EP3119527B1 - Dispositif d'application d'eau avec protecteurs de zone critique - Google Patents

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EP3119527B1
EP3119527B1 EP14712268.3A EP14712268A EP3119527B1 EP 3119527 B1 EP3119527 B1 EP 3119527B1 EP 14712268 A EP14712268 A EP 14712268A EP 3119527 B1 EP3119527 B1 EP 3119527B1
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Matthias MÜLLER-BRAUN
Reiner Frey
Benjamin Asal
Edmond Wenzel
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B9/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent material, without essentially mixing with gas or vapour
    • B05B9/01—Spray pistols, discharge devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/002—Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers
    • B05B12/0022—Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers associated with means for restricting their movement
    • B05B12/0024—Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers associated with means for restricting their movement to a single position
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B15/00—Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
    • B05B15/14—Arrangements for preventing or controlling structural damage to spraying apparatus or its outlets, e.g. for breaking at desired places; Arrangements for handling or replacing damaged parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/30—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
    • B05B1/3013—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages the controlling element being a lift valve

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  • Example embodiments generally relate to watering equipment and, more particularly, relate to a water applicator that employs compensating members proximate to critical areas of the equipment.
  • Watering equipment includes such devices as hoses, hose reels, spray guns, spray nozzles, spray lances, water taps (or spigots) and the like. These devices are often used to apply water from the water tap to a garden, plant or other target using the hose along with some form of water application device (e.g., an applicator such as a spray gun, spray nozzle or spray lance).
  • an applicator such as a spray gun, spray nozzle or spray lance
  • Many of the components of a watering equipment system may be reconfigurable or relatively easily configured for use with various other components or devices. For example, quick connect assemblies may make it easy for hoses to be moved and for water application devices of different types or having different water application characteristics to be coupled to the hoses.
  • gardeners often prefer to leave certain portions of the system that are used most often in some sort of instantly ready, pre-configured state.
  • gardeners may leave a particular spray nozzle attached to a particular hose that is further attached to a particular water tap.
  • This particular setup may be frequently used (or at least most frequently used) or otherwise convenient for the gardener.
  • Some example embodiments may therefore provide a water application device design that provides an improved design that employs compensators to protect critical parts of the water application device.
  • some embodiments may provide a water application device with one or more compensators that are capable of enduring repeated cycles of compression disposed in the flow channel. Accordingly, for example, if water is frozen in the flow channel, the compensator(s) may be compressed to compensate for the volumetric expansion of the freezing water and avoid possible damage to components of the device.
  • a water application device is defined in the appended claims.
  • a water application device according to the preamble of claim 1 is disclosed in WO 2013/132720 .
  • example embodiments described herein provide an improved design for a water application device.
  • example embodiments may provide compensators disposed at strategic locations within the body of the water application device to ensure that each critical area of the device is protected. Since there are a couple of places at which water may be more likely to collect based on various geometries in which the water application device may be resting, each such place may be provided with its own compensator to avoid damage due to freezing conditions, or even some pressure impulses.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of a modular water application device 10 in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • the modular water application device 10 includes a main body 20, an operable member 30 and an applicator head 40.
  • the main body 20 is graspable along a portion thereof by an operator.
  • the graspable portion is define a handle portion 22 of the main body 20, and the handle portion 22 may be provided between an outlet portion 24 and an inlet potion 26.
  • the main body 20 houses flow control assembly 50 configured to enable the device 10 to execute a control function relative to flow of water through the device 10 (e.g., from the inlet portion 26 to the outlet portion 24).
  • the flow control assembly 50 includes an on/off control assembly 52 and a volume control assembly 54.
  • the operable member 30 may be attachable to the main body 20 to interface with the flow control assembly 50 to alternately start and stop flow through the device 10 based on a position of the operable member 30.
  • the operable member 30 may act as an operator to open or close (partially or fully) a valve or other flow control device in the flow control assembly 50.
  • the operable member 30 interfaces with the on/off control assembly 52 of the flow control assembly 50.
  • the flow control assembly 50 further enables a volume control function to be performed so that the flow can not only be turned on and off, but also modulated to at least some degree based on operator control.
  • the volume control assembly 54 may be an example of a structure to perform such a function.
  • the volume control assembly 54 may be operated via a volume control member 60, which may be a lever, button, dial, or other operator for adjusting flow volume.
  • the applicator head 40 may be attachable to an outlet portion 24 of the main body 20 to apply water passing through the applicator head 40 based on an application characteristic of the applicator head 40.
  • the applicator head 40 may be a selected one of a number of different applicator heads and each of the different applicator heads may have a different structure and/or configuration to support different flow application needs or desires.
  • the main body 20 includes or houses a water channel that extends between the inlet and outlet portions 26 and 24.
  • the on/of control assembly 52 and the volume control assembly 54 may be disposed within the water channel to break the channel up into distinct spaces or areas. Water could collect in any of these areas and cause damage if a freeze or impulse event is encountered.
  • the water freezes it undergoes a volumetric expansion within a fixed volume defined by the distinct areas of the water channel and the components surrounding them (i.e., the internal functional components). Pressure increases in the fixed volume and, at some point if the pressure is sufficient, the water channel tube walls may crack, or perhaps more likely, the internal functional components may be damaged.
  • these potentially affected areas may be considered to be “critical areas” and they may include an entrance area disposed between the inlet portion 26 and the on/off control assembly 52, a middle area disposed between the on/off control assembly 52 and the volume control assembly 54, and an exit area disposed between the volume control assembly 54 and the outlet portion 24.
  • an example embodiment employs compensators in each of the critical areas.
  • critical area should be understood to correspond to a reservoir, space or other area of the water channel that is formed proximate to an internal functional component of the device 10.
  • the internal functional components may include components of the flow control assembly 50 and the applicator head 40 (e.g., the spray nozzle portions thereof).
  • the compensators are configured to protect against damage that may occur if water in the critical area is subjected to an impulse force or expansion due to freezing.
  • the compensators are inserted into the critical areas to provide a component that does not impact or interfere with flow through the device 10 during normal operation, but that can accommodate (or compensate) for volumetric expansion or other impact forces that water left in the critical area may potentially cause.
  • the compensators may be made of a flexible and/or elastic material that is capable of absorbing repeated compression and expansion cycles without permanent deformation.
  • the compensators may be made of compressible material configured to enable the compensators to be compressed within the critical areas to increase an effective volume of the critical areas in response to freezing of water or water impulse to prevent damage to internal functional components of the device 10.
  • the compensators may be formed as hollow cylindrical tubes of the compressible material, and the compensators may fit in the critical areas and be compressible to increase the effective volume of the critical areas by at least 10%.
  • the compensators may enable the increase in volume of freezing water to be accommodated or compensated for by the compensators.
  • the compensators may be compressible sufficient to enable an increase in the effective volume of the critical areas by greater than 25%.
  • the compensators may be made of an elastomer such as a thermoplastic elastomer.
  • the compensators may have a plurality of enclosed gas volumes (e.g., gas bubbles) formed and distributed throughout the volume of the compensators.
  • the compensators may be embodied as a rubber-like, foam material that includes hollow enclosed cells therein.
  • the enclosed gas volumes i.e., the hollow enclosed cells
  • the enclosed gas volumes may be water impenetrable. These enclosed gas volumes may be compressible to allow the compensators to be compressed to allow for expansion of the water if ice is formed.
  • the increase in volume (i.e., volumetric expansion) of the water is therefore compensated for by corresponding volumetric compression of the compensator.
  • the enclosed gas volumes may expand to cause the compensator to undergo volumetric expansion while the water converts back to the liquid phase and has less volume.
  • a plurality of enclosed gas bubbles may be distributed in a foam like material, some embodiments may alternatively employ a rubber-like or other flexible material with just a few, or even one, compressible gas volume disposed therein.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an exploded view of a device 100 that forms one example of the device 10 shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the device 100 includes a main body 110 that is provided as an example of the main body 20 of FIG. 1 .
  • the main body 110 has an outlet portion 112 and inlet portion 114 that serve as examples of the outlet portion 24 and the inlet potion 26, respectively, of FIG. 1 .
  • the inlet portion 114 may have a threaded engagement to a quick coupling adaptor 116 that may couple to a hose connector.
  • the outlet portion 112 may be configured to mate with a selected on of a plurality of different applicators.
  • Applicator 120 is a specific example of the applicator 40 of FIG. 1 and of one of the different applicators that may mate with the outlet portion 112.
  • the main body 110 may be molded plastic, composite material, metal, or any other suitable material that has sufficient rigidity and can be formed to house chambers, components and/or devices to define a flow channel (or water channel) for water flow from inlet portion 114 to the outlet portion 112.
  • the flow channel may extend along an axis 118 of a handle portion 119 of the main body 110.
  • the outlet portion 112 may be formed along an outlet portion axis 113 that forms an angle relative to the axis 118 in some embodiments.
  • different main body structures may be selected to define corresponding different angles between the axes 118 and 113.
  • An attachment portion 132 may be provided at a rear part of the handle portion 119 to receive a cover assembly 150.
  • a volume control lever 162 may be provided at a receiver 160 of the cover assembly 150.
  • the cover assembly 150 may be provided without the receiver 160 and therefore also without the volume control lever 162.
  • trigger 140 may be provided as an example of the operable member 30 of FIG. 1 .
  • the trigger 140 may be pivotally mounted to the main body 110 between the inlet portion 114 and the intersection between the axes 118 and 113.
  • the pivot point of the trigger 140 is at an end of the trigger 140 corresponding or proximate to the inlet portion 114. It should be appreciated, however, that the pivot point could alternatively be placed at the other end of the trigger (i.e., such that the pivot point is located proximate to the intersection of the axis 118 and 113).
  • the end of the trigger 140 opposite the pivot point may alternatively be compressed toward the main body 110 and extended away from the main body 110 to adjust the on/off control assembly 52 to turn the device 100 on and off, respectively.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a cross section view of the device 100 of FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the flow channel through which water flows from the inlet portion 114 to the outlet portion 112.
  • the flow channel of this example may include multiple critical areas such as an inlet area 200 and an outlet area.
  • the outlet area 210 may generally include and middle area 220.
  • the inlet area 200 may, in some cases, be considered to be the most critical.
  • the inlet area 200 may be situated between the inlet portion 114 and the on/off control assembly 52.
  • the on/off control assembly 52 may be a gate valve or other binary valve that is generally on or off (i.e., open or closed) and, in some cases, is not suited or used for throttling or modulating the level of flow.
  • the inlet area 200 may commonly be filled with pressurized water (e.g., if the tap is open) or with water that was pressurized and (particularly if the system has minimal leakage) still is somewhat pressurized as the water may be locked between the valve at the tap and the valve of the on/off control assembly 52. Accordingly, there is generally no pressure relief path in this region and thus a freeze event or pressure impulse event has less opportunity for mitigation without the inclusion of a compensator.
  • the outlet area may be situated between the nozzle of the applicator head 120 and the on/off control assembly 52. However, in some embodiments (e.g., particularly embodiments in which the volume control assembly 54 is included), the outlet area may be divided into two parts including a first outlet region 210 extending between the nozzle of the applicator head 120 and the volume control assembly 54, and a second outlet region 220 extending between the on/off control assembly 52 and the volume control assembly 54.
  • water may leak out of this region through the applicator head 120 if the device 100 happens to have an open nozzle in the applicator head 120 and is angled just right to permit all or most of the water to drain.
  • the device 100 dangles off a hose real or over another device at a disadvantageous angle for draining, if the volume control valve is positioned to retain water in the first outlet area 210 and/or if the nozzle is nearly closed, water may be retained in this region.
  • the nozzle is slightly open, cold air may easily be permitted to access the first outlet area 210 and freezing may be even more likely in this region.
  • the second outlet area 220 may be situated between the valves of the on/off control assembly 52 and the volume control assembly 54. In some cases, this may be considered the second most critical region because the on/off control assembly 52 would be assumed to be shut and, if the volume control assembly 54 is mostly shut and/or if the angle at which the device 100 lies is disadvantageous for draining, this area may be second most likely to present a poor opportunity for pressure relief as a freeze event occurs. However, as stated above, in embodiments where no volume control assembly 54 is included, this region may be essentially eliminated or combined with the first outlet area 210.
  • each of the critical areas may include or be formed to act as at least one compensator receiver.
  • the critical areas may be formed to receive at least one compensator.
  • the critical areas may be formed as or to include one or multiple compensator receivers.
  • FIG. 4 which includes FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C , illustrates views of compensators in accordance with an example embodiment.
  • FIG. 4A which shows an exploded, perspective view of a compensator 300 and internal periphery 310 of a portion of a critical area, taken in cross section along the axial direction, according to an example embodiment.
  • FIG. 4B illustrates a cross section view of the compensator 300 taken along a line perpendicular to the axis of the compensator 300.
  • FIG. 4C illustrates an alternative view of an alternative design of the assembly in FIG. 4A .
  • FIG. 4C illustrates retention ribs on the critical area and the compensator 300'.
  • the compensator 300 may have a substantially hollow cylindrical body, and the critical area may be defined by substantially hollow cylindrical portions of the flow channel.
  • the compensator receiver 320 may simply be a portion of the flow channel (e.g., portions of a tubular part of the flow channel) that is of sufficient length to house or receive the compensator 300.
  • the compensator receiver 320 may simply be embodied as a portion of the flow channel that is about the length of a compensator.
  • the compensator receiver 320 need not be defined by any other particular features. It should also be appreciated that the compensator 300 need not necessarily have a hollow cylindrical shape in all cases.
  • a compensator could be provided with nearly any shape that permits flow through the flow channel yet still holds the compensator in the flow channel to undergo volumetric contraction when needed.
  • the compensator may actually take the shape of half of a hollow cylinder (e.g., matching that which is shown in FIG. 4A instead of the compensator portion shown in FIG. 4A being just half of the whole compensator 300) or any other suitable shape.
  • the compensator 300 may have an internal diameter d1 and an external diameter d2. Meanwhile, the internal periphery of the critical area 310 may have a diameter d3. In some cases, the diameter d3 may be slightly smaller than the diameter d2. As such, the compensator 300 may have to be slightly compressed to fit into the compensator receiver 320, and the force exerted on the internal periphery of the critical area 310 by the compensator 300 may be sufficient to hold the compensator 300 in place when flow passes through the flow channel or during an assembly process in which the compensator 300 is inserted into the device (e.g., device 10 or 100).
  • the device e.g., device 10 or 100
  • the flow channel may essentially be defined by the internal periphery of the critical area 310 when no compensator is provided.
  • the flow channel may be defined by the hollow center region of the compensator 300.
  • the compensator 300 may be configured to be compressible so that the internal diameter d1 expands to accommodate the volume increase of the water expansion.
  • the compensator receiver 320 need not be defined by physical features, in some cases, the compensator receiver 320 may include additional features, such as features that are configured to facilitate holding the compensator 300 placed therein in a relatively fixed arrangement relative to the flow channel.
  • the compensator receiver 320 may be configured to include retention ribs 330 that may extend along the internal periphery of the critical area 310' in an axial direction (i.e., parallel to the longitudinal length of the flow channel).
  • the retention ribs could alternatively be annular in shape (as shown in dashed lines by ribs 330') and extend around all or portions of the internal periphery of the flow channel lying in planes that are substantially perpendicular to the axial direction.
  • annular rings could be provided at respective longitudinal ends of the compensator 300 to define the length of the compensator receiver 320 and inhibit movement of the compensator 300 in the axial direction.
  • FIG. 4C shows one example of a longitudinally extending retention rib 340 that may run along the external periphery of the compensator 300'. It should be appreciated that more than the single retention ribs shown of various example types in FIG. 4C could be included in some embodiments. Thus, the retention ribs shown could be duplicated any desirable number of times (or in any desirable combination) so that a plurality of retention ribs (of the same or different types) may be employed in some cases.
  • the device 100 may be provided with one or more compensators 300 positioned in critical areas to protect the device 100. By adding protection against the frost or impulse damage, the device 100 may be made more robust and durable.
  • another aspect of an example embodiment may further include the ability to make the device 100 (or at least the protective capabilities instituted in the device 100) modular in nature. As such, during assembly, a group of parts may be mass produced and the parts may be selectively combined to define various different device configurations. The different configurations may define different levels of protection that are afforded by the corresponding different constituent parts. In some cases, a single type and size of compensator may be mass produces and then inserted into the device 100 in selected locations to define different levels of protection. Different grades of product can therefore be produced without need for different tooling for each device with a different level of protection. As such, in some embodiments, a modular device assembly kit may be provided with all of the parts to be selected in desirable combinations.
  • the number and/or type of compensators included in the device 100 may define corresponding different configurations.
  • an unprotected configuration may essentially be defined by the design of FIG. 3 .
  • a first configuration of a protected design is provided.
  • FIG. 5A illustrates the first configuration and, the first and second outlet areas 210 and 220 do not include any compensator 300.
  • FIG. 5B illustrates a second configuration in which the first compensator 302 is provided along with a second compensator 304 disposed within the critical area corresponding to the second outlet area 220.
  • the first outlet area 210 is devoid of any compensator 300.
  • FIG. 5C illustrates a third configuration in which a third compensator 306 is provided in the first outlet area 210 (i.e., closes to the nozzle of the applicator head 120).
  • the critical area may be large enough to house two compensators (e.g., therefore including two compensator receivers).
  • FIG. 5D it is also possible to include a fourth configuration, which is shown in FIG. 5D , in which a fourth compensator 308 is added into the first outlet area 210.
  • the compensators may be interchangeable and mass produced so that any selected number can be placed in any desirable configuration from the least protected (e.g., the first configuration in which only the most critical of the critical areas is protected) to the most protected (e.g., the fourth configuration in which all critical areas are protected - and one such area has double protection).
  • a water application device may be provided in accordance with some example embodiments.
  • the water application device may include a main body graspable along a handle portion thereof by an operator, an operable member, and a flow channel.
  • the main body may house a flow control assembly configured to enable the device to execute a control function relative to flow of water through the device.
  • the operable member may be operably coupled to the main body to interface with the flow control assembly to alternately provide flow and stop flow through the device.
  • the flow channel may be formed inside the main body to define a flow path between an inlet portion and an outlet portion of the device.
  • the flow channel may define a plurality of critical areas in which water is enabled to collect when the water application device is not applying water.
  • At least a first compensator may be provided in a first critical area and at least a second compensator may be provided in a second critical area.
  • the first and second compensators may include compressible material configured to enable the first and second compensators to be compressed within the first and second critical areas, respectively, to increase an effective volume of the first critical area and the second critical area.
  • the device employing the features of some embodiments may include additional features that may be optionally added either alone or in combination with each other.
  • the first critical area may include an inlet area of the flow channel disposed between an inlet portion and an on/off control assembly of the flow control assembly.
  • the second critical area may include a first outlet area of the flow channel between an outlet portion and a volume control assembly of the device.
  • the second critical area may include a second outlet area of the flow channel between the on/off control assembly and the volume control assembly.
  • any or all of (1) to (3) may be employed and (4) the flow channel may be embodied as a substantially hollow cylindrical tube, and the compensators may each define substantially hollow cylindrical bodies configured to fit in respective ones of the critical areas.
  • any or all of (1) to (4) may be employed and (5) the compensators may each define substantially hollow cylindrical bodies configured to fit in respective ones of the critical areas.
  • the compensators may be compressible to increase the effective volume of the critical areas by at least about 10% or even greater than about 25%.
  • any or all of (1) to (6) may be employed in addition to the optional modifications or augmentations described below.
  • the compensators may be formed of a thermoplastic elastomer. Additionally or alternatively, the compensators may each comprise a plurality of hollow enclosed cells distributed throughout a volume of the compensators. Additionally or alternatively, the hollow enclosed cells may be water impenetrable.

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  1. Un dispositif d'application d'eau (10/100) pour appliquer de l'eau dans un système d'arrosage de jardin, le dispositif (10/100) comprenant:
    un corps principal (20/110) saisissable le long d'une partie poignée (22/119) de celui-ci par un opérateur, le corps principal (20/110) logeant un ensemble de contrôle de flux (50) configuré pour permettre au dispositif (10/100) d'exécuter une fonction de contrôle relative au débit d'eau à travers du dispositif (10/100);
    un élément actionnable (30/140) couplé de manière fonctionnelle au corps principal (20/110) pour s'interfacer avec l'ensemble de contrôle de flux (50) pour fournir alternativement un écoulement et arrêter l'écoulement à travers du dispositif (10/100); et
    un canal d'écoulement formé à l'intérieur du corps principal (20/110) pour définir un trajet d'écoulement entre une partie d'entrée (26/114) et une partie de sortie (24/112) du dispositif (10/100), le canal d'écoulement définissant une pluralité de zones critiques dans lesquelles l'eau peut être collectée lorsque le dispositif d'application d'eau n'applique pas d'eau,
    caractérisé en ce que
    au moins un premier compensateur (302) est prévu dans une première zone critique et au moins un deuxième compensateur (304/306/308) est prévu dans une deuxième zone critique, le premier et deuxième compensateurs (302/304/306/308) comprenant matériau compressible configuré pour permettre la compression des premier et deuxième compensateurs (302/304/306/308) dans les première et deuxième zones critiques, respectivement, pour augmenter un volume effectif de la première zone critique et la deuxième zone critique,
    dans lequel la première zone critique comprend une zone d'entrée (200) du canal d'écoulement disposée entre une partie d'entrée (26/114) et une ensemble de commande on/off (52) de l'ensemble de contrôle de flux (50),
    dans lequel la deuxième zone critique comprend une première zone de sortie (210) du canal d'écoulement entre une partie de sortie (24/112) et une ensemble de contrôle de volume (54) du dispositif (10/100), et
    dans lequel les première et deuxième zones critiques sont chacune des réservoirs formés dans le canal d'eau à proximité d'un composant fonctionnel interne du dispositif (10/100),
    et dans lequel le réservoir dans le canal d'eau servant de récepteur de compensation (320) comprend des caractéristiques supplémentaires (330) ou dans lequel la périphérie externe d'un compensateur (300 ') est configurée pour inclure au moins une nervure de retenue (340).
  2. Le dispositif (10/100) selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre une troisième zone critique définie entre l'ensemble de commande on/off (52) et l'ensemble de contrôle de volume (54), la troisième zone critique comprenant un troisième compensateur (304) prévu dans celle-ci.
  3. Le dispositif (10/100) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la deuxième zone critique comprend une deuxième zone de sortie (220) du canal d'écoulement entre l'ensemble de commande on/off (52) et l'ensemble de contrôle de volume (54).
  4. Le dispositif (10/100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2-3, dans lequel le canal d'écoulement comprend un tube cylindrique sensiblement creux, et dans lequel les compensateurs (302/304/306/308) définissent chacun des corps cylindriques essentiellement creux configurés pour s'insérer dans les zones critiques respectives.
  5. Le dispositif (10/100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1-3, dans lequel les compensateurs (302/304/306/308) définissent chacune des corps cylindriques essentiellement creux configurés pour s'insérer dans les zones critiques respectives.
  6. Le dispositif (10/100) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les compensateurs (302/304/306/308) sont compressibles pour augmenter le volume effectif des zones critiques d'au moins 10%.
  7. Le dispositif (10/100) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les compensateurs (302/304/306/308) sont compressibles pour augmenter le volume effectif des zones critiques d'au moins 25%
  8. Le dispositif (10/100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les compensateurs (302/304/306/308) sont formés d'un élastomère thermoplastique.
  9. Le dispositif (10/100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel les compensateurs (302/304/306/308) comprennent chacun une pluralité de cellules enfermées creuses réparties dans un volume des compensateurs (302/304/306/308).
  10. Le dispositif (10/100) selon la revendication 9, dans lequel les cellules enfermées creuses sont impénétrables à l'eau.
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