Aircraft one-piece fuel nonreturn device and method for manufacturing such a device
AssigneeZodiac Aerotechnics
InventorFrançois CORMAN
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Abstract
The invention relates to a fluid nonreturn device (1) comprising a body (2) defining a chamber (5) intended to receive a fluid and having at least one opening (3), the chamber (5) has an internal wall (6) extended by an elastic return member (8) which forms an integral part of said internal wall (6), said elastic return member (8) is extended by a valve shutter (9) forming an integral part of said elastic return member (8), the elastic return member (8) pushes the valve shutter (9) into a position in which it closes off the opening (3) so as to prevent the fluid in the chamber (5) from leaving via the opening (3).
Claims18
A fuel nonreturn device (1) comprising a body (2) defining a chamber (5) intended for receiving a fuel and having at least one opening (3), the chamber (5) has an internal wall (6) extended by an elastic return member (8) which forms an integral part of said internal wall (6), said elastic return member (8) is extended by a valve shutter (9) forming an integral part with said elastic return member (8), the elastic return member (8) pushes the valve shutter (9) into a position in which it closes off the opening (3) so as to prevent the fuel present in the chamber (5) from leaving via the opening (3).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.