Control Concepts, Inc.

Aaron G Hall

Henry D Tiffany, Iii

Paul S Rose

Daniel S Smith

Henry D Tiffany

A sanitary pulse valve, USDA-certified for compliance with sanitary design standards, ensuring suitability for hygienic applications in food, dairy, and pharmaceutical processing is disclosed. The valve comprises a plunger body with first and second cylindrical chambers in constant fluid communication, where the second chamber includes a throttle valve chamber for regulating flow. A plunger assembly made from PEEK thermoplastic operates within the chambers, transitioning between open and closed positions to control fluid passage. The plunger assembly includes a sealing ring with an approximately 1/16-inch break for pressure equalization and an approximately 0.01-inch gap between the plunger and internal walls of the plunger body for precise fluid communication. The valve features an outlet body and a chamfered sealing edge (approximately 0.032 inches wide) disposed opposite the outlet port for tight sealing against the plunger body. All internal surfaces are RA32 finish or better, ensuring compliance with food safety standards.

Sanitary pulse valve

A high-pressure valve assembly is provided. The high-pressure aerator valve assembly includes an outer housing with front and back ends terminating a central passageway; a movable valve member having a one-piece unitary metal construction slidably engaged within the central passageway in the outer housing, the valve member having an enlarged head termination sealing the front end of the passageway. The assembly also includes a spring-loaded spring guide member also having a one-piece unitary metal construction which is fixed within the central passageway in the outer housing intermediate the front and back end and a wave spring having a predetermined spring constant for supplying spring tension to keep the moveable valve member sealed. Also included are operational sensors which include a linear shaft displacement counter for counting the number of times the valve member opens and closes; a vibration sensor, or accelerometer, for measuring vibration, a temperature sensor and/or an air pressure sensor. The assembly also includes externally accessible on-board memory for storing sensing data.

Aerator valve assembly

A sanitary high pressure valve assembly is provided. The valve assembly includes an inlet adaptor for admitting pressurized gas into a sanitary central passageway for release into a storage vessel containing granular material for the purpose of aiding flow of the granular material from the storage vessel. The valve assembly also includes an isolation chamber for housing serviceable parts that are isolated from the sanitary central passageway.

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North Grosvenordale, CT, United States of America

Aaron G Hall