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Valve for sequential chemical operations

US4597412A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 23, 1985
Grant dateJul 1, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 23, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/87684
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A valve for multiple sequential operations such as biosynthesis, in which the valve body has a longitudinal groove as a common passage for a longitudinal sequence of local ports, and a unitary diaphragm controlled by a plurality of solenoid operable plungers opens and closes the local ports to the common passage by blocking fluid flow across the lands intervening between the local ports and the common passage.

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