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Valve with increased inlet flow

US6536467B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 5, 2000
Grant dateMar 25, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 5, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7937
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A check valve having a profiled entrance that reduces net positive suction head for piston and plunger pumps. The valve inlet surface has a cross-section that may include a curved portion that corresponds to a portion of a cone, circle, ellipse, hyperbola, or parabola.

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