Multi-function pressure regulation valve
AssigneeNelson Irrigation Corporation
InventorsCraig NELSON, Riley D. GREENWOOD
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AssigneeNelson Irrigation Corporation
InventorsCraig NELSON, Riley D. GREENWOOD
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A pressure regulator (10) including: a housing (12, 14) including a flow passage (44, 46, 48); a plunger (38) configured to move within the housing, wherein the plunger is hollow and has a plunger passage (46) included in the flow passage; a valve seat (52) in the housing and disposed in the flow passage immediately upstream of an inlet (44) to the plunger passage; a shuttle (42) within the housing configured to move between an upstream-most position at which the shuttle abuts the valve seat to close the flow passage and a downstream position displaced from the valve seat which opens the flow passage; a sealed chamber (26) within the housing and between the plunger and the shuttle, wherein the sealed chamber is configured to be operated at pressures other than at atmospheric pressure; and a port (66) in the housing and open to the sealed chamber, wherein the port is configured to be connected to a source (68) of a pressurized fluid.
A pressure regulator including:
A liquid flow control device including:
A method to control a liquid control device including a housing having a flow passage extending through the housing from an inlet to an outlet, wherein the flow passage is partially defined by a hollow conduit within the housing, a shuttle, and a sealed chamber between the hollow conduit and the housing, wherein the method comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.