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United States Patent | 3,554,234 |
Kurtz | January 12, 1971 |
A hydraulic directional control valve device in which a pair of pressure balanced solenoid-operated pilot valves are disposed in a single housing with a liquid pressure operated slave spool valve controlled thereby, the solenoid being liquid cooled by communicating the armature chamber with the liquid pressure system by which the slave spool valve is operated, thereby totally immersing the armature in the same liquid utilized to control the slave spool valve member.
Inventors: | Kurtz; Ronald C. (Lexington, KY) |
Assignee: |
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
(Wilmerding,
PA)
|
Appl. No.: | 04/692,999 |
Filed: | December 22, 1967 |
Current U.S. Class: | 137/625.64 ; 137/596.16 |
Current International Class: | F15B 13/00 (20060101); F15B 13/043 (20060101); F15b 013/043 () |
Field of Search: | 137/625.64,625.65,65,596.16 251/50,141,129,138 |
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