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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Antonio Bugamelli, Mars, PA (US);
Duon Alex Truong, Plum Borough, PA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A valve assembly () includes a first housing (), a diaphragm member () having a plurality of individually pivotable sealing members (), and a second housing () coupled to the end of the first housing over the diaphragm member. The second housing has a plurality of ports () spaced about the second member. The diaphragm member is structured to actuate between (i) a first state wherein the sealing members substantially seal the end of the first housing responsive to a pressure within the first housing being below a certain level, each of the ports being open in the first state, and (ii) a second state wherein the sealing members pivot away from and do not substantially seal the end of the first housing responsive to a pressure in the first housing being at or above the certain level, each sealing member substantially sealing a respective one of the ports in the second state.