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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:
Jun. 02, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1980
John W Hooke, Gainesville, FL (US);
Paul E Pate, Branford, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to a novel resealable pressure relief vent valve for use in normally sealed containers such as sealed electric batteries or cells wherein said vent valve includes an outer rigid plate, an inner flexible disc forming part of the interior of the container, said disc having one or more vent holes and a compressible rubber disc positioned in partially compressed condition between the outer rigid plate and inner flexible disc and situated over each of said vent holes whereby the inner flexible disc flexes upward breaking its seal over the said holes venting the interior of the container when excessive internal pressures occur.