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Pressure control valve

US3946756A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 30, 1974
Grant dateMar 30, 1976
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Expiry dateMay 30, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7811
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pressure control valve for use in conjunction with a riser for supplying water, in case of a fire, at all levels of a multiple story structure at a predetermined regulated static and flowing discharge pressure. The valve includes a hand wheel on a stem engaging the valve, a normally inaccessible static pressure control collar on said stem and a diaphragm sensitive to flowing discharge pressure at the discharge side of the valve tending to close the valve and a spring opposing the diaphragm, said hand wheel arranged to move said valve stem relative to said diaphragm and close the valve without altering the pressure adjustment thereof.

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