Gas purge valve
AssigneeA.R.I. Flow Control Accessories Agriculture Cooperative Association Ltd.
InventorsYouval Katzman, Mordechai Kandanyan
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Abstract
A gas purge valve comprising a housing (12) formed with an inlet (24) and an outlet (30) formed with a valve seating (54), and a sealing assembly (38) comprising a sealing member (70) displaceable between an open position and a closed position. The sealing assembly (38) is supported by an external support lever (42) mechanism extending outside the housing (12), to thereby displace the sealing assembly (38) into sealing engagement with the valve seating at the closed position.
Claims38
A gas purge valve comprising a housing formed with an inlet and an outlet, said outlet formed with a valve seating, and a sealing assembly comprising a sealing member displaceable between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein the sealing assembly is supported by an external support lever mechanism extending outside said housing, to thereby displace the sealing assembly into sealing engagement with said valve seating at the closed position.
A gas purge valve comprising a housing fitted with an inlet being in flow communication with a float chamber within the housing, and an outlet formed at an upper end thereof, a sealing assembly for sealing said outlet, and a float disposed within said float chamber and being attached to the sealing assembly by a rigid link;
- said sealing assembly being carried at a first end of an external support lever having a second end thereof pivotally attached to the housing.
A gas purge valve comprising:
- a housing having a valve inlet and a valve outlet;
- a valve seating defined at said valve outlet;
- a sealing assembly comprising a sealing member adapted for sealing engagement with said valve seating;
- a float member articulated to said sealing assembly within the housing, and being displaceable susceptive to liquid level within the housing;
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- an external support lever pivotally secured at a first end to the housing and having a second end articulated to the sealing assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.