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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:
Aug. 18, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Myotoku Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137526 ; 137557 ; 137884 ; 137536 ; 417 44 ; 417187 ;
Abstract
A vacuum valve-sensor device mounted on a vacuum source and maintaining the vacuum generated by the vacuum source to a required level. It includes a one-way valve which allows gas to flow towards the vacuum source but not away therefrom, and a pressure sensor on the side of the one-way valve remote from the vacuum source. The one-way valve includes a valve seat through which flow of gas is directed and a valve element biased toward seating on the valve seat from the side of the vacuum source. The pressure sensor may be located on the side of the valve seat remote from the valve element thereof, and may include a V-ring seal member fitted on the valve element.