Internal safety valve system
First Claim
1. An internal valve system comprising:
- a fluid containment vessel;
a compressible bellows assembly positioned in said fluid containment vessel;
a valve seat associated with said fluid containment vessel and through which fluid can flow relative to the interior of said fluid containment vessel;
a valve member movable relative to said valve seat between an open position wherein fluid can flow through said valve seat and a closed position wherein fluid is blocked from flowing through said valve seat; and
pressure transmitting means for transmitting fluid from said compressible bellows assembly to said valve member to thereby move said valve member to the open position.
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Abstract
An internal valve and metered positive displacement pump for a pressure fluid tank. The tank defines a fluid compartment, and first and second vessels are positioned within the protective envelope of the tank. A bellows pump assembly disposed in the first vessel includes a bellows and a piston cylinder arrangement positioned within and attached to the bellows. Pressurized fluid is pumped into and out of the first vessel to actuate the piston cylinder arrangement. With this actuating movement fluid is pumped from the compartment through a valve in the second vessel and into the second vessel for removal therefrom. The valve is normally closed against the working pressure of the fluid in the compartment by a spring bellows relief assembly in the second vessel. The force of the fluid pump by the piston cylinder arrangement opens the valve, and a check valve prevents fluid from flowing back from the valve into the first vessel. A passageway through the first vessel allows the pressurized fluid in the compartment to bear on the bellows and thereby bias the piston cylinder arrangement to an up (or down) position.
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1. An internal valve system comprising:
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a fluid containment vessel; a compressible bellows assembly positioned in said fluid containment vessel; a valve seat associated with said fluid containment vessel and through which fluid can flow relative to the interior of said fluid containment vessel; a valve member movable relative to said valve seat between an open position wherein fluid can flow through said valve seat and a closed position wherein fluid is blocked from flowing through said valve seat; and pressure transmitting means for transmitting fluid from said compressible bellows assembly to said valve member to thereby move said valve member to the open position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. An internal valve system comprising:
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a fluid tank defining a fluid compartment; a first vessel positioned in said fluid tank; a bellows assembly positioned in said first vessel; altering means for altering the pressure in said bellows assembly; a second vessel positioned in said fluid tank, said second vessel including a valve seat through which fluid can pass relative to said fluid compartment; a valve member positionable in said second vessel and movable relative to said valve seat between an open position wherein fluid can flow through said valve seat and a closed position wherein fluid is blocked from flowing through said valve seat; and a pressure conduit through which fluid flows from said bellows assembly, as pressure therein is altered by said altering means, to said valve member to thereby move said valve member to the open position. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
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