Combination pressure-vacuum relief and antipollution valve
CA 1098413 A · Owner: Apv Corporation · Inventors: West, Harold H.
Overview
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A combination venting and antipollution device for a shipboard liquid storage tank. A closure wall devides the vent conduit into a lower tank chamber in direst communication with the vent opening. A spring-urged vlave closure member opens or closes an opening through the closure wall. Low pressure in the tank moves the valve closure member down into a lower open position, to admit air or other fluid to the tank; high pressure in the tank moves the valve closure member up into an upper open position to vent air from the tank. A hydrostatic pressure chamber open to the atmosphere houses a sealed bellows, and a spill-lock balve secured to bellows normally opens to the vent a spill-lock chamber …
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- Granted March 31, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 31, 1998.
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