Sealing cap for a motor vehicle radiator
OwnerHeinrich Reutterinventor
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A pressure cap (10) for a fixed neck of an automobile radiator is provided with an outer cap component (16) and with an inner cap component (15) which has a flow connection between the inside and the outside of the tank and a valve arrangement (11) for releasing and blocking the flow connection. An object of the invention is to allow the bias of the pressure-relief valve body to be adjustable while the temperature inside the tank can be measured directly and the action of the pressure-relief/vacuum valve body (12) remains constant, it is provided that the bias with which the pressure-relief valve body (12) is pressed against the sealing seat can be adjusted by means of a thermal drive (14) in the form of an expansion-material membrane capsule (50) which has a temperature sensor (54) that passes through the cap axis and extends into the tank's neck, and it is also provided that the vacuum valve body (13) is arranged eccentrically in relation to the cap axis.
Pressure cap (10, 110, 210) for a fixed neck of a tank, in particular an automobile radiator, is provided with an outer cap component (16) and an inner cap component (15) which has a flow connection between the inside and the outside of the tank and a valve arrangement (11) for releasing and blocking the flow connection, whereby said valve arrangement (11) has an axially movable pressure-relief valve body (12) which toward the inside of the tank is pressed against a sealing seat on the inner cap component (15) with a bias controlled by the operating pressure, such that when the pressure inside the tank exceeds a threshold value, the pressure-relief valve body (12) can be lifted off the sealing seat, and whereby the said valve arrangement (11) has a vacuum valve body (13), characterized in that the bias with which the pressure-relief valve body (12) is pressed against the sealing seat can be adjusted by means of a thermal drive (14) in the form of an expansion-material membrane capsule (50) which is provided with a temperature sensor (54) which passes through the cap axis and extends into the neck of the tank, and that the vacuum valve body (13) is arranged eccentrically in relation to the cap axis.
Pressure cap in which the outer cap component (16) is provided with a locking element (17) for the tank's neck, and with a handling element (18) which can be rotated in relation to same, according to at least one of the previous claims, characterized in that the membrane capsule (50) acts at one end upon the bias means (44) of the pressure-relief valve body (12) and at the other end upon an anti-rotation means (19) between the handling element (18) and the locking element (17) of the outer cap component (16).
Pressure cap according to at least one of the previous claims, characterized in that the membrane capsule (50) is arranged between the check plate (27) of locking element (19) and an axially movable guidance element (46, 48) between which and the pressure-relief valve body (12) a compression spring (44) is provided.
Pressure cap according to at least one of the previous claims, characterized in that the temperature sensor (54) is sealed against the pressure-relief valve body (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.