Media control valve with pressure balance loop
AssigneeAxxiom Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorPhoung Taylor Nguyen
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Abstract
A media control valve includes a valve body having a media inlet and a media outlet with the valve body being adapted to be mounted on a flow device for providing communication between the media outlet and the flow device. A pressure balance flow line is provided in communication with the valve body and also with the flow device at a point upstream of the media outlet for balancing the pressure in the valve. A check valve may be included in the balance flow line for assuring that flow generally flows from the flow device to the valve body. A cleanout port may be provided for permitting clean out of the valve without disassembly when not in use.
Claims5
A media control valve, comprising:
- a valve body having a media inlet and a media outlet, the valve body being adapted to be mounted on a flow device for providing communication between the media outlet and the flow device;
- and a pressure balance flow line in communication with the valve body and also with the flow device at a point upstream of the media outlet for balancing the pressure in the valve, wherein the balance flow line includes a check valve for assuring that flow generally flows from the flow device to the valve body, and wherein the valve body includes a mounting flange for mounting the valve body on a mated mounting flange provided on the flow device, and wherein the media outlet of the valve is located in the mounting flange, the balance flow line also being located in the mounting flange and mating with a port in the flow device upstream of the media outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.