Patent · US Expired

Check valve

US4971093A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1990
Grant dateNov 20, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 13, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7938
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a check valve wherein a possible malfunction resides in a thread pipe end being seat too far into the valve housing in a position to make a contact with the movable head or poppet of the valve and thus undesirably close the valve, vanes are provided in certain locations on the head or poppet that will themselves to contact the pipe end under pressure conditions and provide flumes for the fluid to flow through, in spite of the condition stated.

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