Valve assembly
AssigneeAutomotive AG
InventorsRichard BARNES, Steven HAWKINS, Tony TAYLOR, Edward CHERRY
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Abstract
A valve assembly for controlling the release or delivery of a fluid or other medium from a vessel. The valve assembly comprises an inlet, an outlet, valve means operable to selectively open or close fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet and lock means for engaging the valve means, wherein the lock means is configured to engage, in use, the valve means when it opens, thereby to lock the valve means in an open condition.
Claims20
A valve assembly for controlling the release or delivery of a fluid or other medium from a vessel, the valve assembly comprising an inlet, an outlet, valve means operable to selectively open or close fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet and a lock for engaging the valve means, wherein the lock is configured to engage, in use, the valve means when it opens, thereby to lock the valve means in an open condition.
A valve assembly for controlling the release or delivery of a fluid or other medium from a vessel, the valve assembly comprising an inlet, an outlet, a release element or mechanism and valve means operable to selectively open or close fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet, wherein said valve means is biased, in use, toward an open condition or a closed condition such that operation of the release element or mechanism causes or permits the valve means to move or change to the condition toward which it is biased.
A valve assembly for controlling the release or delivery of a fluid or other medium from a vessel, the valve assembly comprising an inlet, an outlet, an actuator, an abutment and one or more valves operable to selectively open or close fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the actuator is operable to move or change, in use, the abutment from a deployed position or condition in which at least one of the valves is biased thereagainst and inhibited from opening or closing to an undeployed or retracted position or condition in which the at least one valve is able to open or to close.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.