Abstract: The present invention is a snack containment and dispensing apparatus having a plurality of separate snack containment compartments, a preferably transparent lid having an opening therein, and a lockable plunger or like means to index or rotate the lid such that access to a singular snack compartment is obtained one-at-a-time. The rotation of the tray can alternately be accomplished through electromechanical means or through a ratcheting handle on the outside of the tray. The electromechanical actuation can be connected to external devices to track data about the use and contents of the device. Additionally, a door latch on the lid can selectively attach to and release from the tray through the depression of a door latch actuator. Additionally, the contents of the tray can be temperature controlled either through a passive heating or cooling back in the wall of the tray or through electromechanical means.

Abstract: Provided is a discharge valve mechanism capable of improving responsiveness when a discharge valve is opened, and a high-pressure fuel supply pump including the discharge valve mechanism.

Abstract: A device is provided for controlling the flow of a fluid through a conduit from an upstream side to a downstream side of the device. The device includes a valve aperture, a cylindrical mounting member on the downstream side of the valve aperture, a valve member on the outside of the cylindrical mounting member that moves reciprocally to open and close the valve aperture, a control volume defined between the cylindrical mounting member and the valve member, an arrangement for introducing a control pressure into the control volume, and a seal between the outer surface of the cylindrical mounting member and the inner surface of the valve member that substantially seals the control volume. The valve member is acted on by the pressure of the upstream side (P1) and the control pressure (P4) so as to be moved by the difference between these pressures.

Abstract: A fluid routing plug for use with a fluid end section. The fluid end section being one of a plurality of fluid end sections making up a fluid end side of a high pressure pump. The fluid routing plug is installed within a horizontal bore formed in a fluid end section and is configured to route fluid between an intake and discharge bore. The fluid routing plug comprises a plurality of first and second fluid passages. The first and second passages do not intersect and are offset from one another. The first fluid passages are configured to direct fluid delivered to the horizontal bore from intake bores towards a reciprocating plunger. The second fluid passages are configured to direct fluid pressurized by the plunger towards a discharge bore.

Abstract: A scroll compressor to prevent reverse flow of refrigerant and reducing flow noise. The scroll compressor efficiently distribute refrigerant suctioned into the scroll compressor to a compression chamber and a drive unit. The scroll compressor includes a main body, a fixed scroll fixedly installed in the main body, an orbiting scroll configured to engage with the fixed scroll and perform a relative orbiting motion, and to form a compression chamber with the fixed scroll, a partition plate disposed above the fixed scroll to separate an inside of the main body into a low-pressure portion and a high-pressure portion, a first check valve installed at a discharge port of the fixed scroll to open and close the discharge port, and a second check valve installed on the partition plate to open and close an opening allowing communication between the low-pressure portion and the high-pressure portion.

Abstract: A spill prevention plug is provided. A plug body has an interior side and an exterior side with a threaded aperture that extends from the interior side to the exterior side of the plug body. The interior side of the plug body is removably attachable to a hose. A bushing threadingly engages the threaded aperture. A one way valve with a first end and a second end is provided with the first end of the one way valve engaging the bushing from the exterior side of the plug body. The one way valve being movable between an open position in which fluid flows through the one way valve from the interior side of the plug body to the exterior side of the plug body and a closed position in which fluid is prevented from flowing through the one way valve. An adapter for connection to a pump engages the second end of the one way valve.

Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scroll members having first and second scroll wraps, respectively. The scroll members define a suction inlet, a discharge outlet, and fluid pockets moving therebetween. The second scroll member may include a port, and a passage. The port may be in fluid communication with at least one of the pockets. The passage may extend through a portion of the second end plate and may be in fluid communication with the port. A valve assembly may be disposed in the passage and may include a valve member displaceable between open and closed positions. A recompression volume may be disposed between the valve member and the at least one of the pockets. The recompression volume may be less than or equal to approximately one percent of a volume of one of the pockets at a suction seal-off position.

Abstract: A check valve includes a plate-shaped valve seat member provided with a fluid discharge port, a plate-shaped valve member provided on a downstream side of the valve seat member and configured to open/close the discharge port, a coil spring provided on a downstream side of the valve member and configured to bias the valve member toward the discharge port, a spring receiving member provided for the coil spring on a downstream side thereof, and a plurality of guide rods provided at the periphery of the valve member and formed to extend in an upstream-to-downstream flow direction, each having a downstream end portion attached to the spring receiving member, and configured to guide the valve member in the upstream-to-downstream flow direction.

Abstract: A method for performing a medical procedure requiring effective, reliable and foolproof delivery of controlled amounts of a medical grade gas to a patient includes providing a compressed gas cylinder having a weight with medical grade gas sealed therein of at least twelve grams and not greater than fifty grams. The method also includes connecting the compressed gas cylinder to an integrated compressed gas unit including a regulator valve assembly positioned between an outlet port and an inlet port, wherein the regulator valve assembly includes a press button actuator and regulator adjustment dial. A flow control system is secured to the compressed gas unit and the medical grade gas is delivered in precisely controlled amounts by actuating the compressed gas unit and operating the flow control system to deliver the medical grade gas to vasculature of the patient.

Abstract: A valve device includes a housing, a flow duct and a valve body. The valve body is arranged in the flow duct and has a sealing section that bears against a housing-side sealing seat when the valve device is closed. The sealing section and the sealing seat together form a sealing region. There is a collapse zone immediately upstream of the sealing region in the flow duct when the valve device is closed. The collapse zone is delimited by a boundary wall that is at least substantially perpendicular with respect to a movement axis of the valve body and by a deflector wall that is arranged at an angle with respect to the boundary wall. The boundary wall is longer than the deflector wall.

Abstract: A compressor may include first and second scroll members having first and second scroll wraps, respectively. The scroll members define a suction inlet, a discharge outlet, and fluid pockets moving therebetween. The second scroll member may include a port, and a passage. The port may be in fluid communication with at least one of the pockets. The passage may extend through a portion of the second end plate and may be in fluid communication with the port. A valve assembly may be disposed in the passage and may include a valve member displaceable between open and closed positions. A recompression volume may be disposed between the valve member and the at least one of the pockets. The recompression volume may be less than or equal to approximately one percent of a volume of one of the pockets at a suction seal-off position.

Abstract: A master cylinder having a primary piston and a secondary piston is described. The secondary piston is realized of plastic material; it is composed of a skirt and an end wall. The forward edge of the skirt is equipped with longitudinal slots intended to cooperate with the resupply seal to resupply the secondary pressure chamber and ensure operation in rest position whenever the brake circuit is in ESP mode. Supply occurs from the supply chamber, which is connected to the brake fluid reservoir.

Abstract: Disclosed is a check valve for a variable capacity compressor of a vehicle, which includes a valve seat including a refrigerant introduction hole, a valve case disposed above the valve seat, and including refrigerant discharge holes along a circumferential surface of a cylindrical body thereof, a spool valve disposed within the valve case to selectively open and close the refrigerant introduction hole and the refrigerant discharge holes, and an elastic member disposed between the valve case and the spool valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection system having a return line connector, having a return inlet and at least two return outlets. To improve the service life of the fuel injection system, a check valve device, which prevents the passage of a fluid from the return outlets to the return inlet is integrated with the return line connector. A return line connector is provided for each fuel injector in the fuel injection system.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a cage and a main plug disposed in the cage. The main plug is movable between a main plug closed position and a main plug open position. A seal assembly disposed on the main plug, the seal assembly having a seal that is configured to contact the cage when the main plug is in the main plug closed position, and configured to reduce contact with the cage when a pressure differential across the seal is reduced. The apparatus includes a pressure balancing assembly movable between a closed position, an overtravel position and an open position. The pressure balancing assembly is configured to balance the pressure differential across the seal when in the overtravel and open position.

Abstract: An exhaust check valve installed in an exhaust opening of a swash plate compressor comprises: a valve body having a refrigerant inlet and at least one refrigerant outlet; a movable body installed in the valve body and configured to move such that the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlet communicate with each other; and a spring configured to push the movable body with a certain pressure. At least one refrigerant vent hole for venting a leak gas generated during an operation below a preset pressure difference to the outside of the valve body is formed in the valve body.

Abstract: A check ball valve cartridge assembly is provided for regulating fluid flow through a fluid pressure line in an automotive transmission. The assembly includes a cartridge having a side wall forming a hollow interior cavity in the cartridge and a lip extending from the side wall toward a central axis of the cartridge. The assembly also has a check ball, which is disposed at least partially within the interior cavity of the cartridge. The lip of the cartridge is configured to prevent the check ball from exiting the interior cavity of the cartridge. A biasing member is disposed at least partially within the interior cavity of the cartridge and contacts the check ball. The assembly may include a pair of orientation features extending from the side wall of the cartridge for aligning the cartridge for installation within the automotive transmission.

Abstract: A compressor includes a compressing mechanism, a discharge chamber, a housing accommodating the compressing mechanism and the discharge chamber, a discharge port communicating with the discharge chamber through a discharge passage and also with an external refrigerant circuit, a muffler formed by an expanded space disposed on the discharge passage, and a check valve disposed on the discharge passage. The pressure loss caused by the discharge passage is less than that in the known compressor. The check valve is disposed in the muffler to open and close an inlet of the muffler, and the muffler is formed by the housing and a cover independent of and connected to the housing.

Abstract: A hydraulic valve including an inlet port for receiving a pressurized hydraulic fluid and an outlet port for expelling the hydraulic fluid. The valve also includes a displaceable spool for blocking and unblocking a flow path between the inlet and outlet ports, and a latching mechanism for displacing the spool in response to a pressure surge for the hydraulic fluid. The valve includes a first elastic element and a second elastic element, where the first elastic element urges the spool into a position blocking the flow path and the second elastic element urges the latching mechanism to displace the spool into a position out of the flow path. In an unlatched position of the latching mechanism, force from the second elastic element is transferred to the spool, and in a latched position of the latching mechanism, the spool is isolated from the second elastic element.

Abstract: A pressure control valve has a non-uniformly tapered valve bore that has an increasing diameter as it extends downstream. An interface angle, defined in part between a valve ball and the valve bore in the area of the smallest gap between them, increases as the valve ball is increasingly displaced away from a valve seat of the valve bore.

Abstract: A bypass-type motor protecting device includes: a casing fitted into a bypass opening in a body housing of a vacuum cleaner and having an inner abutment wall; a seat body having a bypass entry port; a valve body unit movable within the casing relative to the bypass entry port and including a valve disc to be engaged with and disengaged from the seat body, a plunger body having an externally accessible operated head and an axially extending threaded shank, and an abutment member threadedly engaged with the shank such that rotation of the operated head results in a change of an axial distance between the abutment member and the inner abutment wall; and a biasing member disposed to bias the abutment member and the inner abutment wall such that a biasing force thereof is varied in strength by the change of the axial distance.

Abstract: Disclosed is a one-way valve of a variable capacity compressor for vehicle including: a valve sheet having a coolant inlet formed at the center; a valve case provided over the valve sheet and having a plurality of coolant discharging ports along the circumferential surface; a spool valve selectively opening/closing the coolant inlet and the coolant discharging port in the valve case; and a resilient member provided between the valve case and the spool valve, wherein the plurality of coolant discharging ports are spaced from each other by a predetermined distance and one of the plurality of coolant discharging ports is closed so that the spool valve is brought in tight contact with an inner wall surface of the valve case when the coolant discharging ports are initially opened not to be swayed left and right.

Abstract: Disclosed is a check valve of a hydraulic brake system. The check valve includes a valve housing which includes a tapered front end having a smaller diameter than a middle end, the cylindrical middle end extending from the front end by a predetermined length to allow the ball and spring to be accommodated within the middle end, a rear end stepped from the middle end to have a greater diameter than the middle end, and a flange circumferentially bent from the rear end to have a greater diameter than the rear end, and a valve seat having an outer diameter equal to an inner diameter of the rear end so as to be press-fitted into the rear end of the valve housing. The check valve having a simplified configuration achieves size and weight reduction and is manufactured at low cost and high processing efficiency using pressing.

Abstract: Check valve includes a housing, a bore, and a movable valve body, which is spring-loaded and rests with a sealing action on a valve seat, where the bore is designed as a stepped bore, where the bore with the smaller diameter has the valve seat, and where the bore with the larger diameter holds the movable valve element. The valve body is designed as a ball, which is guided in the bore by at least two guide ribs, and a retaining element in the terminal area of the bore captures the ball and simultaneously spring-loads it.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine (1), in particular for a vehicle, having at least one exhaust gas recirculation line (13) for externally recirculating exhaust gases from an exhaust gas side of the internal combustion engine (1) to a fresh air side of the internal combustion engine (1). To provide a cost-effective and compact design, a combination valve (14) is situated in the exhaust gas recirculation line (13), said combination valve (14) serving to set the quantity of the exhaust has recirculated from the exhaust gas side to the fresh air side and to block a counterflow from the fresh air side in the direction of the exhaust gas side.

Abstract: A fluid jet for providing fluid under pressure to a desired location is disclosed wherein the valve body includes and integral valve element retaining region. Preferably, the valve body and integral valve element retaining region are die cast as a one-piece component. More specifically, the fluid jet includes a die cast one-piece valve body having a valve element retaining region extending longitudinally within at least a portion of the valve body, at least one fluid passage extending longitudinally within at least a portion of the valve body and in fluid communication with at least a portion of the valve element retaining region, and at least one fluid-exiting aperture through the valve body in fluid communication with the at least one fluid passage.

Abstract: Pressure actuated oil jets have long been used to cool the underside of the pistons in such reciprocating engines. The present disclosure is a fluid jet for providing fluid under pressure to a desired location. The fluid jet comprises a valve body, at least one fluid passage extending longitudinally within at least a portion of the valve body, a fluid pressure actuated valve element located within the valve body and moveable longitudinally therein between a valve open position and a valve closed position, and a sleeve extending inwardly within said valve body, wherein said valve element is retained within said sleeve when oil pressure drops below a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: Provided is a damper installation structure of a vacuum cleaner. The structure includes a damper, and a damper support part concaved into an inner portion of a main body of the vacuum cleaner and having a plurality of support bars. To firmly support the damper, the damper support bars are branched and extended toward an outward direction.

Abstract: A check valve includes a housing with an inlet opening and an outlet opening along with a cage-like insert disposed therein as a support for a spring element and for guiding a closing body which can be moved against the spring element and which can be moved between a first end position, in which the spring body lies in contact with a seat to form a seal, and a second end position, in which the valve is completely open. The closing body, which is constructed cylindrically and pot-like, is guided with its cylindrical casing surface at the cage-like insert and in contact with the seat with a flat outer surface.

Abstract: A moisture-proof sealing bag comprises a bag body and an exhausting valve. The bag body has an opening, which has a flexible belt on the opening end. A proper position under the flexible belt of the bag body has the exhausting valve. The exhausting valve is concealed inner the bag body, which comprises a valve body, an exhausting unit, a valve gate and an elastomer. The moisture-proof sealing bag has functions of moisture-proof and air-tightness so as to preserve the contents in the bag by use of sealing the opening of the bag with the flexible belt and exhausting the residual air with the exhausting valve.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a valve assembly comprising a housing and a valve mechanism. The housing includes a pair of support rings connected together with a set of legs. The valve mechanism is supported within the housing and includes an open position and a closed position. The valve mechanism is constructed and arranged such that when in the open position, fluid is allowed to flow through the valve mechanism into the housing and exit the housing between the legs. More than four legs extend between the first support ring and the second support ring, the legs arranged circumferentially such that the legs are substantially equally spaced around the housing.

Abstract: A spray fill device for delivering water to a washing machine is provided. The spray fill device includes a body defining an inlet, an outlet port, a mounting port, and a plurality of outlet apertures in flow communication with the inlet. The spray fill device also includes a first valve coupled to the inlet, the valve configured to control a flow rate of water into the inlet. The spray fill device also includes a pressure relief mechanism coupled to the mounting port, the pressure relief mechanism inhibiting flow through the outlet port when a pressure within the body is less than a predetermined pressure.

Abstract: A poppet valve assembly (118) for a piston-type fluid pump (10) having a longitudinal axis (A) and also having a plug (136) that defines a spring housing (135), includes a poppet (122). The poppet (122) has a first portion (126) and a second portion (128) of increased height, with the second portion (128) being disposed on the first portion (126). A spring (130) forms at least one coil and is disposed in the spring housing (135). The spring (130) has a first end (132) freely disposed around the second portion (128) of the poppet (122), and the first end (132) is annularly spaced around the second portion (128) in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (A). A seat insert (124) is also included that is configured for reciprocally receiving the poppet (122).

Abstract: A combination neutral valve and check valve assembly is provided for use in connection with a closed hydraulic circuit and a sump such as in a hydrostatic transmission. A cage and check poppet are mounted in a valve body having an opening between the hydraulic circuit and sump. The check poppet is movable between a first position where it closes the valve opening and a second position where it is disengaged from the opening. A check compression spring is mounted in the cage and biases the poppet to the engaged position. A valve shuttle is located in the check poppet and movable between a first position where it closes a check poppet opening and a second position where it is disengaged from the opening. A neutral valve spring is engaged to the valve shuttle and the check poppet to bias the valve shuttle to the disengaged position.

Abstract: A valve is provided having a housing with an inlet and an outlet. Within the confines of the housing is a fluid flow path that allows for fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. The valve includes a valve element that is movable to and from a position where it blocks fluid communication along the fluid flow path, thereby closing the valve. The valve also includes a resilient member provided in a chamber of the valve that is fluidly sealed from the fluid flow path. The resilient member urges the valve element to move to the position for closing the valve. When the pressure of fluid entering the inlet exceeds a preselected amount, the pressure of the fluid overcomes the urging of the resilient member and the valve element moves towards a position that allows fluid communication along the fluid flow path, thereby opening the valve.

Abstract: A fluid jet for providing fluid under pressure to a desired location is disclosed wherein the valve body includes and integral valve element retaining region. Preferably, the valve body and integral valve element retaining region are die cast as a one-piece component. More specifically, the fluid jet includes a die cast one-piece valve body having a valve element retaining region extending longitudinally within at least a portion of the valve body, at least one fluid passage extending longitudinally within at least a portion of the valve body and in fluid communication with at least a portion of the valve element retaining region, and at least one fluid-exiting aperture through the valve body in fluid communication with the at least one fluid passage.

Abstract: A multi-function fluid flow control device is disclosed. A body houses a filter screen, a check valve and an orifice plate mounted on a frame which is removable from the body as a unit through an opening in the body sealed by a removable plug. The orifice plate is removable from the frame to permit different sized orifices to be fitted. An inlet in the body conducts pressurized fluid through the filter screen, through the check valve and then out through an outlet in the body, both the inlet and outlet being adapted for convenient connection to a piping network. An opening in the body in fluid communication with the inlet and sealable by a removable plug allows the screen to be flushed for removal of debris.

Abstract: A backflow prevention valve includes a cylindrical case member with an inflow opening at one end and an outlet at the other end or a peripheral surface or both, and a valve member contacting a peripheral edge of the inflow opening for closing the inflow opening. An urging device urges the valve member toward the inflow opening, and a liquid inflow pipe is connected to the inflow opening from outside the case member. The liquid inflow pipe has a smooth inner surface without unevenness, and is attached to a fuel supply pipe inside the fuel tank. When the fuel is supplied, the valve member moves against an urging force of the urging device due to a fuel pressure, so that the inflow opening opens.

Abstract: A closure device used in a fluid dispensing assembly. The closure device contains a housing, a poppet member, and a biasing member. The closure device provides a retaining structure for stabilizing and aligning the poppet member and biasing member within the housing.

Abstract: A backflow prevention valve includes a cylindrical case member having a plurality of holes formed in an upper end at a periphery thereof, a valve member disposed in the case member to be movable in an axial direction thereof, an urging device disposed in the case member for urging the valve member upwardly, and a liquid inflow pipe extending outwardly from the case member. The valve member includes a sealing portion at an upper surface thereof for contacting a peripheral edge of an inflow opening to close the same, and a plurality of guiding arms provided on a peripheral edge of an upper surface of the valve member. The guiding arms are slidably disposed in the holes so that the valve member is supported and guided by the guiding arms passing through the holes.

Abstract: A check valve device includes a valve section of a valve plug arranged in a fluid passage of a body, the valve plug being in a valve-opened state when separated from a seat section, and the valve plug being in a valve-closed state when seated on the seat section, and an elastic member which urges the valve section by the spring property of bent spring sections so that the valve section is seated on the seat section. The body, the valve plug, and the elastic member are formed of resin materials.

Abstract: An excess tire air pressure relief valve positioned on an automobile tire for relieving the pressure within the tire caused by heat or over inflation. The valve has a main tube that extends through the tire rim, to selectively communicate air from the tire interior to the tire exterior. The tube has a spring that extends between a pair of disks. A seal is positioned below the spring support disk and is pressed against a lower lip by the spring to prevent air leakage through the tube. The spring is selected to exert sufficient force against the seal to prevent air leakage through the main tube. When internal pressure is greater than normal within the tire, the spring is urged outward, allowing air to escape around the edges of the spring support disk until the internal pressure lowers such that the spring can once again hold the seal tightly against the bottom lip.

Abstract: A thermostatic mixing valve for the mixing of a first fluid and a second fluid is disclosed. The thermostatic mixing valve is configured to produce a mixed fluid of a particular temperature from a first fluid of a temperature higher than or equal to the particular temperature and a second fluid of a temperature lower than or equal to the particular temperature. The thermostatic mixing valve includes a valve body having a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, and a mixed fluid outlet. The thermostatic mixing valve also includes a valve member configured to control the rate of flow of at least the first fluid.

Abstract: A discharge valve retainer is manufactured from powder metal using FLC4608, FL4405, FC0205 or FC0208 material. The finisher retainer has a density of approximately 6.8 to 7.6 gm/cc. The retainer is carbonitrided, quenched and tempered to achieve a surface hardness of Rockwell 15N 89-93. The exterior of the retainer is contoured to provide for the non-turbulent flow of pressurized gas around the discharge valve.

Abstract: A low deviation pressure relief valve for a fuel pump consisting of a housing having an elongated bore having a continuous wall, an axis, shoulders arranged on the wall so as to extend toward the axis. A ball in the housing has a diameter at least less than the diameter of the bore and a ball retainer located in the bore upstream from the shoulders forms a ball seat by pre-coining process. The ball is smaller than the retainer seat in diameter to ensure an edge seal with the ball. A spring coaxial with the axis located down stream from the ball retainer and supported on the shoulders, and the ball is located between the spring and the ball seat wherein low flow restriction is created and reduced pressure variation is created as fluid flows past the ball and less buckling in the spring is created by guide ribs.

Abstract: A valve assembly for an oil pumping system including a shell, a seat affixed in a lower end of the shell, a ball positioned within the shell and having a diameter greater than a diameter of the seat, and a cage positioned within the interior passageway of the shell. The cage has a first ported area and a second ported area on opposite sides of a ball retaining system. An elastomeric ring or a resilient member is positioned against a top of the cage.

Abstract: The check valve according to the invention significantly reduces the generation of noise by producing an asymmetrical circulation around the closing body causing a force resulting from the flow and acting on the closing body to have a transverse component in relation to the opening direction, as a result of which increased friction and damping are generated in the closing body guide. The closing body may be asymmetrically embodied, or the housing wall encompassing the closing body may be provided with a conduit extending in the opening direction over at least a part of the travel path of the closing body.

Abstract: A sieve filter (1) for fluid lines or conduits which are formed of an annular disk-like fluid inlet (3) and an annular disk-like fluid outlet (4) with a fine mesh filter element arranged there between that is braced by stiffening bars (5), and which has a bypass function when the filter element (6) is stopped up or with highly viscous fluid. The fluid inlet (3) of the sieve filter (1) is constructed with the bypass function in that it has a smaller outside diameter than the fluid outlet (4) and is sealed off by a pressure relief valve (7). When the filter element (6) is stopped up or with highly viscous fluid in the line, the fluid inlet (3) is cleared by opening the pressure relief valve (7) as a bypass, through which the fluid is conducted unfiltered to the fluid outlet (4) of the sieve filter (1).

Abstract: A thermostatic mixing valve for the mixing of a first fluid and a second fluid is disclosed. The thermostatic mixing valve is configured to produce a mixed fluid of a particular temperature from a first fluid of a temperature higher than or equal to the particular temperature and a second fluid of a temperature lower than or equal to the particular temperature. The thermostatic mixing valve includes a valve body having a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, and a mixed fluid outlet. The thermostatic mixing valve also includes a valve member configured to control the rate of flow of at least the first fluid.

Abstract: In a poppet valve the guide attachment (2) of each sealing member (1) together with the spring (5) is arranged and supported in a cup-like suspension member (8) inserted in a continuous receiving bore (15) in the catcher plate (3) and is guided with its external periphery at least in part directly on the internal periphery of the suspension member (8), as a result of which the guide length of the sealing member (1) and thus the length of stroke thereof becomes independent of the thickness of the catcher plate (3). As a result, the production, assembly and storage are simplified and new fields of application for valves of this type are opened up.