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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:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
May. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benjamin H Beam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael W Cato, Newark, CA (US);
Assignee:
Beam Engineering, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137315 ; 92151 ; 137599 ; 251 635 ; 251367 ;
Abstract
A digital valve unit comprised of a plurality of valve orifice sections which have orifice sizes in a binary relationship. The orifice sections are detachable from the valve unit such that the unit may be modified to have different size orifices in different combinations. The unit also comprises a plurality of stackable air powered actuators. The valve actuators may each comprise a single or multiple stage, depending on the application required.