Method and apparatus for generating high-speed pulsed fluid jets
OwnerGene G. Yieinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating high-speed pulsed fluid jets. A valve assembly has a valve body with an inlet and an outlet. A valve shuttle is slidably or movably mounted with respect to the valve body. The valve shuttle is positioned within a cavity of the valve body and divides the cavity into an upper or inlet cavity and a lower or outlet cavity. The valve shuttle has a passage in communication with the upper cavity and the lower cavity. In an open condition of the valve assembly, fluid communication is formed between the inlet, the inlet cavity, the passage, the outlet cavity and the outlet.
Claims17
An apparatus for generating high-speed fluid jets, the apparatus comprising:
- a valve body having a valve cavity, an inlet, and an outlet, a valve shuttle slidably mounted with respect to said valve body within said valve cavity, said valve shuttle dividing said valve cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, said valve shuttle movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to said valve assembly, said valve shuttle having a fluid passage, in said open position said fluid passage in communication with said outlet, said first cavity and said second cavity, in said closed position said valve shuttle preventing communication between said inlet and said outlet, and said valve shuttle oscillating between said open position and said closed position when pressurized fluid flows through a valve assembly.
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