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US 2003/0205685 A1Published application
Finite control hydraulic valve
OwnerCheol H. Whanginventor
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Abstract
A valve for a flow control comprises adjacent base tubes each defined by an inner contact and a flow path, and a valve shaft having an outer periphery with first and second sections which symmetrically oppose each other. The valve shaft is holed through the sections to form a channel which is defined by an inner periphery, first and second circumferences each bordering the inner and outer peripheries. Each circumference and section are radially tapered to form grooves each defined by side walls and a hypotenuse bottom. The grooves are diagonal to each other on an imaginary plane along a channel axis.
Claims18
A valve for a flow control, comprising:
- a) first and second base tubes adjacent to each other and each defined by an inner contact and a flow path;
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- b) a valve shaft having an outer periphery, wherein the outer periphery has a first section and a second section which symmetrically oppose each other, wherein the valve shaft is holed through the first and second sections of the outer periphery to form a channel, wherein the channel is defined by an inner periphery, first and second circumferences each bordering the inner and outer peripheries, wherein said each circumference and section are radially tapered to form a first groove and a second groove each defined by side walls and a hypotenuse bottom, wherein the first groove is formed diagonal to the second groove on an imaginary plane along a channel axis, wherein the valve shaft is rotatably inserted between the inner contacts of the first and second base tubes to allow the channel to controllably communicate with said each flow path of the first and second tubes in accordance with rotation of the valve shaft, whereby either a flow proceeds from the first flow path through the channel to the second flow path when the channel is communicably aligned with said each flow path of the first and second base tubes, or the flow gradually discontinues by a further rotation of the valve shaft against said each flow path of the first and second base tubes while preventing the flow from stopping at a sudden pace.
A valve for a flow control, comprising:
- a) first and second base tubes adjacent to each other and each defined by an inner contact and a flow path;
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- b) a valve shaft having an outer periphery, wherein the outer periphery has a first section and a second section which symmetrically oppose each other, wherein the valve shaft is holed through the first and second sections of the outer periphery to form a channel, wherein the channel is defined by an inner periphery, first and second circumferences each bordering the inner and outer peripheries, wherein said each circumference and section are radially tapered to form a first groove and a second groove each defined by side walls and a hypotenuse bottom, wherein the first groove is formed diagonal to the second groove on an imaginary plane along a channel axis, wherein said each hypotenuse bottom of the first and second grooves is aligned on an extension line right-angled from a valve shaft axis to cross the channel axis, wherein the valve shaft is rotatably inserted between the inner contacts of the first and second base tubes to allow the channel to controllably communicate with said each flow path of the first and second tubes in accordance with rotation of the valve shaft, whereby either a flow proceeds from the first flow path through the channel to the second flow path when the channel is communicably aligned with said each flow path of the first and second base tubes, or the flow gradually discontinues by a further rotation of the valve shaft against said each flow path of the first and second base tubes while preventing the flow from stopping at a sudden pace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.