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Soft start device for compressed air systems

US7699073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Festo AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Andreas Decker · Besigheim, DE
Karl Messerschmidt · Eßlingen, DE
Gunter Gebauer · Eßlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2005
Grant date	Apr 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 11, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/87917
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A soft start device for compressed air systems comprises a primary inlet at which compressed air at a primary pressure may be supplied, the primary inlet being connected with a secondary outlet able to be coupled with a load, by a valve circuit, at which compressed air is taken at the secondary pressure lower than or equal to the primary pressure, a principal valve placed between the primary and secondary outlet, said principal valve being able to be shunted by a bypass, a choke device being placed in the bypass, the principal valve and the choke device together with further valves of the valve circuit being connected together in a circuit and the valve circuit placed in a standard venting switching setting that the secondary outlet is vented.

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