Backflow prevention apparatus

For use with two check valve assemblies connected in series and defining a zone between them, a differential control valve having a housing provided with a valve seat, a stem mounted to move axially in the housing and having a valve head movable to close against said seat, a cover, a flexible diaphragm having its periphery clamped between the cover and the housing and acting to define a chamber in the housing and a chamber in the cover, means connecting the central portion of the diaphragm to the stem, a spring in the cover chamber acting to move the stem in a direction to open the valve, a discharge port in the zone connected to said housing, a pressure sensing line connecting the housing chamber to the upstream side of the upstream check valve assembly, a pressure sensing passage in the stem connecting the cover chamber to the interior of the housing, and a balance piston fixed on the stem slidably mounted within the housing to balance the fluid pressure force from the zone tending to move the valve head away from the valve seat.

For use with two check valve assemblies connected in series and defining a zone between them, a differential control valve having a housing provided with a valve seat, a stem mounted to move axially in the housing and having a valve head movable to close against said seat, a cover, a flexible diaphragm having its periphery clamped between the cover and the housing and acting to define a first chamber in the housing and a second chamber in the cover, means connecting the central portion of the diaphragm to the stem, a spring in one of said chambers acting to move the stem in a direction to open the valve, a discharge port in the zone connected to said housing, a pressure sensing line connecting the other of said chambers to the upstream side of the upstream check valve assembly, and a pressure sensing line connecting the chamber having the spring to the downstream side of said check valve assembly, and a balance piston fixed on the stem slidably mounted within the housing to balance the fluid pressure force from the zone port tending to move the valve head away from the valve seat.

For use with two check valve assemblies connected in series and defining a zone between them, a differential control valve having a housing provided with a valve seat, a stem mounted to move axially in the housing and having a valve head movable to close against said seat, a cover, a flexible diaphragm having its periphery clamped between the cover and the housing and acting to define a first chamber in the housing and a second chamber in the cover, means connecting the central portion of the diaphragm to the stem, a spring in one of said chambers acting to move the stem in a direction to open the valve, a discharge port in the zone connected to said housing, a pressure sensing line connecting the other of said chambers to the upstream side of the upstream check valve assembly, and a pressure sensing passage in the stem connecting the chamber having the spring to the interior of the housing, and a balance piston fixed on the stem slidably mounted within the housing to balance the fluid pressure force from the zone port tending to move the valve head away from the valve seat.