Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spray application rate regulating valve
- Patent Title (中): 喷涂施用率调节阀
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Application No.: US12050211Application Date: 2008-03-18
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Publication No.: US07954513B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Joshua Jacob Engelbrecht , Richard Allen Humpal
- Applicant: Joshua Jacob Engelbrecht , Richard Allen Humpal
- Applicant Address: US IL Moline
- Assignee: Deere & Company
- Current Assignee: Deere & Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Moline
- Main IPC: F16K11/087
- IPC: F16K11/087

Abstract:
A regulator valve includes an inlet coupled for receiving a spray solution delivered by a fixed displacement pump coupled to a solution tank. Located in the valve body so as to divide the solution received at the inlet between a bypass or tank port of the regulator valve, and a boom port is a ball valve in the form of a hollow sphere having a first circular opening in register with said inlet, a second circular opening in register with said boom port and an elongate, wedge-shaped opening in register with said bypass port. The ball valve is mounted for rotation about an axis which is coaxial with the first circular opening and includes a stem coupled to an electric motor for actuating the valve, the motor being coupled for receiving a control signal for causing the motor to position the ball for dividing the flow so as to achieve a desired solution application rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090235999A1 Spray Application Rate Regulating Valve Public/Granted day:2009-09-24
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