IP Library Granted Patent US 9,027,654
Granted Patent B2
US 9,027,654 · App. 14/061,601 · Granted May 12, 2015

Valve with shuttle

Inventor: Lawrence Osborne (Acton, CA)
E21B34/08E21B43/126F04B47/00F16K17/26
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Patent No.
US 9,027,654
App. No.
14/061,601
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A valve for use in a flow management system comprising a valve including a body, a shuttle, and a seat closure, a rotatable shaft passing through the body and the seat closure, the rotatable shaft for operating a mechanical pump, and, translation of the seat closure along the rotatable shaft operable to mate the seat closure with a seat of the shuttle.

Claims (33)

1. A valve for use in a flow management system comprising:

a valve including a body, a shuttle, and a seat closure;

a rotatable shaft passing through the body and the seat closure, the rotatable shaft for operating a mechanical pump;

translation of the seat closure along the rotatable shaft operable to mate the seat closure with a seat of the shuttle; and,

during an operating mode, a valve exiting flow path established perpendicular to a shaft longitudinal axis after a spring between the shuttle and a valve body end is compressed.

2. A valve for use in a flow management system comprising:

a valve including a body, a shuttle, and a seat closure;

a rotatable shaft passing through the body and the seat closure, the rotatable shaft for operating a mechanical pump;

translation of the seat closure along the rotatable shaft operable to mate the seat closure with a seat of the shuttle; and,

during an operating mode, a valve exiting flow path established parallel to a shaft longitudinal axis after a spring between the shuttle and a valve body end is decompressed.

3. A valve for use in a flow management system comprising:

a valve including a body, a shuttle, and a seat closure;

the body and seat closure configured to receive a rotatable shaft passing therethrough, the rotatable shaft for operating a mechanical pump;

the seat closure configured for translating along a rotatable shaft;

the seat closure operable to mate with a seat of the shuttle;

a cyclic operating mode that establishes a valve first exiting flow path parallel to a longitudinal axis of the valve and a valve second exiting flow path perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the valve;

the valve configured to utilize the first exiting flow path when a first flow at a first flowrate separates the seat closure and a shuttle seat;

the valve configured to utilize the second exiting flow path when a second flow at a second flowrate fails to separate the seat closure and the shuttle seat;

a liquid reservoir in fluid communication with a pump suction, the reservoir configured to receive the second flow;

the pump configured to remove fluid collected in the reservoir via the first exiting flow path; and,

a spring for biasing the position of the shuttle with respect to the valve body.

4. A valve for use in a flow management system comprising:

a valve including a body, a shuttle, and a seat closure;

the body and seat closure configured to receive a rotatable shaft passing therethrough, the rotatable shaft for operating a mechanical pump;

the seat closure configured for translating along a rotatable shaft;

the seat closure operable to mate with a seat of the shuttle;

a cyclic operating mode that establishes a valve first exiting flow path parallel to a longitudinal axis of the valve and a valve second exiting flow path perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the valve;

the valve configured to utilize the first exiting flow path when a first flow at a first flowrate separates the seat closure and a shuttle seat;

the valve configured to utilize the second exiting flow path when a second flow at a second flowrate fails to separate the seat closure and the shuttle seat;

a liquid reservoir in fluid communication with a pump suction, the reservoir configured to receive the second flow;

the pump configured to remove fluid collected in the reservoir via the first exiting flow path;

a spring for biasing the position of the shuttle with respect to the valve body; and,

a central flow path extending through the shuttle.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE 16388517 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 052546 FRAME 0650. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNORS ARE CONFIRMING THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: OSBORNE, LAWRENCE
To: ANYTHING FOR A BUCK, INC.
Reel/Frame 053725/0036 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2020
From: OSBORNE, LAWRENCE; ANYTHING FOR A BUCK, INC.
To: ANYTHING FOR A BUCK, INC.
Reel/Frame 052546/0650 →
Continuity (3)
Division 13089312 · Apr 19, 2011
Continuation In Part 12766141 · Apr 23, 2010
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