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Abstract

The disclosure relates to an improved temperature responsive control arrangement. It includes a valve member, a chamber, and a bellows disposed in said chamber for controlling the position of the valve member in response to the temperature of fluid flowing through the chamber. The arrangement is particularly suited for use in steam traps. There are surfaces in the chamber for distributing fluid flowing through the chamber around the bellows to promote rapid expansion and contraction of said bellows with changes in temperature of the fluid flow through said chamber. The chamber has an outlet centrally located at one end thereof, and the distributing surfaces include a plurality of fluid inlets at the end of the chamber opposite from the outlet, the fluid inlets being distributed about the periphery of the chamber. Each of the fluid inlets conducts a flow of fluid into the chamber and each of the inlets is located so that a first portion of the fluid flowing through the inlet into said chamber is deflected by impact with the bellows across a lower end face of the bellows. The distributing surfaces further include a plurality of channels, each of the channels being associated with one of the inlets and forming a continuation thereof. Each of the channels at least partially defines a path along the edge of the bellows for a second portion of the fluid flowing through one of the inlets. Each of the channels has a deflector surface for deflecting the fluid flowing in the channel across an upper end face of the bellows. The deflector surfaces include bevelled end faces of each of the channels.

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