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US 2016/0061336 A1Published application
Method and system of a valve
AssigneePGS Geophysical AS
InventorsKarl Petter Elvestad, Michael Malling
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Abstract
Valves. At least some of the example valves include: a valve body; a valve housing; and a piston that defines a proximal end and a distal end, the piston disposed in a piston bore of the valve housing. The valve defines a closed orientation by a first rotational orientation of the valve housing relative to the valve body, and the valve defines an open orientation by a second rotational orientation of the valve housing distinct from the first rotational orientation.
Claims29
A valve assembly comprising:
- a valve body that comprises
- a first counter bore with a first diameter and a first central axis;
- a second counter bore disposed within the first counter bore, the second counter bore having a second central axis parallel to and offset from the first central axis, and the second diameter smaller than the first diameter;
- an inlet port fluidly coupled to the first counter bore;
- and
- an outlet port fluidly coupled to the second counter bore;
- a valve housing comprising
- a circular stem member that defines a third central axis;
- a piston receptacle member that defines a piston bore, the piston bore defines a fourth central axis perpendicular to the third central axis;
- a flow passage defined in the circular stem member, the flow passage fluidly coupled to the piston bore;
- the circular stem member disposed within the second counter bore;
- the piston receptacle member disposed within the first counter bore;
- and
- the second and third central axis coaxial;
- a piston that defines a proximal end and a distal end, the piston disposed in the piston bore of the valve housing;
- the valve assembly defines closed orientation by a first rotational orientation of the valve housing relative to the valve body, and the valve assembly defines an open orientation by a second rotational orientation of the valve housing distinct from the first rotational orientation.
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A method comprising:
- controlling flow of a fluid through a valve by
- turning a valve housing about a housing axis, the turning relative to a stationary valve body;
- and thereby
- translating a piston along a piston axis, the piston within a piston bore defined in the valve housing, the piston axis perpendicular to the housing axis.
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A method of geophysical surveying comprising:
- controlling flow of fluid through a valve to an acoustic source, the controlling by
- turning a valve housing about a housing axis, the turning relative to a stationary valve body;
- and thereby
- translating a piston along a piston axis, the piston within a piston bore defined in the valve housing, the piston axis perpendicular to the housing axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.