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US 6,601,601 B2Granted
Adjustable vibration valve
OwnerRichard Tamianinventor
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The adjustable vibration valve of the invention is a simple but effective device to regulate the flow of a fluid when the invention is vibrated by an outside source, where the adjustable vibration valve comprises a flow chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port, an adjustable valve seat between the lower interior volume of the flow chamber and the outlet port, and a selectively sized control ball which remains on the adjustable valve seat in moveable engagement with the adjustable valve seat, such that said control ball is stable relative to said adjustable valve seat when the adjustable vibration valve is at rest, forming a seal, but which becomes disengaged from the adjustable valve seat when the vibration valve device is vibrated by an outside source, permitting fluid present in the flow chamber to flow past the selectively sized control ball, through the adjusted inner opening of the adjustable valve seat, and then through the outlet port.
A fluid flow control device comprising a flow chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port, an adjustable valve seat between the interior volume of the flow chamber and the outlet port, and a selectively sized control ball in moveable engagement with said adjustable valve seat, such that said control ball is stable relative to the adjustable valve seat when the valve device is at rest, and upset from the adjustable valve seat when the vibration valve device is moved by oscillations and vibrations, allowing fluid present in the flow chamber to flow past the control ball, through the adjustable valve seat, and then through the outlet port.
A stand alone, fluid flow control device comprising a flow chamber formed from a first portion comprising part of the flow chamber and an inlet port and a second portion comprising the remainder of the flow chamber and an outlet port, said portions being joinable to each other to define an interior volume;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.