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US 2019/0101089 A1Published application
Engines and pumps with motionless one-way valve
AssigneeQuest Engines, LLC
InventorsElario Dino Dalmas, II, Brett J. Leathers
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Abstract
Embodiments of apparatus for controlling the movement of matter, including but not limited to one-way fluid valves, are disclosed. The apparatus may include a transition nozzle, a funnel nozzle, and a reverse flow blocker arranged in series in a case. A counter-flow area may be disposed about the funnel nozzle. The apparatus may permit matter to flow in a first direction, and discourage or prevent flow in a direction reverse to the first direction. Control over the flow of matter also may enable matter to be harvested, sorted, separated or combined with injected matter.
Claims21
An engine or pump comprising:
- a chamber having a chamber wall separating a chamber interior from a chamber exterior;
- a chamber port extending through the chamber wall to provide communication between the chamber interior and the chamber exterior;
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- a valve disposed proximal to the chamber port, said valve having one or more components having a stationary position relative to each other and relative to the chamber wall, and said valve being configured to control a flow of fluid,
- wherein the valve permits the flow of fluid from the chamber exterior to the chamber interior,
- wherein the valve substantially restricts the flow of fluid from the chamber interior to the chamber exterior, and
- wherein the one or more components of the valve remain in the stationary position relative to each other and relative to the chamber wall to permit the flow of fluid from the chamber exterior to the chamber interior and to substantially restrict the flow of fluid from the chamber interior to the chamber exterior.
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An engine or pump comprising:
- a chamber having a chamber wall separating a chamber interior from a chamber exterior;
- a chamber port extending through the chamber wall to provide communication between the chamber interior and the chamber exterior;
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- a valve disposed proximal to the chamber port, said valve having a transition nozzle, a funnel nozzle and a reverse flow blocker,
- wherein the valve permits the flow of fluid from the chamber exterior to the chamber interior, and
- wherein the valve substantially restricts the flow of fluid from the chamber interior to the chamber exterior.
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A pump comprising:
- a chamber having a chamber wall separating a chamber interior from a chamber exterior;
- a first chamber port extending through the chamber wall to provide communication between the chamber interior and the chamber exterior;
- a second chamber port extending through the chamber wall to provide communication between the chamber interior and the chamber exterior;
- a first valve disposed proximal to the first chamber port, said first valve having one or more components having a stationary position relative to each other and relative to the chamber wall, and said first valve being configured to control a flow of fluid;
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- a second valve disposed proximal to the second chamber port, said second valve having one or more components having a stationary position relative to each other and relative to the chamber wall, and said second valve being configured to control the flow of fluid,
- wherein the first valve permits the flow of fluid from the chamber exterior to the chamber interior,
- wherein the first valve substantially restricts the flow of fluid from the chamber interior to the chamber exterior,
- wherein the one or more components of the first valve remain in the stationary position relative to each other and relative to the chamber wall to permit the flow of fluid from the chamber exterior to the chamber interior and to substantially restrict the flow of fluid from the chamber interior to the chamber exterior,
- wherein the second valve permits the flow of fluid from the chamber interior to the chamber exterior,
- wherein the second valve substantially restricts the flow of fluid from the chamber exterior to the chamber interior, and
- wherein the one or more components of the second valve remain in the stationary position relative to each other and relative to the chamber wall to permit the flow of fluid from the chamber interior to the chamber exterior and to substantially restrict the flow of fluid from the chamber exterior to the chamber interior.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.