Check valve
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJunpei SHOUJI
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Abstract
A check valve comprising: a first member having a first surface; a second member having a second surface opposed to the first surface of the first member; and a valve body provided between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the valve body contacts the first surface to block a flow path of a fluid, the valve body contacts the second surface to open the flow path, and the second surface has a tapered shape in a direction from the first member toward the second member, and when a flow rate of the fluid is small, a tip portion of the valve body contacts the second surface, and when a flow rate of the fluid is large, the valve body has a shape along the tapered shape of the second surface.
Claims5
A check valve comprising:
- a first member including a first surface;
- a second member including a second surface facing the first surface of the first member;
- and
- a valve body provided between the first surface and the second surface, wherein
- the valve body is configured to come into contact with the first surface to close a flow path of a fluid,
- the valve body is configured to come into contact with the second surface to open the flow path,
- the second surface has a tapered shape in a direction from the first member to the second member,
- when a flow rate of the fluid is small, a tip portion of the valve body is in contact with the second surface, and
- when the flow rate of the fluid is large, the valve body has a shape conforming to the tapered shape of the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.