Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Check valve system
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Application No.: US17059627Application Date: 2019-06-27
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Publication No.: US11920690B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Hayden Turner , Garrett Faino
- Applicant: Sulzer Mixpac AG
- Applicant Address: CH Haag
- Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
- Current Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
- Current Assignee Address: CH Haag
- Agency: GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/067226 2019.06.27
- International Announcement: WO2020/002536A 2020.01.02
- Date entered country: 2020-11-30
- Main IPC: F16K15/00
- IPC: F16K15/00 ; B05C11/10 ; B05C17/005 ; F16K27/02

Abstract:
A check valve system includes a housing, a blocking element, and a biasing member. The housing has a passageway therethrough, the passageway including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a diameter that is less than a diameter of the second portion so as to form a stepped portion. The blocking element is disposed within the second portion of the passageway. The biasing member is disposed within the second portion of the passageway and configured to maintain the blocking element in contact with the stepped portion when under compression. The housing, the blocking element and the biasing member being obtainable by substantially simultaneously 3D printing, so as to be formed from one or more 3D printable materials.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210278002A1 CHECK VALVE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-09-09
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