Flow rib in valves
AssigneeAutomatic Switch Company
InventorsBrian GILLESPIE, David PARK, Gregory VOLZ
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Abstract
A valve can include a rib for improving flow, which can include improving a flow rating of the valve and improving the structural integrity of the valve. A valve can include a valve body, one or more inlets for allowing flow into the body, one or more outlets for allowing flow out of the body, one or more flow paths, and one or more ribs for routing fluid in a flow path. A valve can include an orifice fluidicly between an inlet and an outlet and one or more ribs disposed upstream and/or downstream of the orifice. A valve can include one or more ribs in an inlet flow path, an outlet flow path or another flow path and a rib can be coupled between two or more portions of a valve.
Claims20
A valve, comprising:
- a valve body;
- an inlet that allows fluid flow into the valve body;
- an outlet that allows fluid flow out of the valve body;
- an orifice disposed fluidicly between the inlet and the outlet;
- a valve flow passage from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the valve flow passage comprises an inlet flow passage from the inlet to the orifice and an outlet flow passage from the orifice to the outlet;
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- a first rib disposed in the valve flow passage fluidicly between the inlet and the outlet.
A valve, comprising:
- a valve body;
- an inlet that allows fluid flow into the valve body;
- an outlet that allows fluid flow out of the valve body;
- an orifice disposed fluidicly between the inlet and the outlet;
- a valve flow passage from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the valve flow passage comprises an inlet flow passage from the inlet to the orifice and an outlet flow passage from the orifice to the outlet;
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- a plurality of ribs disposed in the valve flow passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.