Pilot valve operated pressure reducing valve
US4590968A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 1984 |
| Grant date | May 27, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/86614
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention refers to a pressure reducing valve including a pilot valve. The main piston of the pressure reducing valve allows to selectively connect a load port to either a port connected to a pressure source or to a port connected to the reservoir. The pilot valve is connected to a control pressure line and to the reservoir. The main piston controlled connection to the reservoir opens within the valve housing into a port connecting the pilot valve to the reservoir. This provides for a substantially simplified construction of the valve since there are only two operating ports and a reservoir port. Furthermore, the main piston is engaged by a spring which is capable of becoming activated such that dynamic stresses resulting from a change from high to low pressure values are avoided which vibrations are detrimental in generating pressure peaks as well as pressure breaks.
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