Desuperheating and pressure-reducing valve for superheated steam

Claim 1

A DESUPERHEATING AND PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE PROVIDED TO DESUPERHEAT AND REDUCED THE PRESSURE OF A FLOWING STREAM OF SUPERHEATED STREAM WHICH COMPRISES: A VALVE CASING; AN INNER SHELL IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT AND LOCATED WITHIN SAID CASING; VALVE MEANS INCLUDING A DOUBLE-SEAT VALVE BLOCK AT THE ENTRY END OF SAID SHELL; AN ATOMIZING SWIRL NOZZLE AT THE EXIT END OF SAID SHELL, WHEREBY THE SUPERHEATED STEAM FLOWING INTO SAID INNER SHELL IS CAUSED TO DIVIDE INTO TWO SEPARATE STREAMS, A FIRST STREAM BEING CONFINED TO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE VALVE CASING AND THE INNER SHELL AND SERVING AS A DENSE MASS OF MOVING STEAM SWEEPING THE INNER WALLS OF SAID VALVE CASHING AND A SECOND STREAM PASSING THROUGH SAID ATOMIZING NOZZLEF AND STREAM TO DISCHARGE COOLING WATER INTO SAID SECOND STREAM WHEREBY SAID COOLING WATER IS ATOMIZED AND SPIRALLED FORWARD AXIALLY INTO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID VALVE CASING, AS IT LEAVES SAID ATOMIZING NOZZLE.