Invention Application
- Patent Title: CONSTRICTOR VALVE WITH WEBBING, CEMENTITIOUS SLURRY MIXING AND DISPENSING ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD FOR MAKING CEMENTITIOUS PRODUCT
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Application No.: US15296874Application Date: 2016-10-18
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Publication No.: US20170189872A1Publication Date: 2017-07-06
- Inventor: Ronald E. SCHENCK
- Applicant: United States Gypsum Company
- Main IPC: B01F15/02
- IPC: B01F15/02 ; B01F3/12 ; B28C7/16 ; C04B11/00 ; B28C5/00 ; F16K7/06 ; B01F15/00

Abstract:
A constrictor valve can be associated with a conduit in fluid communication with a mixer to control a flow of cementitious slurry discharged from the mixer through the conduit. The constrictor valve can include a constrictor housing, a webbing constriction assembly, and a drive mechanism. The webbing constriction assembly includes a pair of rotatable members rotatably mounted to the constrictor housing and a plurality of webbing straps connected to the rotatable members and wrapped around the conduit. The drive mechanism includes a drive shaft and a gear assembly configured to rotate the rotatable members in opposing winding directions in response to the drive shaft rotating in a tighten direction to wrap the webbing straps tighter around the conduit to compress it and to rotate in opposing unwinding directions in response to the drive shaft rotating in a loosen direction to loosen the grip of the webbing straps on the conduit.
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