Multi-fluid precision calibration pressure source
AssigneeKing Nutronics Corporation
InventorsAmir Gnessin, Robert T. Welther
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Abstract
A pressure calibration device can include certain features that allow it to be used with a variety of hydraulic and pneumatic systems. A pressure calibration device can be configured to provide pressure or vacuum, and can have a mode selector for selecting to provide pressure or vacuum. A pressure calibration device can have a volume adjuster configured to modify pressures for hydraulic or pneumatic systems. A pressure calibration device can have a pressure release valve and a bleed valve for adjusting pressure values.
Claims15
A portable calibration pressure device for calibrating pressurized systems, said calibration pressure device comprising:
- a pump having an inlet and an outlet;
- a manifold fluidly connected to the pump;
- a reservoir fluidly connected to the pump;
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- a pressure relief valve comprising:
- a pressure relief valve housing comprising a first port in fluid communication with the manifold, a second port in fluid communication with the reservoir, and a channel connecting the first port and the second port;
- a plunger positioned within the housing;
- a sealing tip attached to a first end of the plunger, the sealing tip comprising a central lumen;
- a spring element positioned proximate a second end of the plunger, the spring element configured to bias the plunger toward a first position in which the plunger pushes a sealing surface of the sealing tip against an opening to the channel, blocking fluid communication between the first port and the second port;
- a bleed valve needle extending through the plunger, the bleed valve needle having a distal tip configured to seal within the central lumen of the sealing tip;
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- a handle assembly comprising a handle, the handle assembly configured to attach to a proximal end of the bleed valve needle, wherein rotating the handle in a first direction moves the distal tip of the bleed valve needle into the central lumen of the sealing tip to seal the central lumen and rotating the handle in a second direction moves the distal tip of the bleed valve needle away from the central lumen of the sealing tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.