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US 8,800,596 B2Granted
High opening velocity check valve
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsJoshua A. Kamp, George L. Kan
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Abstract
A check valve housing is provided and includes a base having opposite sides which are configured to form linear contact surfaces with check valve flappers pivotably disposed on either side of the base, respectively, and an additional structural member having opposite sides which are configured to form additional contact surfaces with each of the check valve flappers, respectively.
Claims8
A check valve housing, comprising:
- a base having opposite sides which are configured to form linear contact surfaces with check valve flappers pivotably disposed on either side of the base, respectively;
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- an additional structural member having opposite sides which are configured to form additional contact surfaces with each of the check valve flappers, respectively, the additional structural member comprising:
- an arcuate segment being configured to form arcuate contact surfaces with the check valve flappers;
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- a linear rib extending from the base to the arcuate segment and being configured to form with each of the check valve flappers additional linear contact surfaces extending between the linear and arcuate contact surfaces.
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A check valve, comprising:
- a body including a seat, a hinge bifurcating the seat to define openings and a housing coupled to the hinge;
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- flappers pivotably coupled to the hinge to pivot in response to a pressure differential across the seat from respective closed positions at which the first and second flappers prevent fluid flow through the openings to respective open positions at which fluid flow through the openings is permitted,
- the housing a base and an additional structural member the additional structural member comprising an arcuate segment and a linear rib extending from the base to the arcuate segment,
- opposite sides of the housing forming linear contact surfaces along the base, arcuate contact surfaces along the arcuate segment and additional linear contact surfaces along the linear rib that extend between the linear and arcuate contact surfaces with each of the flappers, respectively, with the flappers occupying the respective open positions.
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A check valve interposed between upstream ductwork and downstream ductwork, comprising:
- a body including a seat interposed between complementary ends of the upstream and downstream ductwork, a hinge bifurcating the seat to define openings and a housing coupled to the hinge;
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- flappers pivotably coupled to the hinge to pivot in response to a pressure differential between the upstream and downstream ductwork from respective closed positions at which the first and second flappers prevent fluid flow through the openings to respective open positions at which fluid flow through the openings is permitted,
- the housing comprising a base and an additional structural member, the additional structural member comprising an arcuate segment and a linear rib extending from the base to the arcuate segment,
- opposite sides of the housing forming linear contact surfaces along the base, arcuate contact surfaces along the arcuate segment and additional linear contact surfaces along the linear rib that extend between the linear and arcuate contact surfaces with each of the flappers, respectively, with the flappers occupying the respective open positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.