Abstract: A pressure relief valve operable in large transient pressure conditions includes a valve body. A valve seat is movably mounted on the body. A valve disc or pallet is pivotally connected to the valve body by a valve arm and aligned to engage the valve seat in a valve closed position. The valve disc is secured to the valve arm by fasteners and shock absorbers are mounted between the arm and the valve disc. A resilient shock absorber is mounted between the valve seat and the valve body to absorb shock resulting from engagement of the valve disc with the valve seat. Absorption of shock resulting from opening of the valve is accomplished by a shock absorber including a lever mounted on the valve body. At least one shock absorber is mounted on the lever aligned to be engaged by the valve disc upon opening. A second shock absorber may be included to engage the side of the conduit or housing within which the valve is mounted.

Abstract: Device for elimination of vibrations of a valve for decompression of an enclosure containing a fluid under pressure, comprising a lever articulated on the valve body in two parts. The first part is integrally fixed to a spindle mounted to rotate in the valve body. This part comprises a rocker arm and its end opposite the rocker arm is connected to the valve stem. The second part is connected to the moveable armature of an electromagnet and comprises a bearing surface for the tappet. The two parts of the lever are connected through the intermediary of a friction coupling. Movements of the valve beyond the position of locking by the electromagnet are damped by the friction coupling. The invention is applicable in particular to a decompression valve in a pressurized water nuclear reactor.

Abstract: A vibration damping device for a thermostatic expansion valve comprises a spring member having a plurality of cantilevered fingers substantially parallel to the direction of travel of moving components but which are spring loaded to provide a force normal to that direction. The damping device is fixedly attached to one of the moving or stationary components and is arranged so that its fingers exert the normal force against the other of the moving or stationary components. Accordingly, a constant magnitude frictional force is produced over the range of movement, thus damping vibrations caused by pressure pulses from the compressor of the refrigeration system in which the thermostatic expansion valve is installed.

Abstract: The liquid flow valve of the present invention is a one-way shock-absorbing valve specifically designed to dampen noise and vibrations, and exhibiting improved durability and utility. The valve comprises a housing defining a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough and a shoulder extending into the passageway. It also includes a valve element housing a main body defining a central longitudinal conduit and also having an expanded seat. The element is slideably disposed in the passageway for movement between a valve-closed seated position on the shoulder and a valve-open unseated position. The valve element features a bellows connected to the main body to seal the conduit. The bellows elongated, that is, unfolds in response to liquid back pressure directed upstream and thus dampens shocks and knocking which otherwise would occur. The bellows comprises readily moveable durable components and may be disposed in the conduit and/or extend from an end of the valve element main body.

Abstract: The invention, according to the first embodiment depicted, comprises a plate-type valve having a valving element movable between a valve guard and a valve seat. The movable valving element has a plurality of flow ports formed therein each of which communicates with a port formed in the valve guard. Too, the valve seat has ports formed therein, but the latter are out of registry with the valving element and valve guard ports. Accordingly, with the element closed upon the valve seat, fluid flow through the valve is prevented, and with the valving element removed from the seat, fluid flow is accommodated. Movement of the valving element away from and then onto the valve seat subjects the ends of the ports in the valving element to fatigue, failure and fracture. The valve seat has a circular recess formed therein, whereat the periphery of the valving element would impact, and loosely set in the recess is an impact ring.

Abstract: An air controlled valve assembly for a lumbar support device of the type having a plurality of parallel, horizontally disposed air bags located in the seat back of an automobile seat includes a hollow housing having a main air distribution chamber therein and a plurality of individual air supply chambers each of which is adapted to be connected to a respective air bag. A check valve is associated with each individual air supply chamber to control the flow of air under pressure from the main air distribution chamber to the respective air bags. The check valve is adapted to be spring biased into normally closed position against a valve seat and a spring guide member is interposed between the spring and the check valve. The spring guide member is formed with a plurality of radially extending circumferentially spaced apart projections, each of which has a partial circumferential surface adapted to be in sliding engagement with a hollow cylindrical bore.

Abstract: A gravity actuated protective cover assembly to be secured upon the upstanding exhaust stack of an internal combustion engine overlying the open end of the stack. The cover assembly includes a clamp member for securement of the assembly to the stack and a pair of support straps connected to the clamp member on which a pivotal cover member and support arm are mounted. A bumper member is mounted on the support straps to absorb the energy of impact at the fully open and closed positions of the cover member on the stack.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pressure relief valve having a broad range of variable relief pressures. The valve has an inlet passage, an outlet passage, a valve seat interposed between said passages, a valving member mounted for movement into and out of sealing engagement with the valve seat, a valve stem assembly operably connected to said valving member, and two or more resilient compression springs of preferably variable length mounted relative to said valve stem to exert a progressively greater compressive force upon said valve stem upon compression of said valve springs, and an adjustable pressure plate assembly for pre-compressing of the compression springs so as to set the relief pressure at a desired pressure value. A preferred embodiment is directed to that comprising a valve stem assembly for preventing the valve spring from being compressed beyond a predetermined selected point of relief pressure.

Abstract: A safety valve has movable and immovable valve elements, and a friction unit arranged therebetween for damping vibrations, wherein the friction unit has a plurality of friction members movable radially relative to a valve axis, a pressing member arranged to move the friction members so that their friction surfaces are pressed against a friction countersurface of a movable valve element of the movable valve means and for abutment against a stationary abutment member at their side facing toward a valve closing member, and a pretensioned auxiliary spring acting upon the friction members at their side facing away from the valve closing member and in a valve closing direction, wherein the auxiliary spring has such force and such a smaller resistance that in the event of seizing of the friction members with the movable valve element, the auxiliary spring is compressed within a predetermined opening pressure which does not considerably exceed a response pressure over approximately a valve stroke.

Abstract: A check valve for controlling the flow of fluid in a conduit so that flow in one direction is unimpeded and flow in the opposite direction is prevented, providing in the open position, an unimpeded flow passage permitting the passage through the valve of material separators or cleaning tools. An arcuate, saddle shaped valve sealing element developed from a tubular member is pivotable 90 degrees from a closed position in engagement with a valve seat to an open position where the sealing element is in conformal configuration with the inner wall of the valve body presenting a free flow path with no obstruction to the passage of solid objects through the valve. All elements of the valve are formable from tubular elements, eliminating the need for special castings and reducing the machining required to fabricate a valve.

Abstract: A valve assembly and a valve member therefor including a fluid passage in the valve assembly with inlet and outlet portions and a valve seat. The valve member includes a valve member face selectively engaging the valve seat and defining a contact area therebetween with an inlet peripheral edge adjacent the passage inlet portion, and an outlet peripheral edge adjacent the passage outlet portion. An inlet pressure relief groove extends along one of the valve seat and the valve member face from the inlet peripheral edge to an interior portion of the contact area. An outlet pressure relief groove extends along one of the valve seat and the valve member face from the outlet peripheral edge to an interior portion of the contact area. The contact area includes a continuous sealing portion whereat the valve seat and the valve member face are in engagement for preventing fluid flow from the passage inlet portion to the passage outlet portion with the valve member in its closed position.

Abstract: A check valve for controlling the flow of fluid in a conduit so that flow in one direction is unimpeded and flow in the opposite direction is prevented which provides in the open position an unimpeded fluid passage permitted the passage of cleaning tools or material separators through the valve. A valve seat and an arcuate valve sealing member are formed with mating bi-planar sealing surfaces, the valve seat being formed by making intersecting 45 degree cuts from the transverse end plane of a tubular member to the horizontal diametral plane and the valve sealing member being formed by making 45 degree intersecting cuts from the periphery of a corresponding tubular member to the horizontal diametral plane, producing an arcuate member, which in the open position has the configuration of the interior of the valve body.

Abstract: A compressor has flat cylinder heads in which circular valves are disposed. The valves are of the type having a slotted valve seat and a slotted valve guard, with elongated valve elements disposed between the seat and the guard to open and close the slots of the valve seat. The flat circular valves are perpendicular to the piston axis and extend substantially farther from the piston axis than does the piston and so directly overlie only a portion of the piston. Therefore, the slots are provided only on the radially inner portion of the valve, the radially outer portion being imperforate. This enables the valve to be used with pistons of different diameters and under various conditions of operating pressure. Also, the cylinder liner is provided with a port at the intersection of its cylindrical inner side wall and its end wall that confronts the valve, whereby part of the clearance volume extends radially outwardly under those slots which would otherwise be masked by the liner.

Abstract: A spring-loaded safety valve has a housing with inlet and outlet, a valve member mobile between open and closed positions, a valve spring urging the valve member to the closed position and having a tendency to vibrate during the operation of the valve, and vibration-disturbing element for damping the vibrations of the valve spring during the operation of the valve. The vibration-disturbing element may be formed as a damping load or a damping spring which urges a valve spindle in direction of opening of the valve.

Abstract: The invention contemplates a check-valve construction wherein a plurality of at least three generally triangular valve members are independently hinged to the respective base lines of a pyramidal seat configuration, the base lines being in a plane which essentially establishes the upstream end of the valve, and the apex of the pyramid (and, thus, the apex of each valve-member triangle) essentially establishes the downstream end of the valve.

Abstract: A pressure regulating device comprises a chamber (22) for receiving fluid under pressure and a valve (23) associated therewith, arranged to open at a preset fluid pressure in the chamber.In order to prevent any valve "chatter", the valve (23) comprises a valve disc (8), a bushing (9) on which the valve disc is freely mounted for sliding movement thereon, a valve seat (13) associated with the disc, and means (3) to bias the disc towards the seat against the fluid pressure, the disc and bushing being connected together by means of a flexible coupling (10) having resilient properties to accommodate the sliding movement of the disc.

Abstract: A float-actuated, level control valve especially suited for controlling liquid flow into and out of brine tanks of water softening systems. A magnet-operated ball check inside a flow chamber selectively closes ports of the chamber to interrupt liquid flow. Movement of the magnet and operation of the ball check is controlled by a pair of floats so that the valve is opened and closed in response to changes of liquid level. The relative position of the floats can be adjusted to vary the amount of liquid drawn out of the tank, while maintaining a constant maximum level when the tank is filled.

Abstract: Damping device for a check valve with a closure member movable by fluid flow, including means defining a chamber, a piston mounted and longitudinally movable in the chamber, a plunger connected to and movable with the piston, the plunger being engageable with a stop just before the closure member reaches a valve closing position thereof and thereby moving the piston in the chamber, the chamber being closed on all sides thereof and filled with fluid, the chamber having a cross section increasing in direction toward the closure member, and spring means for exerting a force on the plunger and the piston in direction towards the closure member.

Abstract: A dampener for a clapper valve wherein a rotor member having radially outwardly extending vanes which subdivide each of two fluid cavities defined in a housing into first and second fluid volumes is characterized by radially extending, first and second passages axially spaced within the rotor which respectively communicate each of the first volumes and the corresponding second volume. The increase in pressure within either of the volumes generated by the motion of the vanes (which move with the clapper) is accommodated by the fluid in one passage venting to the other passage through an axially movable valve. The valve piston presents equal surface areas to each passage, to thereby fluid balance the damper in both the opening and closing directions of the clapper. A bypass channel is provided through which one of the fluid volumes in the first cavity with one of the volumes in the second cavity.

Abstract: An arrangement for regulating the flow of a gaseous medium in a conduit includes a flap valve pivotably mounted in the conduit and biased by a spring toward its open position and by the pressure of the gaseous medium flowing through the conduit towards its closing position. A rod-shaped member is pivotally mounted on one section of the flap valve, and a sleeve-shaped member is pivotally mounted on a plate-shaped element rigid with the conduit and extending axially thereof downstream of the flap valve. The sleeve-shaped member has a passage therein in which the rod-shaped member is received with play so that, upon rapid movement of the rod-shaped member in the passage, the sleeve-shaped member is entrained by friction on pivots, thus seizing the rod-shaped member. In this manner, the flap valve is prevented from fluttering, while its responsiveness to gradual pressure changes of the gaseous medium is unaffected.

Abstract: A valve assembly for a high-pressure pump has a housing forming a valve chamber connected to the pump chamber and having a generally annular intake port which opens at an internal surface of the housing. An abutment is provided in this housing spaced from the surface and an annular valve disk is displaceable a relatively short distance in the housing between a closed position engaged over the intake port and an open position spaced from the intake port and resting against the abutment and serves as the sole support for this disk. One or more valve bodies are similarly solely supported by a spring may be provided at the exhaust port for closing same during the intake stroke of the pump.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pressure relief valve having an inlet to the interior thereof which comprises a passageway including an annular sealing member of resilient sealing material which has a sealing lip about its inner diameter adjacent its outer end, and a valve element slidably reciprocable within the sealing member between a closed position in which its one end extends through and beyond the lip of the sealing member, so as to contain fluid from a source to which the inlet is connected, and an open position in which its lower end is removed from within the sleeve so as to permit said fluid from the inlet to be exhausted through an outlet or vent port from the interior of the valve.

Abstract: This invention comprises a compressor valve wherein the area of the tapered port in the inlet seat is larger than the area of the tapered exhaust port in the plates and guard. In addition, the exhaust ports are formed in the plate and guard around the respective inlet ports in the form of a staggered annulus. The larger open area in the seat enables the plate to be opened with lower pressure loss and the staggered annulus configuration produces substantially more open area through the valve for reduced plate lift and improved breathing.There is also disclosed a second embodiment of the invention which utilizes pins for aligning and guiding movable and flexible discs between the seat and guard.

Abstract: A pressure limiting valve having a valve disk which is pressed against a passage opening by the force of a spring braced against an abutment with the valve disk connected to a guide rod which passes through an opening of the abutment and movable relative thereto, the abutment and the guide rod being tilted relative to each other by means which apply a force eccentrically at the abutment and/or the valve disk.

Abstract: A check valve having a body with an inlet, an outlet, a valve seat surrounding communication between said inlet and said outlet, a valve chamber in said body communicating with said outlet, a bonnet having a cylinder therein with the open end communicating with said valve chamber where the bonnet is secured to said body, a valve disc resiliently secured to an arm which is pinned to allow the valve disc to be pivoted from a position engaging said valve seat to a position in said valve chamber, a piston in the bonnet cylinder and having a connecting rod secured to said valve disc arm so that said piston reciprocates in said cylinder as said valve disc moves, a port through the piston to allow passage of the fluid flowing through the check valve to flow to opposite sides of the piston as it reciprocates in the cylinder, a reed valve secured to said piston and adapted to substantially close said port during closing movement of said valve disc but allow relatively free flow of fluids through said port during openi

Abstract: A diaphragm divides a chamber into two segments, the first of which includes an air input port and an outlet port formed by a tube which contacts the diaphragm. On the other side of the diaphragm, a variably adjustable spring actuated piston urges the diaphragm to closure against the outlet port. Incoming air pressure deflects the diaphragm away from the outlet port against the spring and air compression, to allow predetermined exhaust air flow. A valved opening behind the diaphragm provides safety against diaphragm tear and malfunction.

Abstract: A smoothly acting adjustable fluid flow check valve comprises an adjustably spring biased ball valve member, a piston upstream of the ball valve member and having a stem acting as an actuator for the ball valve member and as a further valving member actually controlling the volume of fluid passing through the check valve, the piston moving in a cylinder surrounding the stem so as to damp the movement of the latter.

Abstract: A valve for the automatic flow control of a fluid in a conditioning system comprises as air lock means a tab rotatably mounted in a valve body, associated with a dampering device and a means for opposition to tab oscillations. The dampering device comprises a first rod mounted on the rotary shaft of the tab, fixed to a reactor gear meshing with a flywheel. The oscillation opposing means comprises a second rod fixed to the first rod and connected to the valve body by adjustable spring means. A fixed baffle is provided at the lower portion of the valve body, under the rotatable tab.

Abstract: An illustrative embodiment of the invention provides pressure relief valve means for the core support cylinder of a nuclear reactor vessel during a failure or accident of the nuclear reactor system. The valve means is responsive to differential pressure across the valve which in one direction sealably seats the valve plate against the valve body, and which, in the other direction opens the valve for pressure relief of the cylinder. Moreover, the valve means is provided with energy absorbing means which limit the impact load of an "explosively" opening valve on the reactor vessel wall.

Abstract: A valve housing has opposed inlet and outlet ports connected by a straight through first passageway. A one-way check valve is mounted in the passageway adjacent the outlet port. A bypass port communicates with the first passageway by means of a second passageway having an inner end providing a valve seat for a bypass valve element in the first passageway. The bypass valve element is connected to a piston movable in a cylindrical chamber in the housing and dividing the chamber into a pressure chamber portion and an outer chamber portion, the outer chamber portion communicating with the exterior of the housing. The piston and bypass valve element are yieldingly urged toward valve closing engagement of the bypass valve element with the valve seat by spring means in the outer chamber portion, the housing further defining a third passageway extending from the first passageway adjacent the outlet port to the pressure chamber portion.

Abstract: A fluid suction and discharge apparatus suitable for a compressor for an air-conditioning system for automobiles, having means for extending the life time of the suction reed valve and for suppressing noise due to the vibration of the suction reed valve. A pin having a head of an increased radius is secured to the inner surface of the valve plate with the pin extending through a slit provided in the suction reed valve at a portion between the secured end thereof and the region thereof facing the inlet port in the valve plate, whereby the suction reed valve may be suppressed from overbending. Another means for restricting the bending of the suction reed valve within a predetermined extent may be provided which comprises an axial recess formed in the inner surface of the cylinder from an end thereof facing the valve plate by a predetermined distance, with an extended free end of the suction reed valve being received in the recess.

Abstract: A safety valve has a valve body defining a valve chamber having a longitudinal axis with flow passages at opposite ends of the axis, transverse walls at opposite ends of the valve chamber separating the valve chamber from the flow passages, valve ports through the transverse walls coaxial with the valve chamber, at least one of the valve ports being defined by a frusto-conical valve seat facing the valve chamber and by a cylindrical inner surface between the valve seat and the side of the one valve port opposite the valve chamber, an annular groove formed in the cylindrical surface of the one valve port, a convolute coil spring having a large end coil seated in the annular groove and a small end axially removed from the large end in the direction of the valve chamber and located within the confines of the valve seat, a ball valve of small diameter than the valve chamber disposed in the chamber and movable toward and away from the seat, and a leak passage for bypassing a restricted flow of fluid around the val

Abstract: Pressure acting on the face of the poppet valve is opposed by a gas charge or a spring in the bellows. The valve controls evaporator pressure in an automotive air conditioning system. Destructive response to pressure pulses from the compressor is prevented by the static friction obtained by having a leaf spring bear on opposed sides of a self-lubricating plastic sleeve carried on a shaft fixed on the valve. The various modifications show ways of minimizing the effect of temperature change through the valve and minimizing the differential of the valve.

Abstract: A plate valve comprises a domed resilient catcher plate positioned above a valve seat to limit the stroke of a valve closure plate controlling fluid flow through passages in the valve seat. The catcher plate has its concave surface facing the valve seat and is held in position only in the region of the valve axis, the outer edge of the catcher plate being free.

Abstract: An improved hydraulic control means for check valves to prevent slamming of a clapper against a seat. The clapper of the check valve is connected via a crosshead to an hydraulic cylinder and a piston contained therein controls the closing of the check valve. The hydraulic cylinder has means restricting flow of fluid from below the piston in the hydraulic cylinder to above the piston in the hydraulic cylinder, but permits unrestricted flow in the opposite direction. Relief valves are included to prevent overpressurization in the hydraulic cylinder. A precharged accumulator allows for fluid expansion and contraction in the hydraulic cylinder, plus replacing fluid lost by leakage.

Abstract: A valve structure for compressors or the like comprising a flexible valve body normally seated over an exhaust aperture in the compressor and a valve catcher connected jointly with the valve body at one end to a valve plate and extending at an angle above and along the length of the valve body, the valve catcher having a recess in which a layer of resilient material is seated to permit the valve body to flex away from the exhaust aperture along a gradually increasing curve in response to excessive pressure.