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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Moakes, Flemington, NJ (US);
Michael Dosch, Lake Hiawatha, NJ (US);
Peter Materna, Metuchen, NJ (US);
John Soemer, Flanders, NJ (US);
Geoffrey Lawrence Mahon, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137 69 ; 137 6813 ; 137 6822 ; 137 6823 ;
Abstract
A release mechanism for releasing high pressure fluid from an associated pressure vessel has connecting means for connecting to the pressure vessel, a support sleeve which has an axial and a radial opening, a sealing disc, supporting means which may be a trap door, a rotatable column, or a support plug and a protractor or retractor for selectively removing the supporting means and thus opening the sealing means. The sealing means can also be opened spontaneously, operating as a relief valve.