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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Werner Foller, Stuhr, DE;
Assignee:
GESTRA-KSB Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Bremen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
236 59 ; 236 / ; 236 / ; 251339 ; 251359 ;
Abstract
A steam trap has a bimetallic control element provided on the prepressure side and a locking part which is biased by the prepressure in the opening direction and which is actuated by the bimetallic control element. The bimetallic control element is provided with at least one bimetallic snap disk and the valve seat is stroke-movably positioned, whereby the maximum stroke path of the valve seat is only a part of the operating stroke of the locking part.