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Bleed member and bleed valve assembly

  • US 6,446,658 B1
  • Filed: 08/21/2000
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A bleed member provided in a bleed valve assembly having a wall member defying a fluid chamber for retaining a fluid therein, said bleed member comprising:

  • an aperture defined in the wall member;

    a flexible sealing member located inside the fluid chamber for selectively covering and sealing said aperture; and

    a resilient support member located inside the fluid chamber for biasing said sealing member against a corresponding portion on the wall member to seal said aperture;

    wherein, in a preloading state, said flexible sealing member covers and seals said aperture and, in a venting state, said sealing member is forced to be unseated from said aperture to vent fluid from said fluid chamber.

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