Internal rotary valve actuator system
CA 2053116 C · Owner: Montana Sulphur & Chemical Company · Inventors: Zink, Donald Lawrence
Overview
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An actuator system for controllably rotating a rotary (valve) element positioned in a pressurized fluid vessel. A double-acting piston-cylinder intermittently rotates a ratchet wheel operatively connected to the rotary element. The cylinder is sealed within a bellows chamber assembly in the vessel and is controllable by a pressure source positioned outside of the vessel. The wheel is rotated by a ratchet member biased against the ratchet wheel and attached to the cylinder and reciprocable therewith. A ratchet pawl biased against the ratchet wheel prevents the reverse rotation of the wheel and, thereby of the rotary element.
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- Filed October 9, 1991 and granted June 5, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 9, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 9, 2013.
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