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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Automatic Switch Company, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Brian Gillespie, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
David Park, Madison, NJ (US);
Gregory Volz, Pequannock, NJ (US);
Automatic Switch Company, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A valve can include a rib for improving flow, which can include improving a flow rating of the valve and improving the structural integrity of the valve. A valve can include a valve body, one or more inlets for allowing flow into the body, one or more outlets for allowing flow out of the body, one or more flow paths, and one or more ribs for routing fluid in a flow path. A valve can include an orifice fluidicly between an inlet and an outlet and one or more ribs disposed upstream and/or downstream of the orifice. A valve can include one or more ribs in an inlet flow path, an outlet flow path or another flow path and a rib can be coupled between two or more portions of a valve.