Valve for a fire extinguishing system

US9333380B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-9333380-B2
Application numberUS-201113814469-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 9, 2011
Priority dateAug 9, 2010
Publication dateMay 10, 2016
Grant dateMay 10, 2016

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A valve for a fire extinguishing system includes a housing, a flow control apparatus, an actuator apparatus, and a manual override apparatus. The flow control apparatus is disposed in a cavity to prevent or permit flow of the fire extinguishing agent from an ingress aperture to an egress aperture of the housing. The flow control apparatus includes a burst disk clamped between the first and second annular faces and an annular spool axially movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the housing. The actuator apparatus includes a bearing sleeve angularly movable around a longitudinal axis relative to the housing and a latch element operably coupling the bearing sleeve and the annular spool. The manual override apparatus includes a cam operably coupled to the bearing sleeve.

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What is claimed is: 1. A valve for a fire extinguishing system dispensing a fire extinguishing agent, the valve comprising: a housing including an ingress aperture and an egress aperture, the housing defines a cavity extending along a longitudinal axis between the ingress aperture and the egress aperture; a flow control apparatus disposed in the cavity to prevent or permit flow of the fire extinguishing agent from the ingress aperture to the egress aperture, the flow control app…

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What does patent US9333380B2 cover?
A valve for a fire extinguishing system includes a housing, a flow control apparatus, an actuator apparatus, and a manual override apparatus. The flow control apparatus is disposed in a cavity to prevent or permit flow of the fire extinguishing agent from an ingress aperture to an egress aperture of the housing. The flow control apparatus includes a burst disk clamped between the first and seco…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ehlers Joshua L, Counts Brian L, Biehl Richard J, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A62C3/07. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 10 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).