Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Check valve with accelerated closure
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Application No.: US15668763Application Date: 2017-08-04
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Publication No.: US09945487B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: Ashraf Abouelleil , Julian Ramirez , Purushottam Savalia
- Applicant: Mueller International, LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
- Current Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Taylor English Duma LLP
- Main IPC: F16K15/03
- IPC: F16K15/03 ; F16K27/02 ; F16K15/04 ; F16K15/16 ; F16K15/14

Abstract:
A check valve including a valve body and a flapper assembly, the valve body defining an inlet, an outlet, an interior cavity, and a port in the interior cavity; the flapper assembly movable between an open position, providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet, and a closed position, isolating the inlet from the outlet, the flapper assembly including a resilient body and a spring assembly, the spring assembly configured to bias the flap portion of the resilient body towards the closed position, the spring assembly including a spring and a backing plate mounted on opposite surfaces of the resilient body and configured to increase the stiffness of the intermediate portion of the resilient body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170343122A1 CHECK VALVE WITH ACCELERATED CLOSURE Public/Granted day:2017-11-30
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