Patent ID: 6058730
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: F25B,G05D

Abstract:
A regulating valve for use in an air conditioning system comprising a body having a longitudinal axis receivable in a conduit of the air conditioning system, seal means comprising an annular seal formed about the valve to provide a seal between the body and the conduit, the seal means having an inlet side and an outlet side, a passageway in the body having an inlet port on the inlet side of the seal means and an outlet port on the outlet side of the seal means, a sleeve member having a wall having first and second windows separated from one another by a web having a selected width between the windows and a temperature responsive thermostatic multilayer metal element having two opposite ends, one end of the metal element fixedly mounted to the body and the other end of the metal element fixedly mounted to the inlet sleeve to variably change the restriction to flow of fluid through the inlet port of the passageway in dependence upon the temperature of the thermostatic metal element.