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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. 23, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eric E Royle, Wigston, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55302 ; 55523 ; 137239 ;
Abstract
A gas valve which has provision for a reverse flow pulse of high pressure gas. The valve includes a reservoir which is loaded with high pressure gas during normal operation which is released into the main flow path by an applied pressure reduction. The valve is fitted to a porous ceramic 'candle' filter between dirty and clean gas zones. The high pressure gas pulse reverses flow through the filter and blows off any aggregated dirt. A shut-off valve is arranged to shut the valve in the event the ceramic filter breaks. The valve is efficient and uses only a metered amount of high pressure gas with little loss of pressure between supply and flushing.