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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Booth, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Alan R Levin, Somerville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
H-Tech, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137-1 ; 137270 ; 251209 ; 25131501 ; 25131505 ; 25131516 ;
Abstract
A device for controlling fluid flow through a conduit includes a ball valve with a ball having a conduit terminating at an end thereof in an outlet orifice having a non-circular shape. The orifice shape is compound and may be selected to linearize the flow/ball angle relationship. The ball may be reversible to permit reversing the flow change dynamic and may also be a flow reducer.