Reinforced valve assembly
AssigneeInterpump Engineering S.R.L.
InventorFulvio Montipo
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a valve assembly comprising a housing and a valve mechanism. The housing includes a pair of support rings connected together with a set of legs. The valve mechanism is supported within the housing and includes an open position and a closed position. The valve mechanism is constructed and arranged such that when in the open position, fluid is allowed to flow through the valve mechanism into the housing and exit the housing between the legs. More than four legs extend between the first support ring and the second support ring, the legs arranged circumferentially such that the legs are substantially equally spaced around the housing.
Claims9
A valve assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising polyamide 11 and on the order of 6 percent fiberglass, the housing including:
- a first support ring,
- a second support ring,
- a valve seat disposed proximate the first support ring, the valve seat having a passage through the valve seat, the passage having a diameter, and
- more than four legs extending between the first support ring and the second support ring, the legs arranged circumferentially such that the legs are substantially equally spaced around the housing, wherein the legs each have an angular width of approximately one-seventh of the diameter of the passage;
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- a valve mechanism supported within the housing and having an open position and a closed position, the valve mechanism constructed and arranged such that when in the open position, fluid is allowed to flow through the valve mechanism into the housing and exit the housing between the more than four legs.
A valve assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising polyamide 11 and on the order of 6 percent fiberglass, the housing including:
- a first support ring;
- a second support ring;
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- more than four legs extending between the first support ring and the second support ring, the legs arranged circumferentially such that the legs are substantially equally spaced around the housing;
- and,
- a valve mechanism supported within the housing and having an open position and a closed position, the valve mechanism constructed and arranged such that when in the open position, fluid is allowed to flow through the valve mechanism into the housing and exit the housing between the more than four legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.