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United States Patent | 3,552,608 |
Sperry , et al. | January 5, 1971 |
A pressurized container valve for particulate matter and the like having a rotatable sphere with a diverging aperture extending nondiametrically therethrough. The sphere is contained in a sleeve with a seal between the sphere and sleeve across a diameter of the sphere. The seal is shaped to provide or is associated with means to effect a shearing action at the inner end of the aperture. A wire finger interconnects the spherical gate and sealing means for controlled actuation of the gate.
Inventors: | Sperry; Charles R. (Arlington, MA), Gibson; Roger L. (Lowell, MA) |
Assignee: |
Synectics Development Corporation
(Cambridge,
MA)
|
Appl. No.: | 04/775,592 |
Filed: | November 12, 1968 |
Current U.S. Class: | 222/516 ; 222/542 |
Current International Class: | B65D 83/14 (20060101); B67d 003/00 () |
Field of Search: | 222/548UP,554UP,516,542UP,517,512UP |
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