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US 7,802,592 B2Granted
Fluid pressure reduction devices
AssigneeFisher Controls International LLC
InventorMichael Wildie McCarty
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Abstract
An example fluid pressure reduction device includes a hollow cylinder having an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality of passageways extending between the inner and outer surfaces. Each passageway delimits an aperture having a cross-sectional area and a wetted perimeter that is greater than a second wetted perimeter of one of a circle-shaped aperture or a rectangle-shaped aperture having the same cross-sectional area as one of the passageways.
Claims8
A fluid pressure reduction device, comprising:
- a hollow structure having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the hollow structure comprises a plurality of stacked disks;
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- a plurality of passageways extending between the inner and outer surfaces wherein each passageway delimits an aperture having a cross-sectional area and a first wetted perimeter that is greater than a second wetted perimeter of one of a circle-shaped aperture or a rectangle-shaped aperture having the same cross-sectional area as one of the passageways.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.