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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul R Glamm, La Crosse, WI (US);
Assignee:
American Standard Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62222 ; 25112911 ; 25112914 ; 25112905 ; 137901 ;
Abstract
An electrically actuated valve for incremental fluid flow rate control is disclosed. The valve is comprised of a valve body having an interior with a planar outlet surface against which a rectilinear valve element is slidingly operated. The valve body includes an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice in the planar outlet surface for fluid flow through the valve body. The valve element has an orifice therethrough controlling flow through the outlet orifice in accordance with the position of the valve element, which is linearly actuated by a rotary stepper motor.