Fast flowing spring loaded valve assembly
AssigneeKody Clemmons
InventorsKody Clemmons, Everett B. James, Jr.
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Abstract
An automatic shut-off valve assembly having particular utility in a portable container of the type for dispensing fluid, such as fuel into a vehicle gas tank, where speed, safety and convenience are prime requirements. The valve assembly includes a spring biasing mechanism to effect opening and closing of the valve assembly. The assembly further includes a generally circular, hollow housing containing a slidably movable insert, which receives the spring, where the spring effects an automatic closing of the assembly, but yields upon the application of axial pressure to open the assembly.
Claims12
In combination with a portable container for transporting a fluid, and for rapidly and safely transferring said fluid to a receptacle, said container consisting of a closed fluid chamber having a top wall, bottom wall and side walls extending therebetween, and includes means to fill and to transfer fluid from said chamber,
- an improved, spring biased valve assembly for rapidly and safely transferring said fluid from said chamber, said valve assembly comprising a generally circular, hollow housing open at its respective ends, with an enlarged midsection between a first end and a second end, an axially slidable, fluid sealing insert within said first end, where said insert is initially held in a closed and fluid transporting position by a coil spring, said insert further including a circular base for abutting said coil spring, where said annular base has a diameter greater than the diameter of said first end, and a sealing O-ring, such that in said closed and fluid transporting position the periphery of said O-ring abuts said enlarged midsection at its junction with said first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.