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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Samuel C. Walker, Green Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 15/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 15/001 (2013.01); F16K 31/402 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49412 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49417 (2015.01);
Abstract
An irrigation valve has a valve body with an inlet passage, an outlet passage, a valve seat intermediate the inlet passage and the outlet passage and a control chamber exit or bypass passage terminating in a surface that defines a portion of the outlet passage, the valve body including at least one of a recess and a rib for hindering clogging of the bypass passage. Related methods for hindering clogging of the control chamber or exit bypass passage are also disclosed.