Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotary valve
- Patent Title (中): 旋转阀
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Application No.: US11718925Application Date: 2005-11-08
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Publication No.: US07866344B2Publication Date: 2011-01-11
- Inventor: Nathan Webster , David Mark Hampson
- Applicant: Nathan Webster , David Mark Hampson
- Applicant Address: GB
- Assignee: Huntleigh Technology Limited
- Current Assignee: Huntleigh Technology Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB
- Agency: DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C.
- Agent Craig A. Fieschko, Esq.
- Priority: GB0424870.4 20041110
- International Application: PCT/GB2005/004305 WO 20051108
- International Announcement: WO2006/051280 WO 20060518
- Main IPC: F15B13/044
- IPC: F15B13/044

Abstract:
A rotary valve for controlling air supply in an inflatable device comprises a first rotor (11) and the second rotor (12) driven by motor (13) with a drive pulley (14) fixed directly onto its drive spindle (15). A toothed belt (16) driven by the drive pulley (14) engages with the toothed perimeter profile of the first rotor (11), to rotate rotors (11) and (12) relative to a stator (10). As the first and/or second rotor(s) are rotated, channels and ports on the airtight interfaces between the rotors (11, 12) and the stator (10) are connected and disconnected as required by the desired inflation sequence, including all the ports sealed in one position or all the ports exhausting to atmosphere in another position. The valve can be used in conjunction with any type of inflating device, where complex porting or air routing is required, the valve achieving this in a simpler manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080105842A1 Rotary Valve Public/Granted day:2008-05-08
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