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US 6,006,828 AGranted
Apparatus for the remote deployment of valves
AssigneeSensor Dynamics Limited
InventorsErhard Lothar Kluth, Malcolm Paul Varnham
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Abstract
Apparatus for the remote deployment of one or more valves (1), comprising channel means (2) through which the valve (1) will be deployed, channel location means (3) in which the valve (1) will sit, seal means (4) to seal between the valve (1) and the channel means (2), valve location means to seat the valve (1) onto the channel location means (3), and valve means (6) to control the passage of fluid.
Claims8
Apparatus for sensing one or more parameters, which apparatus comprises:
- at least one valve;
- at least one optical fibre sensor;
- channel means through which the valve and the optical fibre sensor are pumped to a predetermined location;
- channel location means for retaining the valve at the predetermined location;
- valve location means for seating the valve onto the channel means;
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- a sealing arrangement for sealing the valve and the channel means;
- and the apparatus being such that the valve controls passage of fluid through the channel means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.