Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Constrictor valve with webbing, cementitious slurry mixing and dispensing assembly, and method for making cementitious product
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Application No.: US15296874Application Date: 2016-10-18
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Publication No.: US10537863B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Ronald E. Schenck
- Applicant: United States Gypsum Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
- Current Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Agent Philip T. Petti; Pradip K. Sahu
- Main IPC: F16K7/06
- IPC: F16K7/06 ; F16K7/08 ; B01F15/02 ; B01F3/12 ; B01F15/00 ; C04B11/00 ; B28C5/00 ; B28C7/16

Abstract:
A constrictor valve can be associated with a conduit in fluid communication with a mixer to control a flow of cementitious slurry discharged from the mixer through the conduit. The constrictor valve can include a constrictor housing, a webbing constriction assembly, and a drive mechanism. The webbing constriction assembly includes a pair of rotatable members rotatably mounted to the constrictor housing and a plurality of webbing straps connected to the rotatable members and wrapped around the conduit. The drive mechanism includes a drive shaft and a gear assembly configured to rotate the rotatable members in opposing winding directions in response to the drive shaft rotating in a tighten direction to wrap the webbing straps tighter around the conduit to compress it and to rotate in opposing unwinding directions in response to the drive shaft rotating in a loosen direction to loosen the grip of the webbing straps on the conduit.
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