Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerodynamic noise reduction cage
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Application No.: US14714906Application Date: 2015-05-18
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Publication No.: US09759348B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Daniel M. Adams , Allen C. Fagerlund , James L. Gossett , Patrick L. O'Shea , Daniel J. Eilers , William E. Wears
- Applicant: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
- Applicant Address: US IA Marshalltown
- Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
- Current Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Marshalltown
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Main IPC: F16K47/08
- IPC: F16K47/08 ; F16K3/24

Abstract:
A control valve has a body having an inlet and outlet, a valve seat between the inlet and outlet, a valve plug, and a cage adjacent the valve seat to provide guidance for the valve plug. The valve plug is movable between a closed position, where the valve plug sealingly engages the valve seat, and an open position, where the valve plug is spaced away from the valve seat. The cage has a circumferential wall having inner and outer surfaces and a plurality of passages formed through the wall. Each passage can have a first portion extending from the inner surface and a second portion extending from the outer surface, where the second portion has a diameter smaller than that of the first portion, can follow a non-linear path from the inner to outer surface, and/or can have a cross-sectional area that varies from the inner to outer surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160341335A1 AERODYNAMIC NOISE REDUCTION CAGE Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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