Valves and valve actuation – With correlated flow path – Valve operated by joining flow path sections
Patent
1997-11-12
2000-06-06
Lee, Kevin
Valves and valve actuation
With correlated flow path
Valve operated by joining flow path sections
251359, 251900, F16L 3728
Patent
active
060708549
ABSTRACT:
A dual valve fitting enables quick measurement of pressure contained within a housing. The fitting includes a valve body, a valve retainer, first and second sealing rings and a biasing mechanism. The valve body defines a flow passage within which is situated the valve retainer. The valve body is designed at its protuberant end to mate with a female coupler of a quick connect device and at its threaded end to screw into a threaded bore of the housing. The valve retainer defines around itself first and second annular recesses each of which spaced apart from the other to match the spacing of outer and inner annular valve seats formed in the flow passage. Forming a first valve, the first sealing ring retains in the first annular recess so as to be seatable against the outer valve seat. Forming a second valve, the second sealing ring retains in the second annular recess so as to be seatable against the inner valve seat. The valve retainer is biased within the flow passage so that the first and second sealing rings seat against the outer and inner valve seats, respectively, thereby rendering the first and second valves normally closed. Mating the female coupler to the protuberant end of the fitting causes the valve retainer to move inwardly against the biasing mechanism so as to open the first valve first then the second valve thereby allowing flow from the housing through the flow passage and into the female coupler.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3918485 (1975-11-01), Weber et al.
patent: 5123447 (1992-06-01), Calvin et al.
patent: 5213309 (1993-05-01), Makishima
Carroll John B.
Dimsa Robert D.
Johnston Gregory L.
Li Wei
Scott Daniel G.
Lee Kevin
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
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