Abstract: A valve construction including an impingement plate and a nozzle structure mounted for relative movement therebetween, a first conduit for conducting fluid to the nozzle structure, the nozzle structure consisting of a plurality of cylindrical nozzles at the end of the conduit proximate the plate for projecting fluid from the conduit onto the plate or into the conduit (for reverse flow applications), the plurality of cylindrical nozzles providing a greater ratio of total metering area to projected nozzle area than is obtained by a single cylindrical nozzle. As an alternate to the plurality of cylindrical nozzles, a shaped noncylindrical nozzle may be used which has a higher ratio of metering area to projected area than that of a single cylindrical nozzle.

Abstract: A bi-stable electrically operated valve including a housing having inlet, outlet and return conduits, an intermediate conduit between the inlet and return conduits, a bi-stable electro-mechanical transducer having a flapper slidably mounting a first ball valve, first and second seats on the intermediate conduit, a third seat on the outlet conduit, the first and third seats being alternately engageable by the first ball valve to permit communication between the inlet and outlet conduits when the valve is open or between the inlet and return conduits when the valve is closed, a second ball valve, a piston for moving the second ball valve onto the second seat on the intermediate conduit, a conduit for effecting communication between the outlet conduit and the piston so as to cause the piston to drive the second ball valve onto the second seat when the inlet and outlet conduits are in communication, to thereby close off the inlet conduit from the return conduit, and a bleed opening between the inlet conduit and t

Abstract: A servovalve including a base, first and second flappers mounted on the base and attached to first and second armatures, respectively, first and second nozzles on the base for discharging fluid, third and fourth nozzles on said base for receiving fluid from the first and second nozzles, respectively, first and second springs for normally biasing the first and second flappers, respectively, into positions for effectively preventing flow of fluid from the first and second nozzles, torque motor structure including first and second coils operatively associated with the first and second armatures for simultaneously causing either one of said flappers to move away from its associated nozzle while the other flapper moves into a more closed relationship with its associated nozzle depending on the direction of current flow through said coils, and gain adjustment blocks mounted on the first and second armatures.