream from a trailing end;
- wherein the plurality of ribs comprises a first rib disposed in the inlet flow passage and a second rib disposed in the outlet flow passage;
- wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second ribs extends from the top interior surface to the bottom interior surface of the bowl and across a flow area of the valve flow passage;
- wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second ribs is disposed in contact with the orifice body;
- wherein the leading end of the first rib has a face in fluid communication with the valve flow passage;
- wherein the leading end of the second rib has a face in fluid communication with the valve flow passage;
- and
- wherein the faces of the leading ends of the first and second ribs are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.