Check valve
AssigneeFiltertek Inc.
InventorJan Mijers
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Abstract
A check valve is provided, including a first hose connector housing defining an entry passage and a first valve seat, a second hose connector housing engaging the first hose connector housing and defining an exit passage, a generally flexible, perforate membrane disk positioned between the first and second hose connector housings and pretensioned against the first valve seat to selectively sealingly separate the first and second hose connector housings, and a one-way relief valve fluidly connected with the exit passage and configured to permit venting of the exit passage upon overpressurization thereof.
Claims17
A check valve comprising:
- a first hose connector housing defining an entry passage and a first valve seat;
- a second hose connector housing engaging the first hose connector housing and defining an exit passage;
- a generally flexible, perforate membrane disk positioned between the first and second hose connector housings and pretensioned against the first valve seat to selectively sealingly separate the entry passage and the exit passage;
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- a one-way relief valve fluidly connected with the exit passage and configured to permit venting of the exit passage upon overpressurization thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.