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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur C Worley, Mt. Tabor, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1376253 ; 13762531 ; 138 46 ; 251208 ; 251175 ;
Abstract
A double disc variable orifice valve is provided for fluid solids service in a petroleum process conduit wherein each disc thereof is provided with a plurality of equally spaced and equally sized apertures extending therethrough. One of the discs of the valve is fixed relative to the surrounding valve conduit. Adjacent to the fixed orifice disc or plate, there is provided an adjustable orifice plate having a similar number of sized and spaced orifices. The adjustable orifice plate is supported at its center from the fixed orifice plate in a pivotal mounting arrangement which may include a central fixed aperture.