Bladder saver device
AssigneePerformance Pulsation Control, Inc.
InventorCersten Jantzon
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Abstract
To inhibit damage to or failure of the bladder within a bladder-type pulsation dampener, an internal passage of a bladder saver device carrying pumped fluid from the pulsation bleed plate mounted within the internal passage and movable between a first position in which the pulsated fluid flow is unencumbered by the bleed plate and a second position in which the pulsated fluid flow is restricted by the bleed plate.
Claims20
A device for use with a bladder-type pulsation dampener, the device comprising:
- a housing that includes an internal passage for a pulsated fluid flow;
- and
- a bleed plate mounted within the internal passage and movable between a first position in which the pulsated fluid flow is unencumbered by the bleed plate and a second position in which the pulsated fluid flow is restricted by the bleed plate.
A system, comprising:
- a strainer cross coupled to a pump discharge to filter large particles;
- a bladder saver device coupled to the strainer cross to be in fluid communication with a cross fluid passage of the strainer cross, the bladder saver device includes:
- a housing that includes an internal passage for a pulsated fluid flow;
- and
- a bleed plate mounted within the internal passage and movable between a first position in which the pulsated fluid flow is unencumbered by the bleed plate and a second position in which the pulsated fluid flow is restricted by the bleed plate;
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- a pulsation dampener coupled to the bladder saver device to be in fluid communication with the internal passage.
An integrated bladder saver device for use with a bladder-type pulsation dampener, the integrated bladder saver device comprising:
- a strainer cross portion coupled to a pump discharge to filter large particles;
- a bladder saver portion extending from the strainer cross portion to be in fluid flow with a cross fluid passage of the strainer cross portion, the bladder saver portion includes:
- a housing that includes an internal passage for a pulsated fluid flow;
- and
- a bleed plate mounted within the internal passage and movable between a first position in which the pulsated fluid flow is unencumbered by the bleed plate and a second position in which the pulsated fluid flow is restricted by the bleed plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.