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US 2013/0340851 A1Published application
Flow control valve
AssigneeKohler Mira Limited
InventorKevin T. Peel
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Abstract
A flow control valve includes a valve inlet configured to receive a fluid, a valve outlet configured to output the fluid, and a valve member assembly for controlling the fluid flow through the flow control valve. The valve member assembly and the valve inlet are configured such that, when in use, fluid flowing through the flow control valve exerts substantially no net force on the valve member assembly.
Claims43
A flow control valve comprising:
- a valve inlet configured to receive a fluid;
- a valve outlet configured to output the fluid;
- and
- a valve member assembly for controlling the fluid flow through the flow control valve;
- wherein the valve member assembly and the valve inlet are configured such that, when in use, fluid flowing through the flow control valve exerts substantially no net force on the valve member assembly.
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A flow control valve comprising:
- a valve inlet configured to receive a fluid;
- a valve outlet chamber having a fluid outlet for outputting the fluid;
- wherein the flow control valve is configured to control the flow of fluid into the outlet chamber;
- and
- wherein the flow control valve includes at least two separate valve outlets into the outlet chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.