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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
May. 08, 2002
Charles A. Weiler, Jr., Holly, MI (US);
Charles A. Weiler, Jr., Holly, MI (US);
Ross Operating Valve Company, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A control valve for operating a fluid-actuated device includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a passage in fluid communication between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, the passage defining a longitudinal axis. A valve seat is disposed in the passage and includes an upstream diameter and a downstream diameter, the downstream diameter smaller than the upstream diameter. A ball poppet is positionable in a seated line contact position with the valve seat. The valve seat has a valve seat angle relative to a centerline of the longitudinal axis that is greater than an angle formed by the centerline and a line tangent to the ball poppet at the seated line contact position.