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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Gregory L. Foust, Plano, TX (US);
Jared B. Chizek, McKinney, TX (US);
Mark A. Michnevitz, McKinney, TX (US);
Tung K. Nguyen, McKinney, TX (US);
Gregory L. Foust, Plano, TX (US);
Jared B. Chizek, McKinney, TX (US);
Mark A. Michnevitz, McKinney, TX (US);
Tung K. Nguyen, McKinney, TX (US);
Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc., McKinney, TX (US);
Abstract
A fluid regulating device includes a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, a valve port, and a control element shiftable within the valve body. A control assembly includes an actuator coupled to the control element and includes a diaphragm disposed adjacent a diaphragm chamber. A sense tube has a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion, the first end positioned to communicate with the diaphragm chamber, the second end disposed adjacent the outlet, and the intermediate portion disposed adjacent an intermediate portion of the outlet. The sense tube includes a shoulder and a flared portion, with the flared portion disposed adjacent the second end.