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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2009
Applicant:
Phillip T. Yontz, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Inventor:
Phillip T. Yontz, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Assignee:
Conbraco Industries, Inc., Pageland, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 24/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improvement for a backflow release valve of the type used for a backflow event in a supply line is provided. The improvement includes an air-liquid separator in fluid communication with the release valve and the supply line for reducing the amount of air entrained within a liquid solution entering the release valve, thereby reducing the total volume of liquid solution entering the release valve and minimizing the entrainment of water into air breaking a vacuum condition in the supply line.