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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian E. Hoemke, Belvidere, IL (US);
Brian K. Lawver, Rockford, IL (US);
Daniel J. McLevige, Davis, IL (US);
Assignee:
Woodward Governor Company, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 1/3044 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15B 1/3044 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus to attenuate a flapper valve from oscillating is presented. An inertia tube is added to the flow path of the flapper valve nozzle, which effectively produces a stabilizing pressure force on the flapper at its natural frequency. The inertia tube has a length to area ratio of greater than approximately 1000 in/in . The addition of an inertia tube to the nozzle makes the fixed size orifice of the nozzle behave like an orifice having a size that is a function of flow frequency. The inertia tube may be a straight tube, a coiled tube, a thread passage and the like.