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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1990
Lawrence A Kolze, Bensenville, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A pilot operated flow modulating control valve with a pilot valve to incrementally control the position of the control valve and flow. The control valve has a closure valve for blocking flow through the valve and an oppositely acting but integral modulating valve that modulates flow through the control valve. An electromagnetic coil driven actuator has a pilot seal that modulates flow through a pilot passage in the control valve to effect following movement of the control valve. A relatively low voltage through the coil positions the control valve in its maximum flow position and a relatively high voltage through the coil moves the control valve in its modulating positions, minimizing inadvertent control valve instability from transient voltages or pressures when the valve is modulating.