Title:
【発明の名称】飲料分配器のための流れ調節弁
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002540018
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The present invention is a flow rate control valve through which a liquid flows and from which the liquid is dispensed. The flow rate of the liquid is sensed and that information is sent to a microprocessor based control. The control operates a drive of the control valve so as to vary the resultant rate at which the liquid is dispensed therefrom. The drive operates a piston closure member that extends closely within a cylindrical passageway. The passageway has an inlet end and an outlet end and the drive operates the closure member in the passageway to a plurality of positions from a first position at the inlet end and a second position at the outlet end. The wall of the passageway defines at least one groove having a transverse cross-section that increases in area in a downstream direction from the passageway inlet to the passageway outlet or in an upstream direction from the passageway outlet to the passageway inlet, whereby movement of the closure between the first position and the second position varies the flow rate of the liquid through the control valve as a function of the cross-sectional area of the groove.
Inventors:
Johnson, martin stanley
Simmons, Philip Andrew
Simmons, Philip Andrew
Application Number:
JP2000606524A
Publication Date:
November 26, 2002
Filing Date:
March 17, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IM Cornelius (Yukei) Limited
International Classes:
B67D1/12; B67D1/14; F16K5/04; F16K21/00; (IPC1-7): B67D1/14; B67D1/12; F16K5/04; F16K21/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto (5 outside)