Abstract: A crankcase ventilating system for an internal combustion engine, a flow control device therefor and method of making the same are provided, the device comprising a valve housing having an inlet and an outlet and an annular valve seat therein intermediate the inlet and the outlet, a movable valve member disposed in the housing and having a body portion disposed on the inlet side of the valve seat and a generally frusto-conical flow metering portion for cooperating with the valve seat to control fluid flow therethrough, and a spring disposed in the housing and being operatively associated with the housing and the valve member to tend to urge the body portion of the valve member away from the valve seat, the valve member having fin structure adjacent the metering portion and on the outlet side of the valve seat that cooperates with the housing to tend to prevent vibration of the valve member during fluid flow through the valve seat.

Abstract: A method of making a valve construction comprising the steps of forming the housing to have a plurality of valve seat sections disposed in spaced substantially parallel relation, forming a piston unit to comprise a plate and a plurality of pistons disposed in spaced substantially parallel relation and being carried by the plate as an assembly therewith to be axially movable in the housing under the influence of a condition responsive device, disposing the piston unit as an assembly thereof in the housing so that the pistons are respectively received in the valve seat sections, and forming the plate and the pistons so that the pistons can move relative to each other in the assembly thereof while maintaining the substantially parallel relation thereof during the step of disposing the piston unit in the housing so that the pistons will self-align with their respective valve seat sections as the pistons are being received therein.

Abstract: A valve construction having a housing provided with a chamber and ports leading to the chamber and having an axially movable piston unit disposed in the chamber to interconnect certain of the ports together in relation to the axial position of the piston unit that is caused by a condition responsive device and a spring operatively associated with the piston unit, the piston unit comprising a plurality of pistons disposed in spaced substantially parallel relation and being secured together to be axially moved in unison in the chamber under the influence of the condition responsive device. The spring comprises a single coiled compression spring telescopically receiving the pistons therein, the pistons being of different lengths.

Abstract: A valve construction having a housing provided with a chamber and ports leading to the chamber and having an axially movable piston unit disposed in the chamber to interconnect certain of the ports together in relation to the axial position of the piston unit that is caused by a condition responsive device and a spring operatively associated with the piston unit, the piston unit comprising a plurality of pistons disposed in spaced substantially parallel relation and being secured together to be axially moved in unison in the chamber under the influence of the condition responsive device. The spring comprises a single coiled compression spring telescopically receiving the pistons therein, the pistons being of different lengths.

Abstract: A valve construction having a housing provided with a chamber and ports leading to the chamber and having an axially movable piston unit disposed in the chamber to interconnect certain of the ports together in relation to the axial position of the piston unit that is caused by a condition responsive device operatively associated with the piston unit, the piston unit comprising a plurality of pistons disposed in spaced parallel relation and being secured together to be axially moved in unison in the chamber under the influence of the condition responsive device.

Abstract: A valve construction having a housing provided with a chamber and ports leading to the chamber and having an axially movable piston unit disposed in the chamber to interconnect certain of the ports together in relation to the axial position of the piston unit that is caused by a condition responsive device operatively associated with the piston unit, the piston unit comprising a plurality of pistons disposed in spaced parallel relation and being secured together to be axially moved in unison in the chamber under the influence of the condition responsive device.

Abstract: A valve construction having a first housing provided with an internal chamber and an inwardly directed shoulder projecting into the chamber at one end thereof and defining a valve seat on one side thereof. A second housing is secured to the first housing and has a chamber aligned with the chamber of the first housing, the second housing having an inwardly directed shoulder projecting into its chamber at one end thereof. A resilient annular member is disposed against one side of the shoulder of the first housing and against an adjacent side of the shoulder of the second housing while projecting inwardly beyond the shoulders to define the valve seat.