Patent · US Expired

Quick acting diversion valves

US4953579A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1987
Grant dateSep 4, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 20, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/8671
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A quick acting diversion valve can be constructed so that a pressure difference between the sides of a bistable diaphragm can be used to cause the diaphragm to change in configuration so as to move a valve body in a housing in order to change the manner in which passages or ports in the housing are connected.

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