The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2022
Liqui-box Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Ian Darby, Leicestershire, GB;
LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A valve assembly () comprising a valve body () and a mono-material plunger (). The valve body (has a primary opening () and a secondary opening () that are axially spaced apart. The plunger () comprises a primary sealportion () and a secondary seal portion (). The plunger () comprises the following operational positions with respect to the valve body: a transit seal position in which the primary seal portion () of the plunger () is in contact with the valve body () in order to occlude the primary opening (); and a fluid flow position in which the plunger () is maintained in the fluid flow position by an external forceand a force caused by a pressure differential across the valve assembly ().