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US 2026/0235216 A1Published application
Reed valve
OwnerSteven M. TASSINARI, Calvin James COOKinventors
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Abstract
A reed valve may include a retainer, a cage coupled to the retainer, and a reed petal captured between the cage and the retainer. The cage may include an inlet, a cage body having a sealing surface that extends around an outlet, and a cage cavity fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet. The reed petal may be elastically deformed to selectively open and close the outlet. The reed petal may be displaced from the sealing surface to open the outlet. The reed petal, the retainer, and the cage may be configured to cooperate to urge the reed petal towards the sealing surface.
Claims20
A reed valve comprising:
- a retainer;
- a cage coupled to the retainer, the cage including:
- an inlet;
- an outlet;
- and
- a cage cavity fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet;
- and
- a reed petal captured between the cage and the retainer, the reed petal being elastically deformed to selectively open and close the outlet, the reed petal including:
- an enclosing portion configured to extend over a corresponding outlet to close the outlet and to be displaced to open the outlet;
- and
- a coupling portion including a deformed region, the retainer and the cage cooperating to exert a force on the reed petal.
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A reed valve comprising:
- a retainer;
- a cage coupled to the retainer, the cage including:
- an inlet;
- a cage body having a sealing surface that extends around an outlet;
- and
- a cage cavity fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet;
- and
- a reed petal captured between the cage and the retainer, the reed petal being elastically deformed to selectively open and close the outlet, the reed petal being displaced from the sealing surface to open the outlet, the reed petal, the retainer, and the cage being configured to cooperate to urge the reed petal towards the sealing surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.