Air valve seat
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsSean A. Cardia, Timothy Q. Fallon
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Abstract
An air valve includes a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet and an outlet; a seat mounted within the valve body and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing the outlet of the valve body, the upper surface and the lower surface defining a bore extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, the upper surface further defining a first sealing ridge and a second sealing ridge; and a float moveable within the valve body and engageable with the bore of the seat.
Claims19
An air valve comprising:
- a valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet and an outlet;
- a seat mounted within the valve body and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing the outlet of the valve body, the upper surface and the lower surface defining a bore extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, the upper surface further defining a first sealing ridge and a second sealing ridge;
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- a float moveable within the valve body and engageable with the bore of the seat.
An air valve seat comprising:
- an upper surface, the upper surface defining a first sealing ridge and a second sealing ridge;
- a lower surface;
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- a bore extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, the first sealing ridge and the second sealing ridge extending around the bore.
A method for venting air from a fluid system through an air valve comprising:
- moving a float away from a seat mounted within a valve body, the valve body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an inlet and an outlet, the seat having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing the outlet of the valve body and defining a first sealing ridge and a second sealing ridge;
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- venting air from the fluid system through the outlet.
The method of claim 16, further comprising:
- sealing the outlet of the valve body by moving the float towards the seat into contact with the lower surface of the seat.19. The method of claim 18, wherein the float is ball-shaped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.