Patent · US Expired

Liquid level control valve

US4164955A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 1977
Grant dateAug 21, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 18, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7491
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid level control valve, more particularly for use with air separation means and having a suction chamber communicating with a source of vacuum, is disclosed. A port in the wall of the suction chamber is opened and closed by a float-controlled valve which has the center of a flexible diaphragm fixely connected thereto and the periphery of the diaphragm sealingly engaged around the periphery of an aperture in the suction chamber, the arrangement providing a balanced action.

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