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US 2025/0092964 A1Published application
Water valve of reduced noise and method therefor
AssigneeRobertshaw Controls Company
InventorsGiovanni Cerizza, Cristina Torti, Marco Ferrari
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Abstract
A water valve includes a valve body having an inlet and an outlet and a flow path extending through the valve body between the inlet and the outlet. A spiraled channel along the flow path channels a fluid flow from the inlet towards the outlet.
Claims21
A water valve comprising:
- a valve body having an inlet and an outlet and a flow path extending through the valve body between the inlet and the outlet;
- wherein a spiraled channel along the flow path channels a fluid flow from the inlet towards the outlet.
A water valve comprising:
- a valve body comprising:
- an inlet;
- a first outlet;
- a second outlet;
- a first flow path extending through the valve body between the inlet and the first outlet;
- a second flow path extending through the valve body between the inlet and the second outlet;
- wherein a first spiraled channel channels a first fluid flow along the first flow path and a second spiraled channel channels a second fluid flow along the second flow path.
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A method for reducing noise in a water valve, the method comprising the steps of:
- inletting water into a valve body of the water valve;
- passing the water over a convex surface within the inlet of the valve body;
- channeling a flow of the water along a spiraled channel from an inlet of the valve body towards an outlet of the valve body.
A water valve comprising:
- a valve body having an inlet and an outlet and a flow path extending through the valve body between the inlet and the outlet;
- a valving member separating an inlet cavity from an outlet cavity within the valve body;
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- wherein the flow path between the inlet and the inlet cavity includes a convex surface over which a fluid flow must pass.
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