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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2008
Paul P. Spahr, New Haven, CT (US);
Andrew J. Curello, Hamden, CT (US);
Paul P. Spahr, New Haven, CT (US);
Andrew J. Curello, Hamden, CT (US);
Societe BIC, , FR;
Abstract
In accordance with different embodiments of the present invention, duckbill check valve, having an orifice, and conical check valve, having an orifice, are responsive to the differential pressure of fluid F as it flows between inletand outlet. In an innovative aspect of the invention, orificeand orificeeach have a variable effective diameter. In one embodiment, the duckbill check valveand conical check valvehave a conical end that is aligned with the direction of fluid flow. In another embodiment, the duckbill check valvecan have a conical end that faces the direction of fluid flow. A pin may traverse orificeor