Bypass valve with variable filter
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsYogesh Patil, Dattatray B. Pingle, Yogesh Bhoi
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Abstract
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for bypass flow filtering. A bypass valve filter includes at least one wall configured to engage a surface of a bypass valve and a filter surface having a plurality of openings between an inside of the at least one wall and an outside of the at least one wall. One or more openings of the plurality of openings have a first size and one or more other openings of the plurality of openings have a second size, wherein the first size is different than the second size to define different levels of filtering. The bypass valve further includes an open end configured to allow fluid flow therethrough and to the plurality of openings.
Claims17
A bypass valve comprising:
- a housing defining a bypass flow path;
- a spring within the housing;
- a valve body having a plurality of guide walls, wherein the valve body is spring biased closed;
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- a plurality of filters within the housing and positioned in-between the plurality of guide walls, wherein in response to an applied fluid pressure, the plurality of filters move with the valve body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.