Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vacuum relief valve
- Patent Title (中): 真空安全阀
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Application No.: US12842342Application Date: 2010-07-23
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Publication No.: US08453668B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Richard D. Michelli , Dennis Vaders
- Applicant: Richard D. Michelli , Dennis Vaders
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Parata System, LLC
- Current Assignee: Parata System, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16K1/00
- IPC: F16K1/00

Abstract:
A vacuum relief valve includes: a housing with a central cavity, the housing having a system branch, a vacuum branch, a pilot branch, and an exhaust branch, each of the branches in fluid communication with the central cavity and having a respective port; a piston assembly comprising a first disk located in the pilot branch, a second disk located adjacent the exhaust branch, and a connecting member to which the first and second disks are mounted; and an actuator attached to a pilot seal, the actuator configured to move the pilot seal between a closed position, in which the pilot seal is positioned in and seals the pilot port, and an open position, in which the pilot seal is spaced from and does not seal the pilot port. When the pilot seal is in the closed position, the second disk is positioned on and seals the exhaust port, and when the pilot seal is in the open position, the second disk is spaced from and does not seal the exhaust port. In this configuration, often a smaller, less expensive actuator may be used to actuate the valve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110094605A1 Vacuum Relief Valve Public/Granted day:2011-04-28
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