# US 9,435,439 B2 · Air mattress device and air discharge valve thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,435,439 B2 - Document ID: US9435439B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/337,714 - Filed: 2014-07-22 - Published: 2015-02-05 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-31 - Assignees: Apex Medical Corp. - Applicants: Apex Medical Corp. - Inventors: Wen Bin Shen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9435439B2 ## CPC - F16K 3/0254: {being operated by particular means} - A47C 27/081: {of pneumatic type} - F16K 11/0743: {with both the supply and the discharge passages being on one side of the closure plates} - F16K 11/0853: {having all the connecting conduits situated in a single plane perpendicular to the axis of the plug} - F16K 31/60: Handles {(form, features or function of taps or faucet handles for domestic plumbing installations E03C1/04)} - A61G 7/05769: {with inflatable chambers} - F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)} - A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) ## Abstract An air discharge valve comprises a pipe connection base, a rotary member, at least one seal member and a buffer member. The pipe connection base comprises at least one pipe member which comprises an orifice; the rotary member and the buffer member are both axially connected with the pipe connection base to rotate about a rotation axis relative to the pipe connection base; the rotary member comprises at least one operational part, and the at least one seal member is connected with the rotary member and corresponded to the orifice; the buffer member comprises at least one corresponding operational part, and a rotation buffering space is reserved between each corresponding operational part and each operational part. When the rotary member is at a first orientation relative to the pipe connection base, each seal member correspondingly seals and closes each orifice; when the rotary member is driven by the buffer member and rotated to a second orientation relative to the pipe connection base, each seal member is removed from each orifice so that air in each pipe member can be discharged from the corresponding orifice. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An air discharge valve, comprising: a pipe connection base comprising at least one pipe member which includes an orifice; a rotary member axially connected with the pipe connection base, the rotary member being rotatable relative to the pipe connection base about a rotation axis and having at least one operational part; at least one seal member connected with the rotary member and corresponding to the orifice; and a buffer member axially connected with the pipe connection base, the buffer member being corresponded to the pipe connection base and driving the rotary member to rotate about the rotation axis, the buffer member comprising at least one corresponding operational part, the corresponding operational part being spaced apart from the operational part by a rotation buffering space to regulate the buffer member driving the rotation of the rotary member about the rotation axis; wherein the rotary member comprises a receiving chamber for receiving the buffer member, and wherein the at least one operational part is disposed in the receiving chamber; wherein the seal member correspondingly closes the orifice when the rotary member is arranged at a first orientation relative to the pipe connection base, and wherein the seal member is removed from the orifice when the rotary member is driven by the buffer member and rotated to a second orientation relative to the pipe connection base such that air from the pipe member is discharged from the orifice. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The air discharge valve of claim 1, further comprising an elastic member disposed between the buffer member and the rotary member to regulate the movement of the buffer member at the rotation axis, the elastic member comprising a first end rested on the buffer member and a second end rested on the rotary member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The air discharge valve of claim 1, further comprising a manipulative member fastened with the buffer member to drive the rotary member to rotate about the rotation axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The air discharge valve of claim 1, wherein the operational part and the corresponding operational part are structurally complementary to each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The air discharge valve of claim 4, wherein the operational part has a protrusion structure and the corresponding operational part has a concave structure corresponding to the protrusion structure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The air discharge valve of claim 1, wherein the pipe connection base further comprises a securing part extended at the rotation axis and passing through the rotary member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The air discharge valve of claim 1, wherein the orifice has a central axis substantially parallel to the rotation axis and substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the pipe member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The air discharge valve of claim 1, further comprising a securing member passing through the buffer member and the rotary member at the rotation axis and fastened with the pipe connection base. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The air discharge valve of claim 1, wherein the pipe connection base further comprises at least one restraining part, and the rotary member further comprises at least one corresponding restraining part engaging the restraining part to restrain the rotation of the rotary member relative to the pipe connection base. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The air discharge valve of claim 9, wherein each of the restraining part and the corresponding restraining part has a step structure and an inclined plane structure. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The air discharge valve of claim 1, wherein an angle defined between the rotary member and the pipe connection base longitudinally when the rotary member is arranged at the first orientation relative to the pipe connection base is 0 degree, and wherein the angle defined between the rotary member and the pipe connection base longitudinally when the rotary member is arranged at the second orientation relative to the pipe connection base is 30, 60 or 90 degrees. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) An airbed comprising the air discharge valve recited in claim 1.