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Check valve assembly

  • US 5,148,828 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1991
  • Issued: 09/22/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An angled check valve assembly, comprising:

  • a pipe housing means having an inlet passageway therein for connection to a fluid supply inlet and an outlet passageway connected to and angled to the inlet passageway to provide an exit outlet which directs fluid from the supply inlet at an angle with respect to its inlet direction;

    check valve means, comprising plural checks valve assemblies, each having an outer casing dimensioned to be received in one of the passageways, for preventing reverse flow from the outlet to the inlet;

    an installation entry in the pipe housing means to allow for passage of the check valve means into the one passageway of the pipe housing means;

    a closure means for fluidly closing and sealing the installation entry;

    a spider spacer cage means located between the closure means and the check valve means at a point where the two angled passageways intersect for providing an open passageway for liquid flow from the inlet passageway to be angled to the outlet passageway;

    the spider spacer cage means having at least one opening in a side wall thereof aligned with one passageway and a second opening in an end thereof aligned with the outer passageway;

    said spacer means being formed as a separate element from the closure means and being rotatable with respect thereto so as to allow the at least one opening to be aligned with said one passageway.

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