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Bladder-type accumulator with movable cup-shaped sensor

US4907621A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1988
Grant dateMar 13, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 17, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF15B2201/515
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A guide projecting into a bladder is provided on a plug of a vessel body. A cup-shaped sensor is slidably provided on the guide, and an element for actuating a switch is provided on the cup-shaped sensor. The cup-shaped sensor is caused to slide along the guide by the bladder deformable in accordance with change in the pressure of liquid within the accumulator, so as to actuate the switch.

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