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US 2006/0131126 A1Published application
Actuator for operating a valve
AssigneeAUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsTobias Wasser, Johannes Baumgartner
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Abstract
actuator for operating a valve, including: a drive component; a drive shaft, which is connectable with the valve; and a torque lock, which is connectable with the drive shaft The torque lock includes at least one essentially rotationally symmetric spring element arranged in a ring-shaped housing, and is so constructed that a torque introduced via the drive component causes the drive shaft to rotate, and a torque introduced via the valve blocks rotation of the drive shaft.
Claims11
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An actuator for operating a valve, comprising:
- a drive component;
- a drive shaft, which is connectable with the valve;
- and
- a torque lock, which is connectable with the drive shaft wherein:
- said torque lock includes at least one essentially rotationally symmetric spring element arranged in a ring-shaped housing;
- and
- said torque lock is so constructed that a torque introduced via said drive component rotates said drive shaft, and a torque introduced via the valve blocks rotation of said drive shaft.
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