Patent ID: 7500491

Claim:
A sanitary fluid pressure control valve, comprising a valve body having art input side and a discharge side with a restricted chamber therebetween; a reciprocable plug extending through said valve body restricted chamber with one plug end on said valve body input side and the other plug end on the valve body discharge side; a diaphragm secured to said one plug end, said diaphragm defining a pressure chamber adjacent said valve body discharge side; a restricted fluid passage through said restricted chamber defined by said plug, said fluid passage having an outlet directly adjacent said diaphragm to direct fluid flow to strike said diaphragm and an inlet spaced from said plug other end; wherein the pressure in said pressure chamber relative to the pressure in said valve body discharge side substantially controls the position of said plug in said restricted chamber, in a first position of said plug, said fluid passage inlet is substantially blocked in said restricted chamber, said plug is reciprocable from said first position to fluid flow positions in which said fluid passage inlet is variously exposed on said valve body input side, the valve body includes an outlet spaced from said diaphragm, wherein fluid flows from said inlet side through said fluid passages to an area adjacent said diaphragm and then along the outside of said plug to said valve body outlet, and said fluid passage extends through the interior of said plug, and said fluid passage inlet is tapered and extends through a side of said plug movable into said restricted chamber when said plug moves to said first position.