Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multifunction valve
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Application No.: US16539683Application Date: 2019-08-13
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Publication No.: US11313484B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Mark Geoffrey Masen , Jason Sagovac
- Applicant: MAXITROL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MI Southfield
- Assignee: MAXITROL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: MAXITROL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Southfield
- Agency: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
- Main IPC: F16K1/22
- IPC: F16K1/22 ; F16K31/04 ; F16K1/226 ; F16K1/54

Abstract:
A multifunction valve includes a valve body defining an inlet, and outlet and an interior chamber. A flow control gate may be disposed within the interior chamber and comprises one or more protrusions configured to provide a high level of precision control of a fluid flow rate through the multifunction valve as the flow control gate is rotated through an arcuate range of positions. The protrusions may comprise a cut-out portion, wherein the size and/or shape of the cut-out may be configured to modify the fluid flow rate through the multifunction valve. A method of modulating a fluid flow rate includes directing fluid flow through a multifunction valve from an inlet to an outlet, the multifunction valve including a flow control gate, adjusting the flow rate through the multifunction valve by rotating a control shaft to position the flow control gate to variably occlude the outlet of the multifunction valve.
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