Fisher Controls International LLC

Allen D Dvorak

David James Westwater

Paul J Schafbuch

Gerald L Mimick

A valve includes a fluid inlet passageway coupled to a fluid outlet passageway through an orifice and a valve plug that is moveable with respect to the orifice to vary the rate of fluid flow through the orifice. A seat ring is disposed at the orifice and includes a structural member having three vanes connected in a Y-shaped configuration extending into the fluid inlet passageway adjacent the orifice. The Y-shaped vane configuration prevents disturbances, such as intermittent vortices, from forming within the fluid in the fluid inlet passageway and, thereby, provides a stable rate of fluid flow through the valve.

Multi-vane flow rate stabilizer for throttling valves

A valve includes a fluid inlet passageway coupled to a fluid outlet passageway through an orifice and a valve plug which is moveable with respect to the orifice to vary the rate of fluid flow through the orifice. A seat ring is disposed at the orifice and includes a structural member extending into the fluid inlet passageway adjacent the orifice which prevents disturbances, such as intermittent vortices, from forming within the fluid in the fluid inlet passageway and which, thereby, provides a stable rate of fluid flow through the valve. The structural member may, alternatively, be connected to the valve plug or a wall of the fluid inlet passageway.

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Marshalltown, IA, United States of America

Allen D Dvorak