Patent ID: 6789559
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: F16K,G05D,Y10T

Abstract:
A fluid pressure regulator comprising:a housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and an end wall; a valve positioned inside the housing wherein an end of the valve and the end wall of the housing define a space therebetween, wherein said valve is movable relative to said housing rotatably; fluid transport means provided in the valve; pressure setting means; and a passage in open communication between said space and one of said inlet, said outlet, and said transport means, wherein the valve is moveable relative to the housing in response to a change in pressure within said space between a first position which at least partially aligns the fluid transport means with each of said inlet and said outlet and a second position in which there is no alignment of the fluid transport means with at least one of said inlet and said outlet.