Patent ID: 9671299
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G01L,G05D

Claim:
1. A fluid regulating device, comprising: a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and a valve port; a control element shiftably disposed within the valve body, the control element adapted to be displaced relative to the valve port to control the flow of a fluid between the inlet and the outlet; a control assembly operatively coupled to the control element, the control assembly including a diaphragm disposed adjacent a diaphragm chamber; and a sense tube having a first end, a second end, and a sense hole formed in the sense tube adjacent the second end, the first end being positioned to provide flow communication with the diaphragm chamber of the control assembly, the second end being disposed proximate to the outlet, and the second end being movable, relative to the first end, between a first position within the valve body and a second position extending outside of the valve body adjacent the outlet, the movement being in response to fluid flowing between the inlet and the outlet.