Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pin release thermal valve
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Application No.: US15364880Application Date: 2016-11-30
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Publication No.: US10174855B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Mark A. Michnevitz , Nathan A. Quinn , Travis Ellison , James Myers
- Applicant: Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies Tulsa, LLC
- Applicant Address: US OK Tulsa
- Assignee: Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies Tulsa, LLC
- Current Assignee: Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies Tulsa, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US OK Tulsa
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Main IPC: F16K17/38
- IPC: F16K17/38 ; F16K1/12 ; A62C4/02

Abstract:
A valve includes a valve body forming a channel defining a fluid flow path from inlet to outlet ports of the valve body via a gallery disposed therebetween, an opening disposed in communication with the gallery, a valve assembly at least partially disposed through the opening and in the gallery, and a fusible element. A valve disc of the valve assembly moves between a first position spaced from a valve seat of the valve body and a second position contacting the valve seat. The fusible element is coupled to and at least partly supported by the valve assembly to maintain the valve assembly in the first position. The fluid flow path allows fluid to flow through the valve body in a first direction and a second, opposite direction. The fusible element fails when contacted by fluid traversing the fluid flow path in the second direction, allowing the valve disc to move to the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170152960A1 PIN RELEASE THERMAL VALVE Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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