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Multiple-mode fluid-flow control valve arrangement

US4151862A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 1978
Grant dateMay 1, 1979
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Expiry dateJan 17, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/86936
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fluid-flow control valve arrangement comprising valve means operable in different conditions including variable-flow,, constant-flow and zero-flow mode conditions depending upon predetermined ranges of a prescribed operational parameter, the valve arrangement being useful especially for the control of the flow of fuel in a heating device such as a gas-burning water heating device.

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