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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban pousada with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Situated by the ocean, this pousada is within 1 mi (2 km) of Rasa Beach and Reserva de Taua. Geriba Beach and Reserve Serra das Emerencias are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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Along with an outdoor pool, this pousada has a sauna and a conference center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a meeting room, a children's pool, and a 24-hour front desk are onsite.
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All 14 individually decorated rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and minibars. For a bit of entertainment, flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels, and guests will also find premium bedding and showers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Pousada Praia da Hípica provides a sauna and a children's pool. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Event facilities include a conference center and a meeting room. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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- Total number of rooms - 14
- Number of floors - 1
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
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- Multilingual staff
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- Conference center
- Sauna
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- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
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- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Playground on site
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
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- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
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- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
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- Individually decorated
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A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 11 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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- Playground on site
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 6 PM
Check-out time is noon
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
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No elevators
- Resort fee: 10 percent of room rate
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Parents traveling with a child under 18 must present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for foreign visitors) upon check-in. If only one parent or legal guardian is traveling with the child, that parent or legal guardian must also present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Brazilian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the pousada prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.

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Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday after a duel with Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg in a floodlit night race full of overtaking and wheel-to-wheel battles.
The win was the Briton's second in a row, the 24th of his career and also a second successive one-two for a team in a class of their own and with two drivers free to race each other from start to finish.
Mercedes have now won all three races so far in 2014.
"Nico drove fantastically well. It was so fair but so hard to keep him behind me," smiled Hamilton, the 2008 world champion who last enjoyed back-to-back wins four years ago with McLaren.
"I was on a real knife edge at the end," said the Briton, who won by 1.085 seconds and described the race as the hardest since his 2007 debut season.
Mexican Sergio Perez took third place – 22.9 seconds behind Rosberg – as Mercedes-powered Force India celebrated the second podium finish in their history.
Rosberg, winner of the season-opener in Australia, stayed top of the overall standings with 61 points to Hamilton's 50 after three races.
"I strongly dislike coming second to Lewis, but it was definitely the most exciting race I have ever done in my entire career," said the German, who had started on pole and whose disappointment was clear as he stood on the podium.
"I think today was a day for the sport, we put on a fantastic show."
Hamilton, whose tally of wins pulls him level with the late Argentine great Juan Manuel Fangio in the all-time lists, made the better start from second place on the grid and led into the first corner.
He was never able to shake off Rosberg though, with both jostling for the lead in a race that made a mockery of suggestions the new V6 turbo hybrid era had turned flat-out racers into fuel-saving taxi drivers.
The Briton's task was made tougher when the safety car came out 15 laps from the end, after Pastor Maldonado T-boned the Sauber of Mexican Esteban Gutierrez and flipped it spectacularly through the air.
With Rosberg on softer tyres and ready to pounce as soon as racing resumed, it looked like Hamilton was sure to be passed but he held on.
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A vintage-flavored trifecta of solid musicianship, moving vocals, and thoughtful songwriting, The Mountain Moves is a nice listen that's timed right for summer.Read More
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As a high-end boutique builder in Brazil, Freire faces some unique challenges.Read More
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The new Gibson EB bass features a totally new body style, a pair of newly designed pickups, and a vibe that's all its own.Read More
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Outfitted with a nVIDIA Tegra 3 processor and Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, The Lenovo 16GB IdeaTab A2109 9" Tablet is an amalgam of high-end processing power, user-friendly controls and universal affordability. Plus, the IdeaTab A2109 is adorned with a 9" capacitive, 4-point multi-touch screen. Operating with effortless ease, the 1280 x 800 pixel, TN (twisted nematic) panel display inspires creativity and innovation. And since storing plenty of media on your tablet is a must, the IdeaTab A2109 is equipped with 16GB of eMMC storage.
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Quincy University exceeded it's $1 Million Fund Goal for the fifth straight year.
The Oakley Lindsay Center has announced the return of 'Discover the Dinosaurs,' a popular animatronic dinosaur exhibit that last appeared at the OLC in November 2013, to Quincy!
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Many of Hannibal's visitors enjoy staying overnight at one of the bed and breakfast establishments in the historic downtown area. One of the most popular of these inns is the Victorian Queen Anne mansion, now called the Garden House Bed and Breakfast, on what was once known as Millionaire's Row. The Garden House has been the focus of several paranormal investigations due to reported activity over the last couple of decades.
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A concept record based upon the poems of writer A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh), Karl Blau's AM could be the soundtrack to a sepia-tone sweep of sublime countryside. Steeped in the sounds of the wild, these ten tracks, partly inspired by a collaboration with the Microphones' Phil Elverum, map a mysterious landscape that oscillates between serenity and anxiety. From the rough atmospherics and murmuring hand-drums of "Morning Prayer" to the triumphant, understated "Lake King's Daughter", AM reveals a highly developed sense of composition that pits fragile melodies against harsh guitars and sputtering percussion with remarkable subtlety. Elverum occasionally contributes a haunted tenor voice and shares songwriting credit on the droning "Noah Richards Son", but it's Blau's weary croon, shoegaze-y guitar and intriguing songwriting that makes his musical Hundred Acre Wood so strangely inviting.
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The Cook Creek Pool facility reopened in June of 2009 and offers a variety of amenities and programs for District and Non-District residents. The outdoor pool season operates from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend.
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Martin Currie Investment Management has launched a new managed account product for its new long/short equity team. The Scottish firm announced that Michael Browne and Steven Frost, who joined the firm when it acquired Sofaer Capital's European long/short business, will manage the Lyxor/Martin Currie Europe Fund.
The new vehicle is the fourth Martin Currie has launched on the Lyxor Asset Management managed account platform.
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A flow control valve is disclosed wherein a housing defines a flow chamber with an inlet and an outlet. Disposed within the flow chamber is a telescoping poppet comprising an inner poppet and an outer poppet. A first spring is selected to bias the outer poppet to seal closed the inlet below a predetermined fluid flow rate. Above the fluid flow rate, the force of the fluid against the outer poppet compresses the spring, breaking the seal and allowing fluid to flow into the fluid flow chamber. Inside the outer poppet is an inner poppet which telescopes from the outer poppet. A second spring biases the inner poppet predominantly within the outer poppet, but an increased pressure in the outer poppet collapses the second spring and extends the inner poppet in a fully extended position. Fully extended the inner poppet seals shut the outlet of the fluid chamber. In operation, the first spring shuts the valve below a predetermined flow rate guaranteeing zero flow until a minimum flow rate is present. Furthermore, if a leak occurs downstream (beyond the outlet) or the flow rate is above a predetermined maximum flow rate the second spring is collapsed by an upstream/downstream pressure differential causing the inner poppet to seal the outlet. Thus, the valve operates only between a minimum and maximum flow rate and seals in the event of a downstream leak.
1. A flow control valve comprising:
a housing defining a flow chamber therein including an inlet and an outlet;
a telescoping poppet located in the flow chamber comprising a hollow outer member and an inner member anchored within the outer member and extendable therefrom;
a first biasing element for biasing the outer member of the telescoping poppet toward the inlet; and
a second biasing element for biasing the inner member of the telescoping popper within the outer member.
2. The flow control valve of
3. The flow control valve of
4. The flow control valve of
5. The flow control valve of
6. The flow control valve of
7. A flow control valve comprising:
a housing comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a flow chamber defined within said housing;
a first fluid flow arresting member within said flow chamber having a first end adapted to partially close said fluid inlet at a fluid flow rate below a predetermined fluid flow rate; and
a second fluid flow arresting member telescopically cooperating with said first fluid flow arresting member to completely close said fluid inlet below a minimum flow rate condition and to close said fluid outlet in the presence of a fluid leak downstream of the outlet.
8. The flow control valve of
9. The flow control valve of
10. The flow control valve of
11. The flow control valve of
12. The flow control valve of
13. A flow control valve comprising:
a flow chamber defined by a housing having a flow inlet and a flow outlet aligned on a common longitudinal axis;
a poppet disposed within said flow chamber along the common longitudinal axis between the flow inlet and the flow outlet, the poppet comprising:
a hollow outer member defining a flow cavity therein, and an orifice defining an inlet to the flow cavity; and
a telescoping inner member anchored to the hollow outer member and extendable from the flow cavity;
a first spring biasing the poppet to abut the flow inlet below a predetermined pressure differential between a pressure at the flow inlet and a pressure at the flow outlet; and
a second spring biasing the telescoping inner member from closing the flow outlet below a predetermined pressure differential between a pressure in the flow cavity and the pressure at the flow outlet.
14. A leak arresting flow control valve comprising:
a housing defining a fluid flow chamber having a chamfered fluid inlet into the flow chamber and a chamfered fluid outlet out of the flow chamber, said housing including a threaded male member engaging a threaded female member, and said flow chamber including a recessed area about the outlet;
first helical spring seated in the recessed area about the outlet with a longitudinal axis generally colinear with an axis common to the inlet and the outlet; and
a poppet disposed within the fluid flow chamber comprising
an outer poppet having a hollow cylindrical body captured within the first helical spring, the cylindrical body including an opening with an inner shoulder about the opening, the outer poppet further having a base of a diameter larger than a diameter of the cylindrical body defining a lip for receiving a force of the first helical spring, the base further including an o-ring to seal the inlet when the force from the first helical spring exceeds a force from a flow of fluid through the fluid inlet;
an inner poppet within the cavity defined by the hollow cylindrical body of the outer poppet, the inner poppet having a cylindrical body of a length longer than the cylindrical body of the outer poppet and where the cylindrical body of the inner poppet protrudes through the opening in the cylindrical body of the outer poppet and includes an o-ring at an end to seal the fluid outlet when the inner poppet engages the fluid outlet, and further including a head having a diameter larger than a diameter of the cylindrical body of the inner poppet and smaller than a diameter of the opening in the cylindrical body of the outer poppet to capture the inner poppet within the outer poppet;
a second helical spring disposed inside the cavity defined by the hollow cylindrical body of the outer poppet with a first end engaging the inner shoulder of the outer poppet and a second end engaging the head of the inner poppet such that said second helical spring biases the inner poppet within the outer poppet; and
an orifice plate capping the outer poppet at an end opposite the opening, the orifice plate including an orifice for communicating a pressure at the fluid inlet to the cavity in the outer poppet.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to flow control valves, and more particularly to a purely mechanical leak arresting flow control valves that regulate fluid flow between a minimum flow rate and a maximum flow rate, and can detect leaks below and above the minimum and maximum flow rates, respectively, and close the valve in the presence of a leak.
2. Description of Related Art
Valves used in the regulation of fluid flow are well known in the art. Valves can be used to maintain fluid flow in a particular direction, or as a safety feature to prevent too high of a flow rate or too low of a flow rate. Valves can be mechanically or electrically actuated devices that use the dynamic pressure in a fluid flow to compress a spring or move a ball, thereby allowing the fluid either to pass through the valve or be blocked by the valve.
The present invention is directed to a flow regulating valve which allows continuous fluid flow in a predetermined range, as opposed to a pulse flow. Valves used for this purpose are useful for many applications which require a supply of a liquid or a gas, collectively a fluid, such as a washing machine, ice maker, or gas stove. The present invention includes a new feature not found in the prior art valves, namely, a purely mechanical leak detecting function. The invention is a mechanical valve which regulates the flow of fluid within a predetermined minimum and maximum flow rate, and further mechanically closes the valve when either a small or large downstream leak occurs. Thus, while prior art purely mechanical safety valves will close shut, and thereby stop the fluid flow if a major leak occurs due to the sudden increase in the fluid flow rate, the prior art valves lack the ability to close shut in the event of a small leak such as might occur due to a small breach in the downstream fluid line or the gradual failure of a downstream component. This situation could be of critical importance if, say, the fluid is hazardous or flammable, if the fluid line is not regularly maintained due to its location or conditions of use, or if subsequent damage from such a line breach would be economically or environmentally unacceptable. The response of the valve may be the only indication that a small leak has occurred. The present invention solves the problem that the prior art valves fail to address.
The present invention comprises a valve housing forming a flow chamber thereinthrough with an inlet and an outlet. Within the flow chamber is a flow arresting member comprising a pair of poppets cooperating to telescope within the flow chamber. The first poppet is a hollow outer poppet biased against the valve inlet by a first spring, shutting the valve to flow rates below a predetermined minimum flow rate governed by the spring constant. Within the first outer poppet is a second inner poppet anchored within the first poppet and extending through an opening in the outer poppet in a telescoping relationship. The second poppet is biased in the first poppet by a second spring such that the second poppet extends from the first poppet when the fluid pressure in the cavity of the first poppet exceeds the pressure at the outlet of the valve by more than a critical value determined by the second spring constant. When the second poppet fully extends (or "telescopes") from the first poppet, the second poppet plugs the outlet and closes the valve to subsequent fluid flow through the valve. This condition occurs when either a small leak or a large leak occurs is present downstream of the valve. Further, if a flow rate is too large, the first outer poppet will completely collapse its biasing spring such that the outlet to the valve is blocked. Thus, only a predetermined flow rate between a minimum flow rate and a maximum flow rate is permitted through the valve.
The exact nature of this invention, as well as its objects and advantages, will become readily apparent upon reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the figures thereof, and wherein:
FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the resent invention illustrating a condition below a minimum flow rate;
FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrating a condition between a minimum flow rate and a maximum flow rate;
FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention in the presence of a leak; and
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention illustrating a condition above a maximum flow rate.
The following description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention and sets forth the best modes contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention. Various modifications, however, will remain readily apparent to those skilled in the art, since the general principles of the present invention have been defined herein specifically to provide a mechanical leak arresting valve.
FIG. 1 illustrates a valve (generally denoted 100) having a housing with an inlet side 103 and an outlet side 104. The housing is formed by two mating halves, a male half 102 with a threaded portion 106 and a female half 101 with a threaded portion 105. The two halves 101,102 engage via the mating threaded portions 105,106 to form a fluid-tight valve. The valve 100 has a threaded inlet 107 designed to receive a piping component (not shown) ultimately connected to a fluid source, and threaded outlet 108 adapted to fit in a piping component (not shown) ultimately leading to a fluid recipient. The valve 100 serves as an intermediary between the fluid source and the fluid destination, and shuts off the supply of fluid unless predetermined flow conditions occur in the absence of a downstream leak. For purposes of this disclosure, it is understood that the term "fluid" can refer to either a liquid or a gas and the valve can be designed to operate using both mediums.
FIG. 1 shows the inlet 109 as a cylindrical passage funneling out at the entrance to the flow chamber 110 via a chamfered section 111. The chamfered section 111 terminates at the flow chamber 110, a cylindrical region within the valve housing. The outlet 112 is also depicted as a cylindrical passage opening to the flow chamber 110 via a chamfered section 113. The outlet side of the flow chamber includes a recessed region 114 just outside of the outlet chamfer 113. The recessed region 114 seats a helical spring 115 with a longitudinal axis colinear with a longitudinal axis 116 of both the valve inlet 109 and the valve outlet 112.
The helical spring 115 operates on a telescoping poppet disposed within the flow chamber 110 of the valve 100. The telescoping poppet includes an outer poppet 117 which has a hollow cylindrical body 118 that is disposed within the helical spring 115. The hollow body 118 defines a flow cavity 119 therein, and an end 120 of the hollow body 118 of the outer poppet 117 terminates in an opening 121 to the flow cavity 119. The opening 121 of the outer poppet 117 has a diameter 122 smaller than the internal diameter 123 of the flow cavity 110, defining an inner shoulder 124 at the opening 121 within the flow cavity 110. The outer poppet 117 also includes a base 125 with a cylindrical tab of a greater diameter than the outer diameter of the cylindrical body 118, defining a lip 126 adjacent the end 127 of the outer poppet 117. The end 128 of the helical spring 115 abuts the lip 126 of the outer poppet 117, and applies a force thereto in the direction of the inlet side 103 of the valve 100. Across the lip 126 of the outer poppet 117 is an o-ring 129 seated on a circumferential rim 130, where the o-ring 129 cooperates with the chamfered portion 111 of the inlet 109 to seal the valve at the inlet when the helical spring 115 forces the outer poppet 117 against the inlet 109 of the valve.
The outer poppet 117 is capped at the end 127 by an orifice plate 131 seated in a circumferential recess 132 in the end of the outer poppet 117. The orifice plate 131 includes a small orifice 133 for communicating fluid from the inlet side of the valve (when the outer poppet is held against the inlet as described above) or from the flow chamber (when the outer poppet is not held against the inlet—see FIG. 2) to the flow cavity 119 inside the outer poppet 117. Thus, the flow cavity 119 inside the outer poppet 117 is in fluid communication with the upstream fluid conditions via the orifice 133.
Within the outer poppet 117 and anchored inside the flow cavity 119 is a second, inner poppet 134. The cylindrical body 135 of the inner poppet 134 is preferably longer than the cylindrical body 118 of the outer poppet 117 such that the inner poppet 134 protrudes out of the outer poppet 117 at the opening 121 of the outer poppet 117. Further, the inner poppet 134 includes a head 140 having a diameter greater than the diameter 122 of the opening 121 of the outer poppet 117 and thus captures the inner poppet 134 inside the outer poppet 117 in a telescoping relationship. A second helical spring 136 is wrapped about the cylindrical body 135 of the inner poppet 134 with a first end 137 abutting the inner shoulder 124 of the outer poppet 117 and the second end 138 abutting the head 140 of the inner poppet 134. The force of the second helical spring 136 biases the inner poppet 134 against the orifice late 131 in the absence of a pressure differential to collapses the spring. The cylindrical body 135 of the inner poppet 134 is provided with an o-ring 139 sized to seal the outlet 112 of the valve 100 when the inner poppet 134 is forced against the chamfered portion 113 of the outlet 112 of the valve.
As will be described more fully below, the combination of the outer poppet 117 and the inner poppet 134 form a telescoping poppet, or flow arresting element, wherein the inner poppet 134 extends through the outer poppet 117 of varying lengths, while remaining permanently anchored within the outer poppet 117. Depending on varying pressure conditions upstream and downstream of the valve, the two poppets will telescope from a fully retracted position when the inner spring 136 is completely extended to a fully protracted position with the second spring 136 fully compressed. The operation of the valve 100 will now be described in detail.
In FIG. 1, the valve is shown in a static condition wherein fluid is present in the valve, but no fluid is flowing through the valve. This condition could occur if an apparatus downstream of the valve drawing fluid from a source upstream of the valve, such as for example a washing machine, completed its cycle and turned off. In this situation, fluid remains in the line, including the valve, and the pressure in the line both upstream of the valve and downstream of the valve is approximately constant. Since the pressure in the upstream side of the valve is approximately equal to the pressure downstream, there is no fluid flow in the line and no pressure differential to move the outer poppet 117. The helical spring 115 forces the outer poppet 117 against the inlet side of the valve with enough force that the o-ring 129 on the outer poppet 117 is compressed between the outer poppet and the chamfered portion 111 of the valve inlet 109. The compression of the o-ring 111 seals the valve in a manner such that no fluid can pass into the flow chamber 110 around the outer poppet 117.
Additionally, the pressure at the inlet 109, and thus at the orifice plate 131, is approximately equal to the pressure at the outlet 112 and in the flow chamber 110. Absent a pressure differential, the second helical spring 136 operates on the head 140 of the inner poppet 134 to force the inner poppet against the orifice plate 131 and prevent fluid from entering the flow cavity 119 through the orifice 133. Therefore, the static flow condition shown in FIG. 1 prevents fluid flow through the valve by completely sealing the inlet 109 of the valve. The valve will remain in this condition until a pressure differential corresponding to a flow rated sufficient to compress the helical spring 115 is experienced by the valve.
In FIG. 2, a flow rate is introduced through the valve by a pressure differential between the downstream condition and the upstream condition. This could occur because the fluid recipient, such as a washing machine, is turned on and the fluid (in this case, water) is allowed to enter the washing machine. The flow of water into the washing machine reduces the pressure downstream, creating a pressure differential between the downstream condition and the upstream condition. Without the valve, the presence of a pressure differential would be enough to generate a fluid flow from the higher pressure upstream to the lower pressure downstream. However, the valve denies a fluid flow below a minimum flow rate governed by the selection of the helical spring 115. The spring is selected so that, below a minimum pressure differential, the force of the spring overcomes the force of the fluid on the orifice plate 131 and the valve remains positioned as shown in FIG. 1. However, if the pressure differential reaches the minimum pressure differential determined by the spring constant of spring 115, the pressure on the orifice plate 131 will be greater than the force of the spring 115, and the two poppets 117,134 will traverse in the valve chamber 110 away from the inlet 109, breaking the seal at the fluid inlet 109.
As FIG. 2 illustrates, if the flow rate remains above the minimum flow rate and below a maximum flow rate, the poppets 117,134 will be located between the inlet side of the valve and the outlet side of the valve, permitting fluid to readily flow around the poppet and through the valve. This is the desirable condition when the system is in operational mode and the spring 115 has been selected for the proper flow conditions for the particular fluid recipient. Each fluid recipient, whether it be a dishwasher, a washing machine, or a natural gas stove, would govern the type of spring used to control the movement of the poppets.
The function of the orifice plate 131 is to regulate the rate at which the inner poppet 117 telescopes. The inner poppet 134 responds to a reduction in the downstream pressure by translating against the force of the inner spring 136 when the pressure differential inside the cavity 119 is greater than the pressure inside the valve chamber 110 by an amount sufficient to collapse the inner spring 136. During nominal flow operation, the downstream pressure is reduced and this reduction in downstream pressure is communicated to the valve chamber 110. However, the pressure in the cavity 119 is slower to equalized (compared to the chamber) because of the size of the orifice 133, which allows fluid to enter the cavity 119. The inner poppet 117 responds to the reduction in the downstream pressure by translating or telescoping from the fully retracted position to an extended position. The differential pressure across the orifice 133 eventually causes fluid to fill the cavity 119 between the inner poppet 134 and the outer poppet 117, until the pressures in the cavity 119 and the chamber 110 are equal. When the cavity 119 equalizes with the valve chamber 110, the inner poppet 134 is no longer subject to a pressure differential and the inner spring 136 returns the inner poppet 134 to its retracted position (as shown in FIG. 2). In this manner, the orifice plate and in particular the orifice itself regulates the rate that the inner poppet telescopes.
The spring 115 selected to control the movement of the outer poppet 117 may be either a single stage spring (constant spring coefficient) or a multistage spring with a variable spring coefficient. A multistage spring could allow different flow regimes where the allowable flow rate is governed by a first stage and the onset of fluid flow governs a second flow regime. Thus, if a flow rate of 12 to 15 gallons per minute is needed for a particular application, it is desirable to have a first stage of spring movement wherein the force from the first 12 gpm results in a negligible movement of the spring, but the force applied from 15 gpm is sufficient to compress the spring fully. Thus, the spring will allow the poppet to reside intermediate to both the inlet and the outlet between pressures corresponding to flow rates between 12 and 15 gpm, and the fluid recipient will operate within the specified flow rate.
FIG. 3 shows the valve condition in the presence of a small leak downstream of the valve. In many applications it is desirable to halt the flow of fluid when a leak occurs downstream. For example, if the washing machine in the previous example suddenly began to leak water in the non-operating condition, without a valve such as the present invention water could leak indefinitely until discovered, causing damage and even danger. Similarly, in the handling of toxic fluids the importance of the control of leaks are clear. Returning to FIG. 3, the configuration of the valve is initially as that shown in FIG. 1, i.e. a static condition. However, in a small leak condition fluid begins to leak slowly at some point downstream of the valve. Because the inlet side of the valve is sealed below a minimum flow rate, the inlet pressure is isolated from the outlet (or downstream) pressure (see FIG. 1).
As the leak continues, the pressure downstream drops until a pressure differential between the pressure at the inlet 109 and a pressure at the outlet 112 causes the inner poppet 134 to move away from the orifice plate 131, permitting fluid to enter the flow cavity 119. The pressure in the flow cavity 119 approximates the pressure upstream of the inlet, and the difference in pressure between the flow cavity 119 and the flow chamber 110, i.e. the outlet pressure, causes the inner poppet 134 to extend out of the flow cavity 119. When the pressure differential reaches a predetermined value, the inner poppet 134 will "telescope" or extend fully from outer poppet 117 such that the o-ring 139 engages the chamfered portion 113 of the outlet 112. The contact of the o-ring 139 with the outlet closes the flow of fluid through the valve. As long as the leak is present, the downstream pressure will be less than the upstream pressure and the inner poppet 134 will continue to close the valve at the outlet. Thus, the flow of fluid through the valve has been arrested in the presence of a small downstream leak.
FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate the two stages that the valve undergoes in the presence of a large leak, i.e. a sudden loss of pressure downstream of the valve. In this scenario, the equilibrium of FIG. 1 is disturbed when pressure is suddenly lost at the outlet side of the valve, causing the outer poppet 117 to compress the spring completely (FIG. 4). The inner poppet 134, protruding from the outer poppet 117, reaches the outlet 112 and in cooperation with the o-ring 139 seals the outlet of the valve. This condition is shown in FIG. 4. With the flow of fluid now arrested by the sealing of the outlet, the pressure in the flow chamber 110 quickly equalizes to the inlet pressure causing the spring 115 to return the outer poppet 117 to its static position abutting the inlet. However, the pressure differential between the inlet 109 and the outlet 112 still exists, and the inner poppet 134 remains extended or telescoped by the pressure differential. Thus, after the equalization of the flow chamber the valve is configured the same as condition as FIG. 3, i.e., the outer poppet 117 is maintained against the inlet 109 sealing the inlet except for the orifice 133 which feeds the flow cavity 119, and the inner poppet 134 is forced against the outlet 112 and seals the outlet from flow through the valve. Thus with either a small leak or a large leak the valve eventually ends up closing the valve as shown in FIG. 3.
The valve may be optionally equipped with a throttling region 141 just outside the chamfered section 111 of the inlet, shown in FIG. 1 as a narrowing or necking of the flow chamber. The length and tolerances of the throttling region is determined by the particular application. The function of the throttling region controls the amount of fluid escaping past the poppets during the transition stage between static and normal flow conditions. As the outer poppet transitions away from the inlet, the pressure drop decreases as the amount of fluid increases, which in turn affects the way the valve opens. The use of a throttling region can be used in place of a multistage spring to provide a first flow regime in the transition stage of the valve and a second regime in the normal flow stage of the valve. The throttling region could vary in diameter or have a constant diameter, depending on how the throttling region is to be used. In FIG. 1, a constant diameter throttling region is depicted. Conversely, the valve can operate without a throttling region, where the inlet opens up directly to the full flow chamber. It is envisioned that there are many other applications for the valve of the present invention through minor deviations in geometry, material selection and throttling technologies. The concept of the present flow arresting valve can not only be used for residential water, but it can be used for industrial, refinery, marine, municipal, petrochemical, hospital and medical applications. The present invention is ideally suited for any application of a fluid conduit for either liquid or gas that has a requirement to not allow, or to minimize, spills as a result of very low or very high leak rates. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various adaptations and modifications of the just-described preferred embodiment can be configured without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, it is to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced other than as specifically described herein.
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Do we really want Jeff Felser as our Mayor? WHAT does he have to offer? WHY is he running? What are his qualifications?
Do we really want Jeff Felser as our Mayor? WHAT does he have to offer? WHY is he running? What are his qualifications?
" I see Jeff as wanting to "be like Otis". He envies Mayor Otis Johnson. But, he ain't no Otis. " I don't believe he wants to be or envies Otis Johnson - why would he? Otis told us at the beginning of the so called, messed up non-search for the city manager that he wanted someone who looked like him. The search was all smoke and mirrors - no search at all, $30,000 paid to a company who didn't perform a real search. Then Otis had another thing backfire in his face but he was undaunted - once he said that he wanted someone who looked like him and he had that someone in the acting position, there was no turning back. The supposed charade of having the public meet and voice their opinions on the candidates, another explosion came when the man whom most believed to be most qualified was dismissed without further ado and Otis pulled the race card right out of his own mouth. The woman who had given raises of 20% to cronies, then fired 57 people was GOING to be the city manager. Once again Otis showed his disdain for the voice of the people much like most people in government do now.
"He's got no character." Wow, what a statement! After enduring nearly two terms of a man who came into the office with an ego bigger than the president's and following it up by ignoring the voice of the people, refusing to start over with a farce of a search even knowing that important information had not been gathered, Otis continues as if no one ever expressed any opposition. I think Jeff Felser just might be interested in your publishing that he has no character.
Mr. Wilfong,
Your blog entry above is one of the most vapid, useless and shallow that I have read in some time regarding our current Mayoral brouhaha. In all honesty, it doesn't even sound like your heart was in it.
What a waste of time to click on the above link.
I know nothing of Mr. Felser's motivation for running for Mayor of Savannah, Mr. Wilfong (save for what he has publicly stated), but it would seem that neither do you. All you offer in the entry above is (seemingly) baseless conjecture.
What are Mr. Felser's chances of being elected? I don't know, Mr. Wilfong. Care to enlighten us? Apparently not.
What do you even mean when you say you "see Jeff as wanting to 'be like Otis'"? What - the laughingstock of much of Savannah? The punching bag for latent (or not so latent) racists? An embarrassment to most of City Council and to a wide swath of local taxpayers?
"He ain't no Otis?" Great! That's reason enough for many of us to cast a vote his way.
Based on this feeble-minded "assessment," you chalk up his chances of winning that position as "not much"?
Wow. Way to fire a clumsy shot across the bow.
I have absolutely no idea if Jeff Felser would make a sound, fair and open-minded Mayor of Savannah - but I do know one thing: from where I sit, over the course of the past couple of years (with an emphasis on the past few months) Otis Johnson has sadly (and inexplicably) flushed his admirable reputation, legacy and respect down the proverbial toilet.
Methinks you have grossly misjudged this entire debacle, Mr. Wilfong. Many, many, many people in Savannah of all classes, races and genders feel swindled by Mayor Johnson. NOT because of the color of his skin, but because of the distinct lack of fairness, strong character and transparency he has displayed of late.
He's made a handful of immense tactical errors that are inarguably unforgivable in politics: A) he failed to hide his naked, shameless bias in a matter where no such bias should be tolerated, B) he openly showed disgust and contempt for the general public he pledged to serve, when understandably questioned on his motivations regarding this SHAM of a City Manager search, and C) he brazenly (if clumsily) tried to shift the blame for this debacle onto the white members of Council in a painfully awkward attempt to paint THEM as racially motivated - a pathetic deflection of legitimate criticism of his (possibly illegal and obviously race-based) bad faith machinations.
Many folks (myself included) supported Otis Johnson for Mayor. Some of us supported him twice - even when things were starting to smell funny in City Hall. We gave him the benefit of the doubt and trusted (read: hoped) that his academic background and seeming goodwill toward all of Savannah would trump any of the negative, petty accusations lobbed at him by folks who seemed to be operating from a position of bitterness, jealousy and (possibly) racial animus.
Guess what? The joke was on us.
News Flash, Mr. Wilfong: NOBODY runs for public office without at least a sizable amount of bravado at their disposal. Selflessness does not exist in politics. Maybe in religion, but even that is highly doubtful. I fully expect Jeff Felser -and anyone else who decides the time might be right for them to step up and solicit the support of local voters- to be at least a bit of an attention hound. Truth be told, it would be strange if that wasn't a discernible part of their makeup.
The fact that you see Otis Johnson as being "in the spotlight" and assuming anyone else with half a brain in their head "desires their moment in (that spotlight)" makes you sound either foolish or delusional.
Mayor Johnson is inarguably in the Dunce Corner, Mr. Wilfong.
Whether or not Mr. Felser has the mettle to be a better, more even-handed, progressive and -most importantly- ACCOUNTABLE leader of ALL of Savannah remains to be seen. However, the mere fact that he is willing to step up and ask for permission to take a lengthy turn on a merry-go-round that is currently throwing passengers to their doom left and right speaks volumes to either his sanity or his devotion to public service.
As with Otis Johnson, I plan on giving Mr. Felser (and anyone else brave enough to try and navigate these dastardly waters) the benefit of the doubt until they give me reason to do otherwise. I can only hope that myself and the other tax-paying citizens of the City of Savannah do not have to wait until the next election is over (let alone far into the next Mayor's term) to learn who is (or is not) a self-serving weasel.
Your callous, wildly premature and cravenly slanted "evaluation" of Mr. Felser's barely-announced campaign has succeeded only in rendering your future opinions worthless to me, and, I feel certain, to the majority of other registered voters.
Jim Reed
"Local Guy"
Mr. Wilfong,
It was never my intention to speak for anyone else other than myself. With that in mind, I'm sure your future opinions on these matters will be of some worth and import to others - just not to me.
That's because the underlying message of your above blog post is so dismissive and filled with innuendo that your subsequent claim of merely wanting the public to have "valid discussions of the candidates" rings completely hollow and false.
By lobbing cheap, open-ended and unsubstantiated shots about Mr. Felser such as "he's got no character" and "be careful" - and by making pointed insinuations that there is SOMETHING (your emphasis, not mine) shady and ominous about an Alderman announcing his candidacy for Mayor, you have attempted to set a tone for further discussion that is tainted from the start.
You know - kind of like how Mayor Otis Johnson has repeatedly tainted public discourse on City policy changes by the dismissive, curt and haughty manner in which he has addressed them (or pointedly not addressed them, as the case may be)?
I understand the basics of how our local system of government operates. I also realize that the position of Mayor is FAR more than just ceremonial set dressing. If you truly feel differently, then we shall not likely have a meeting of the minds. If you are merely pretending that there is no inherent difference between the weight of the role of Alderman and that of Mayor, so as to "prove" some sort of nebulous point about Mr. Felser's motivations in deciding to run for that office, then you're playing games, and I'm not interested in that at all.
Allow me to say that the notion of using the fact that Mr. Felser happens to be the first sitting Alderman to announce a run for Mayor in this election cycle as some sort of a strike against him -or to paint that move as somehow insidious or suspect- is as laughable as it is nonsensical.
There are already at least three other announced candidates for that office. At least two more sitting City Council members have widely been considered safe bets for a Mayoral run this time around (and considered such long before Mayor Johnson's current political troubles). It's a simple, undeniable fact that if ANYONE on City Council runs for Mayor, then SOMEONE on City Council must be the first to announce their intentions to do so.
It seems that Mr. Felser is simply that first one to announce.
What is this "haste to jump out there" that you're impugning him for? The election is in November. It's already March. Quite frankly, I'm surprised it's taken any members of Council this long to announce their intentions. If it were LAST March, I too would question the timing - but now? That's just silly.
Finally, if you are honestly perplexed as to why someone involved in a political campaign might want to be the first to announce, oh, just about anything, then perhaps it is you who could use a tutorial on the basics of running for public office.
Thanks for the opportunity to dialog with you on this matter. Continued success in stirring the pot and muddying the waters while claiming to take the high road.
- Jim Reed
"Local Guy"
You look like Otis, no compliment indeed... Why don't you run for Mayor? What better to follow a racist than a racist carpetbagger...
You might be the very first non-anonymous internet troll. NO ONE but you is bringing up race, but you say that "the racist tag doesn't fit" you? Please.
Like Jim Reed said, you are only here to stir the pot; so I will view your opinions with a grain of salt. Oh, and speaking of Jim Reed.... How did it feel to get schooled, Mr. Wilfong? Make no mistake, you were.
Without knowing any other candidates for Mayor except for Felser, I bet I can see the future....I bet that no matter who runs for mayor, you will support a black candidate. No matter what their qualifications, you will support a black candidate! No need to respond, we will just wait and see. You may not even know it, but you are probably the biggest racist in the room. Think about it Hank, admit to to yourself. You are only lying to yourself, we all know.
Reed, you were right on target on all of your points.
Wilfong, I find your comments highly inflammatory and undeserving of my time. Based on the fact that I like good debates and open discussions, I have read your posts and comments in the past - but no more! In fact, because of you I no longer like the word "folk". When you use the word it comes across as disdainful. I cannot exclude your post, but I can certainly scroll past them.
Please, don't stir the pot too much. It tends to render the flavor unsavory.
Any thoughts on my comment? Knowing only one candidate so far (and he is white) can you agree that the candidate you will support is black? Can you come to terms with the fact that your mind is already made up? Can you acknowledge that you are the thought(less) process you say you oppose? Serious questions, Hank. Time for some soul searching.
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Music starts at 4:00pm at South Side Patio Bar
Dec 21
Come enjoy the musical duo from 4-7 on the water at TWO GEORGES AT THE COVE
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