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US 2014/0174544 A1Published application
Valve
AssigneeDavid DiNunzio
InventorDavid Di Nunzio
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Abstract
A valve includes a generally cylindrical housing including first and second end portions that are offset from each other along a longitudinal axis of the generally cylindrical housing. First and second inlet ports are arranged on one of said first or second end portions, and at least one outlet port is arranged on one of said first or second end portions. A disk is disposed in the generally cylindrical housing and is configured to independently control both mixing and flow rate of fluid flowing into at least one of the first and second inlet ports.
Claims20
A valve, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical housing including first and second end portions that are offset from each other along a longitudinal axis of the generally cylindrical housing;
- first and second inlet ports arranged on one of said first or second end portions;
- at least one outlet port arranged on one of said first or second end portions;
- and
- a disk disposed in the generally cylindrical housing and configured to independently control both mixing and flow rate of fluid flowing into at least one of the first and second inlet ports.
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A valve, comprising:
- a generally tubular housing with two end portions;
- a first inlet port located on one of said two end portions;
- a moveable disk that controls flow of fluid entering said inlet port;
- and
- a peripheral linkage that communicates with said moveable disk from along side the generally tubular housing axis to move said moveable disk within said housing;
- wherein said peripheral linkage translates the moveable disk relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing.
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A method, comprising:
- independently controlling mixing and flow rate of fluid flowing in a longitudinal direction through an elongate generally cylindrical housing of a valve that includes at least two inlet ports on an end of the housing and at least one outlet port on the same or another end of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.