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US 12,625,509 B2Granted
Fluid flow regulator
AssigneesHagepe International B.V., Cenergist Limited
InventorStijn Van Der Upwich
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Abstract
A fluid flow regulator (10) comprising: a valve chamber (12) having a fluid inlet (14a) and a fluid outlet (14b); and a valve member (16) inside the valve chamber (12), the valve member (16) moveable inside the valve chamber (12); wherein the valve member (16) is concave in the direction of the fluid inlet and convex in the direction of the fluid outlet.
Claims22
A fluid flow regulator comprising:
- a valve chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
- and
- a valve member inside the valve chamber, wherein the valve member is moveable inside the valve chamber relative to a valve seat defining a flow opening there between,
- wherein at least in a resting position, a distance between a first edge of the valve member and the valve seat is different from a distance between a second edge opposite the first edge of the valve member and the valve seat, said opposite edges being defined as being on opposite sides of a line of substantial mirror symmetry of the respective valve seat.
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A fluid flow regulator comprising:
- a valve chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
- and
- a valve member inside the valve chamber,
- wherein the valve member is moveable inside the valve chamber relative to a valve seat defining a flow opening there between,
- wherein the valve member is concave towards the fluid inlet,
- wherein the valve seat comprises at least one protrusion arranged to limit the movement of the valve member towards the valve seat and prevent full closure of the flow opening, and
- wherein the valve member is comprised of steel.
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A fluid flow regulator comprising:
- a valve chamber having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet;
- and
- a valve member inside the valve chamber,
- wherein the valve member is moveable inside the valve chamber relative to a valve seat defining a flow opening there between,
- wherein the valve member is concave towards the fluid inlet,
- wherein the valve seat comprises at least one protrusion arranged to limit the movement of the valve member towards the valve seat and prevent full closure of the flow opening;
- wherein the valve member comprises a tab for locating the valve member inside the chamber, the tab being locatable with a portion of the valve chamber, and
- wherein the lowermost surface of the valve member is at a mid-point between an outermost surface of the tab and an opposing outmost edge of the valve member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.