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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1980
Filed:
May. 22, 1978
Harold G Brakebill, Concord, TN (US);
Robertshaw Controls Company, Ricmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A self-contained valve positioner having a single valve positioner housing including an actuator portion and having a pneumatically operated actuator unit therein carrying a main valve member to position the main valve member relative to a main valve seat in a valve unit in relation to the magnitude of a single pneumatic signal directed to the valve positioner and being utilized as the fluid source therein for pneumatically operating the actuator unit, the housing including a pilot valve portion and the actuator unit having a pilot valve relay disposed in the pilot valve portion and that initially receives the pneumatic signal and causes the signal to operate the actuator unit to progressively open the valve member as the signal being directed to the valve positioner progressively increases from a first value to a second value and thereafter to progressively close the valve member as the signal being directed to the value positioner progressively increases from the second value to a third value.
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