Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Exhalation valve for use in an underwater breathing device
- Patent Title (中): 用于水下呼吸装置的呼气阀
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Application No.: US12034617Application Date: 2008-02-20
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Publication No.: US08011364B2Publication Date: 2011-09-06
- Inventor: Mark R. Johnson
- Applicant: Mark R. Johnson
- Agency: Maschoff Gilmore & Israelsen
- Main IPC: B63C11/16
- IPC: B63C11/16 ; B63C11/02 ; B63C11/00 ; B63C11/10 ; A62B18/10 ; F16K15/00

Abstract:
An underwater breathing device, such as a snorkel, may include an exhalation valve. The exhalation valve is configured to produce positive end-expiratory pressure in the airway of a user of the underwater breathing device. The exhalation valve includes a plate defining an exhalation port and at least one chamber port, an exhalation conduit connected to the exhalation port, and a flexible membrane that is sealable against a surface of the plate. A lower portion of the exhalation conduit is divided by a septum which divides the exhalation conduit and the exhalation port into a first exhalation port connected to a first exhalation conduit and a second exhalation port connected to a second exhalation conduit. The flexible membrane is sized and positioned to be capable of sealing the first exhalation port and the second exhalation port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080135045A1 EXHALATION VALVE FOR USE IN AN UNDERWATER BREATHING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2008-06-12
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