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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Applicant:
Adrian Huggins, Worthing, GB;
Inventor:
Adrian Huggins, Worthing, GB;
Assignee:
QINETIQ LIMITED, , GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 9/02 (2006.01); A62B 18/02 (2006.01); A62B 18/10 (2006.01); B63C 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B 18/10 (2013.01); B63C 11/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A one-way valve for use in the inhalation and/or exhalation flowpath of respiratory protection equipment comprises a housingdefining a conduit and a circumferential array of three flexible flapseach extending inwards from the conduit wall and in the direction away from the inlet end I of the valve. Under a pressure differential in the opening direction of the valve each flap is adapted to flex outwards towards the conduit wall and under a reverse pressure differential the free edgeof each flap is adapted to press in sealing contact with respective portions of the free edges of the neighboring flaps.