公开(公告)号：US20060131528A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-22

申请号：US11018621

申请日：2004-12-21

申请人： Charles Long ,  Phillip Mc Cauley ,  Scott Mundy

发明人： Charles Long ,  Phillip Mc Cauley ,  Scott Mundy

IPC分类号： F16K31/143

CPC分类号： F16H61/12 ,  F01L2001/34436 ,  F16H2061/1228 ,  F16H2061/1264 ,  F16K29/00 ,  Y10T137/4245

摘要： The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a self-cleaning valve assembly. The valve is adapted to cycle and thereby clean the valve assembly in response to one or more predefined parameters which are programmed into a programmable controller. The valve is additionally configured to cycle according to one or more of several different methods which have been shown to efficiently clean the valve assembly. In this manner, the valve assembly is automatically cleaned improving the efficiency thereof and eliminating stuck valve warranty returns.