Patent · US Expired

Check-valve construction

US4249567A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 2, 1979
Grant dateFeb 10, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 2, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7898
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention contemplates a combined closure spring and upstop having particular application to check valves having multiple valve members. The invention is illustrated by one embodiment involving two valve members hinged on a single axis oriented diametrically of the valve-flow passage, and by another embodiment involving more than two valve members hinged on separate axes oriented tangentially of the valve-flow passage.

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