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The invention relates to flow control valves for low pressure, small scale
applications, and particularly to a type of valve responsive to displacement
from an upright orientation to occlude or interrupt a flow.
A Pendulous Control Valve System of the type under consideration for relatively low pressure, small-scale applications, uses a caged rotatable ball valve having internal gravity responsive masses and a vertically orientated axial conduit for flow control. The control valve may be employed within a variety of flow applications that require a tilt-responsive on-off switching mechanism for allowing or preventing the flow of a low pressure gas or liquid, for example, for use in a diving or floating snorkel application as opposed to, say, an air pump application, or for use in a small water container application as opposed to a plumbing application. In alternate embodiments, a Pendulous Control Valve System can be utilized to allow or interrupt the flow of an electromagnetic beam, for example, for use in a simple motion detector or plumb line application as opposed to, say, a missile guidance application. In another alternate embodiment, a Pendulous Control Valve System can be utilized to allow or interrupt the flow of an electrical current, for example, for use in a floor lamp tip-over application, as opposed to, say, an electrical distribution application.
The Examiner for the patent application determined that two separate inventions had been claimed under the same application and advised the filing of a second, divisional application to cover the claims (15-20) in the original application that concerned direct contact electrical switchwork. This divisional application is still pending.
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