Fluid handling – Destructible or deformable element controlled – Destructible element
Patent
1988-09-19
1989-12-12
Fox, John
Fluid handling
Destructible or deformable element controlled
Destructible element
13761404, F16L 2900
Patent
active
048860875
ABSTRACT:
The invention comprises a valving arrangement for preventing a fluid spill from a fluid container and comprising an exterior valving member having a bias means urging the valving member closed, the exterior member adapted for connecting in fluid communication at a first end with a fluid conduit and at a second, opposite end for being affixed to the exterior of the container; an interior valving member having a bias means urging the valving member closed and adapted for being affixed in mating arrangement and in fluid communication with the exterior valving member, the interior valving member being in fluid communication at an end opposite its affixed end with the interior of the container; a flow control rod means engaging the valving members and opposing the bias means to prevent the valve members from closing so that upon fracturing the exterior member, the rod means releases the valving members to permit the bias means to close the valving members and prevent fluid communication through the valving members.
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Foster Frank H.
Fox John
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