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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Fisher Controls International Llc, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Julian Adin Mann, III, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for reducing noise and/or cavitation in valves are disclosed. An example disclosed herein includes a valve including a valve body including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid passageway extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and a valve trim apparatus disposed in the fluid passageway, the valve trim apparatus including a plug and a cage, the plug circumscribing the cage, the plug including first openings, the cage including second openings, the plug movable relative to the cage between a first position to enable fluid communication between the first openings of the plug and the second openings of the cage, and a second position to prevent fluid communication between the first openings of the plug and the second openings of the cage.