US Patent Issued on Dec. 30 for "Automatic fluid-mechanical actuated emergency stop valve for abnormal flow and spillage protection" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,177, issued on Dec. 30.

"Automatic fluid-mechanical actuated emergency stop valve for abnormal flow and spillage protection" was invented by Matthew J. Bauer (Melbourne, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention pertains to an automatic fluid-mechanical actuated emergency stop valve for inhibiting fluid flow following a catastrophic rupture or other failure in a fluid delivery system carrying a fluid from an upstream source to a downstream destination. A fluidic stop valve which responds to a sudden downstream pipe rupture by closing is provided. The operating mechanism relies upon an increased Bernoulli force acting ...