Free float steam trap
AssigneeTLV Co., Ltd.
InventorTadashi Oike
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Abstract
This invention relates to a free float steam trap which comprises a trap casing having an inlet port and an outlet port and a valve chest formed therein, a valve seat member attached to the lower portion of the valve chest and having a valve orifice opened through which the valve chest communicates with the outlet port, a float valve arranged in a free state in the valve chest, rising and descending in accordance with the water level in the valve chest to directly open and close the valve orifice and a means for dispersing and passing condensate flow downward, provided at a fluid inlet through which the inlet port communicates with valve chest.
Claims4
A free float stream trap comprising:
- a trap casing having an inlet port and an outlet port and a valve chest formed therein;
- a valve seat member attached to the lower portion of the valve chest and having a valve orifice opening through which the valve chest communicates with the outlet port;
- a float valve arranged in a free state in the valve chest, rising and descending in accordance with the water level in the valve chest to directly open and close the valve orifice;
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- a means for dispersing and passing condensate flow downward having an upwardly directed end wall spaced from an upper inner surface of the trap casing to form a reservoir, wherein the dispersing means is an overall width dam located substantially above the valve orifice provided in a fluid inlet through which the inlet port communicates with the valve chest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.