Automatic shutoff and manual reset valve

Details Automatic shutoff and manual reset valve Automatic shutoff and manual reset valve

1998-12-03

2000-05-09

Michalsky, Gerald A.

Fluid handling

Control by change of position or inertia of system

137 39, 137 45, F16K 1736

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060589590

ABSTRACT:
A resettable earthquake valve for gas lines, the valve having a housing with an external turn cock and an internal valve sleeve with a port that functions as a stopcock valve, the housing having an internal passage with a port and a closure biased valve disk displaceable from the port by a support member having an inertial mass, the support member being debilitated by a shock to the valve, the support member being connected to the biased valve disk at one end and engageable by a displaceable support base at the other, the valve having a cam mechanism for resetting the support member after being debilitated, for returning the support member to its support position displacing the valve disk from the valve port on resetting the valve.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4960145 (1990-10-01), Schlotzhauer

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