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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:
Mar. 19, 1996
Filed:
May. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter W Shefte, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Applied Power Inc., Butler, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1374939 ; 1375124 ; 22020316 ;
Abstract
A liquid tank cap incorporates a two-way relief valve in which an annular valve disc has one side sealed against a seal adjacent to its inner diameter and the other side sealed against a seal adjacent to its outside diameter. When subjected to a pressure differential in either direction, the disc deflects so as to increase its concavity and allow air passage by one or the other seal, depending upon whether the pressure in the tank is subatmospheric or superatmospheric.