US Patent Issued to Zurn Water on July 21 for "Pressure reducing valve with an integral venturi" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,867, issued on July 21, was assigned to Zurn Water LLC (Milwaukee).

"Pressure reducing valve with an integral venturi" was invented by Matthew Guise (Paso Robles, Calif.), William M. Orr (Paso Robles, Calif.) and Christopher Corral (Paso Robles, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure reducing valve includes a valve housing, plunger, pressure sensing cavity, and biasing member. The valve housing includes a valve inlet and valve outlet in selective fluid communication with each other. The plunger is in the valve housing and movable between a closed position and open position. The plunger is positioned downstream from the valv...