Pressure release valve assembly for pressure cooker

A pressure release valve assembly including a pressure intake unit and a pressure control unit wherein:

• the pressure intake unit comprises:
• a pressure outlet tube formed therein with an axially extending pressure outlet passage and having a pressure outlet portion at a top part thereof;
• a pressure intake tube provided with a pressure intake opening and formed therein with an axially extending pressure outlet passage that communicates with the pressure outlet passage of the pressure outlet tube,
• a connecting plug provided between the pressure outlet tube and the pressure intake tube, and
• a filtering cap attached to a lower end of the pressure intake tube so as to spacedly surround the pressure intake tube;
• and
• the pressure control unit comprises:
• a cylindrical pressure release casing provided with a pressure release opening in a lower portion thereof and is adapted to be connected to the pressure outlet tube of the pressure intake unit,
• a tubular pressure control element threadedly connected to an upper inside portion of the pressure release casing,
• a valve plunger provided in the tubular pressure control element and comprised of a shank portion and a beveled valve portion under the shank portion with the shank portion formed with an externally expanding supporting flange above the valve portion;
• and
• a coil spring provided around the shank portion of the valve plunger and between a lower end of the pressure control element and the supporting flange of the valve plunger.