Pressure regulator for a pressure cooker
AssigneeSociete Industrielle de Transformation de Metaux--SITRAM
InventorGilles Combe
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Abstract
A pressure cooker pressure regulator having at least two operating thresholds, the regulator being of the type comprising a valve body fixed to the lid of a pressure cooker and having a valve seat formed therein, and a needle carrying a rating mass and bearing against the seat, the regulator is such that the needle is slidably mounted relative to the rating mass, that a spring is interposed between the needle and the rating mass, and that means are provided for adjusting the force exerted by the spring on the needle and comprising means selectively implemented to oppose upward displacement of the rating mass relative to the valve body under the effect of pressure applied to the needle via the seat.
Claims8
A pressure cooker pressure regulator having at least two operating thresholds, the regulator being of the type comprising a valve body fixed to the lid of the pressure cooker and having a valve seat formed therein, a needle bearing against the seat and carrying a rating mass slidably mounted on said needle, a rating spring being interposed between the needle and the rating mass, and adjustment means for adjusting the force exerted by the rating spring on the needle, wherein the adjustment means comprise means selectively implemented to oppose upward displacement of the rating mass relative to the valve body under the effect of pressure applied to the needle via the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.