IP Library Granted Patent US 6,990,997
Granted Patent B2
US 6,990,997 · App. 10/890,469 · Granted Jan 31, 2006

Fluid distribution device

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Patent No.
US 6,990,997
App. No.
10/890,469
Granted
Jan 31, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method for distributing a fluid. A fluid distribution device includes a flow chamber comprising an inlet and an outlet, an equalization chamber; and a diaphragm separating the flow chamber and the equalization chamber, wherein a valve positioned in a flow path between the flow chamber inlet and the flow chamber outlet comprises a valve body coupled to the diaphragm.

Claims (18)

1. An apparatus comprising:

an electromagnet;

a variable power supply in communication with the electromagnet; and

a vacuum gas regulator comprising a valve in fluid communication with a gas source and with a vacuum source; the vacuum source providing a first force in a direction to open the valve; and a second force acting on the valve, wherein the second force is variable and opposed to the vacuum force, and wherein the second force is provided by the electromagnet.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the variable power supply is controlled in response to a condition of the gas source.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the variable power supply is controlled in response to a condition of a second gas source.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the variable power supply is controlled in response to a combination of the condition of the gas source and the condition of a second gas source.

5. The apparatus of claims 2 , wherein the condition is a change in the mass of a gas supply.

6. The apparatus of claims 2 , wherein the condition is a change in the flow rate of a gas source.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a first vacuum gas regulator comprising a first valve in fluid communication with a first gas source and with a vacuum source, the vacuum source providing a first force in a direction to open the first valve; and

a second force that is opposed to the vacuum force and is acting on the first valve, wherein the second force is varied in response to a change in flow through the first valve.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the second force is provided by an electromagnet.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the electromagnet comprises a solenoid.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a second gas regulator comprising a second valve in fluid communication with a second gas source and with the vacuum source, the vacuum source providing a third force in a direction to open the second valve.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a fourth force that is opposed to the third force and is acting to open the second valve.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the fourth force is varied in response to a change in flow through the first valve and the second valve.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second force is varied in response to a change in the flow through the first valve and the second valve.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Apr 15, 2011
From: SIEMENS WATER TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING CORP.
To: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
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