Patent · US Expired

Filtering flow in a valve

US5582205A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 1995
Grant dateDec 10, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 18, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/8085
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A unitary cup-shaped grid member having a grid of holes in the closed end is inserted in the inlet of a valve and a cup-shaped fine-mesh primary filter screen inserted therein and snap-locked in place. In the event the screen clogs and is removed by the user, the grid provides some back-up or auxiliary course filtering to protect the valve in service after removal of the primary filter screen.

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