Relief valve head for piston-style flush valve
AssigneeSloan Valve Company
InventorRichard A. Nortier
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AssigneeSloan Valve Company
InventorRichard A. Nortier
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A flush valve includes a body having an inlet and an outlet. There is a valve seat at the outlet and a piston assembly movable in the body toward and away from the valve seat to control flow from the inlet through the outlet. A pressure chamber is located in the body above the piston assembly and normally maintains the piston assembly closed upon the valve seat. The piston assembly includes a refill orifice connecting the pressure chamber with the body inlet. The piston assembly includes a vent passage connecting the pressure chamber with the outlet. There is a relief valve in the piston assembly controlling flow through the vent passage. There is a seal extending about the vent passage and a spring urges the relief valve toward the seal to close the vent passage. The relief valve includes an outwardly directed shoulder positioned to close on the vent passage seal and a plurality of peripherally disposed indented flow openings in the shoulder to accommodate flow from the pressure chamber through the vent passage.
A flush valve including a body having an inlet and an outlet, a valve seat at said outlet, a piston assembly movable in said body toward and away from said valve seat to control flow from said inlet through said outlet, a pressure chamber in said body above said piston assembly and normally maintaining said piston assembly closed upon said valve seat, said piston assembly including a refill orifice connecting said chamber with said body inlet,
A piston assembly for use in a flush valve body having an inlet and an outlet, the piston assembly being movable in said flush valve body toward and away from a valve seat to control flow from the inlet through the outlet, said piston assembly including a vent passage connected to the outlet, a relief valve in said piston assembly controlling flow through said vent passage, a seal extending about said vent passage, spring means urging said relief valve toward said vent passage seal to close said vent passage,
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