Patent ID: 6866059
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve configured for clean-in-place capability and reconfigurable as a air-blow valve or drainage valve, wherein the valve comprises: (A) a hollow valve body defining an internal chamber presenting an inner surface, an internal shoulder, an internal valve seat, and an internal fluid passageway; (B) valve components disposed within the hollow valve body and including: (C) a first interchangeable conduit and second interchangeable conduit, wherein at least one interchangeable conduit is in fluid communication with a pressurized-air source and operatively connected to the hollow valve body, for providing pressurized air to the internal chamber for urging the piston into the second position or the first position; and (D) a third conduit, in fluid communication with a sanitizing-fluid source and operatively connected to the hollow valve body, for providing a sanitizing fluid into a portion of the hollow valve body, for sanitizing the internal valve seat, the plug, and the internal fluid passageway.