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US 2026/0168607 A1Published application
Valve assembly and method for operating the same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsVincent Hubert Monique DE WILDE, Paulus Antonius Augustinus HOEFTE
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Abstract
A valve assembly includes: a valve obturator configured to move from a closed position to an open position upon application, by application of a first force oriented in a first direction; the valve obturator having at least one locking tab, the valve obturator being configured to move from the open position to the closed position upon application of a second force (F2) on the at least one locking tab, the second force (F2) being oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Claims15
A valve assembly comprising:
- an axis (A) defining a proximal direction (p) and a distal direction (d) opposite the proximal direction (p);
- a valve holder comprising a valve seat comprising a tapered surface, the tapered surface being narrower in the proximal direction (p) and the tapered surface being wider in the distal direction (d);
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- a valve obturator engaged in the valve seat and reversibly movable between a closed position and an open position, the valve obturator comprising:
- an abutment surface, wherein the valve obturator is configured to move from the closed position to the open position upon application of a first force (F1) on the abutment surface, the first force (F1) being oriented in the proximal direction (p);
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- at least one locking tab contacting the tapered surface as the valve obturator is in the closed position, wherein the valve obturator is configured to move from the open position to the closed position upon application of a second force (F2) on the at least one locking tab, the second force (F2) being oriented in the distal direction (d).
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