US 5,293,910 AGranted

Pneumatic safety circuit for air inflation devices

AssigneeBruno Wessel Limited

InventorMichael C. Mohs

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Abstract

The invention provides an improved pneumatically operated circuit for automatically shutting off the flow of high pressure air being introduced into an object to be inflated, such as a tire, when the pressure in the object reaches a preselected maximum pressure significantly below that of the high pressure supply. The air at high pressure is introduced into the object and into a control duct also connected to the object, until pressure in the control duct overcomes the bias of a control valve, at which time the control valve closes to interrupt the flow of high pressure air and allow pressure in the object and the control duct to equilibrate; if the equilibrated pressure does not continue to overcome the bias of a control valve, the control valve again opens to admit additional high pressure air to the object and control duct until the bias of the control valve again is overcome and the control valve closed as previously, repeating the closing cycle.

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Dependent claims

A pneumatic circuit for air inflation devices having a high pressure pneumatic supply line connected to an object to be inflated to a pressure significantly lower than the supply line pressure, through an operator controlled valve in said high pressure pneumatic supply line, said pneumatic circuit being operative for stopping inflation once a preselected pressure is equalled, said pneumatic circuit comprising:

1) a first pneumatic duct adapted for connecting high pressure air from the outlet of said operator controlled valve to the inlet of a two-position three-way pilot operated valve having non-adjustable biasing means for being normally biased to a first position in which air pressure to the said inlet is transmitted through the valve then, by a second pneumatic duct, directly to the pilot side of
2) a spring biased, normally closed, pilot opened, two-way valve, said three-way pilot operated valve being adapted to overcome its bias by pneumatic pressure in its first pilot which moves said three-way pilot operated valve to a second position in which air pressure in said second pneumatic duct is discharged back through said three-way valve to atmosphere,
3) a third pneumatic duct connecting high pressure air from the outlet of said operator controlled valve to the inlet of said spring biased two-way valve,
4) a fourth pneumatic duct adapted for connecting the outlet of said spring biased two-way valve to an object to be inflated, and
5) a pneumatic control duct connecting said fourth pneumatic duct through a pneumatic flow control to said first pilot on said two-position three-way pilot operated valve, the bias of said two-position three-way pilot operated valve being adapted to maintain said two-position three-way pilot operated valve in said first position when the pressure in said pneumatic control duct is below the pressure to which the object is to be inflated.

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1) a first pneumatic duct adapted for connecting high pressure air from the outlet of said operator controlled valve to the inlet of a three-way pilot operated valve normally biased to a first position in which air pressure to the said inlet is transmitted through the valve then, by a second pneumatic duct, directly to the pilot side of
2) a spring biased, normally closed, pilot opened, two-way valve, said three-way pilot operated valve being adapted to overcome its bias by pneumatic pressure in its first pilot which moves said three-way pilot operated valve to a second position in which air pressure in said second pneumatic duct is discharged back through said three-way valve to atmosphere,
3) a third pneumatic duct connecting high pressure air from the outlet of said operator controlled valve to the inlet of said spring biased two-way valve,
4) a fourth pneumatic duct adapted for connecting the outlet of said spring biased two-way valve to an object to be inflated,
5) a pneumatic control duct connecting said fourth pneumatic duct through a pneumatic flow control to said first pilot on said three-way pilot operated valve, the bias of said three-way pilot operated valve being adapted to maintain said three-way pilot operated valve in said first position when the pressure in said pneumatic control duct is below the pressure to which the object is to be inflated, and
6) at least one pressure relief means connected to said pneumatic control duct and adapted to discharge to atmosphere the pressure in said pneumatic control duct at a preselected pressure in said duct above the final pressure to which the object is to be inflated.

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