Patent classifications
E03C1/104
Valve member assembly
A valve member assembly includes a housing, a check valve assembly, and a float valve assembly. The housing is a cup, a retainer and a bonnet releasably secured together. The check valve assembly is positioned within the cup, and the float valve assembly is positioned between the bonnet and the retainer. The valve member assembly can be easily assembled and inserted into a valve body.
REMOTE AIR GAP ASSEMBLIES
A fluid backflow prevention system for use with common household plumbing fixtures. A remote air gap assembly may be installed in a new or existing plumbing system to prevent fluid backflow and subsequent contamination. The remote air gap assembly includes an air gap housing, with an inlet, an outlet, a weep hole, a check valve, and an outlet cap. In an exemplary use, such a remote air gap assembly may operate in conjunction with a filtration faucet and may be installed under a counter, for example.
Check valve with integrated pressure relief valve
A check valve having a valve that is movable by incoming water in the flow direction, from a closed position, where it bears against a first valve seat, against a restoring force into an open position, where it is raised from the first valve seat, and having a pressure relief valve with a closing member that is movable by pressure of the water flowing back against the flow direction, from a closed position, in which it bears against a second valve seat, against a restoring force into an open position where it is raised from the second valve seat. The restoring force acting on the closing member is greater than the restoring force acting on the valve body. The closing member has a closing member core made of a first material, and at least in the partial region thereof that abuts the second valve seat in the closed position, has a film or a layer made of a second relatively softer and/or elastic material.