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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. 14, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank J Heymann, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1376253 ; 13762538 ; 251127 ;
Abstract
Control valves suitable for use in nuclear power plants are provided which include a muffler having a cylindrical wall with a plurality of substantially circular apertures spaced substantially equilaterally from one another within a portion of the wall. The apertures can be disposed in a repetitive helical pattern of a substantially equilateral triangle for maintaining consistenet ligament widths in all directions for providing uniform structural strength to the valve.