The Lee Company

Micahia Blaise Favreau

A flow fuse valve configured to be installed inline within a primary flow channel section having an interior wall, a first flow region, and a second flow region, the flow fuse valve having: a valve body; a poppet assembly disposed within the valve body, the poppet assembly having: a first poppet section; a second poppet section; a resilient seal member disposed and captured between the first poppet section and the second poppet section, wherein the first and second poppet sections are securely fastened with respect to each other subsequent to the resilient seal member being captured therebetween; and a resilient biasing member disposed between the first poppet section and the valve bodythat is configured to bias the poppet assembly toward an open-valve position; wherein the resilient seal member and the valve body are configured to form a fluid flow seal in response to the poppet assembly being disposed in a closed-valve position via an abrupt fluid pressure drop in the primary flow channel section downstream of the flow fuse valve, wherein the fluid flow is from the first flow region toward the second flow region.

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Norwich, CT, United States of America

Micahia Blaise Favreau