A pipe coupler includes a tubular member internally defining a tubular passage communicable with a front opening and a rear pipe connector thereof; a valve head movably set in the tubular passage for openably sealing the front opening; a retaining ring fitted in the tubular passage adjacent to the rear pipe connector and including a hollow cylindrical section; and a return spring set in the tubular passage between the valve head and the retaining ring. The cylindrical section of the retaining ring has two circumferentially opposite free ends defining an elastically compressible gap between them, and an outer contact surface corresponding to an inner side of the tubular member. The tubular member is internally provided near the rear pipe connector with an annular groove, and the contact surface is provided with a round flange engaged with the annular groove to hold the retaining ring in place in the tubular member.

A valve member for a spring-loaded valve assembly includes a top portion having a spring retaining recess, the spring retaining recess extending into the top portion to form a void space, the void space to receive at least one coil of a spring, the spring retaining recess having a recess diameter that is smaller than a top portion diameter, wherein the recess diameter is larger than a rest diameter of a spring base including the coil, the spring retaining recess blocking expansion of the at least one coil when the spring is compressed. The valve member also includes a bottom portion coupled to the top portion. The valve member further includes a sealing element positioned axially below a shoulder of the top portion and legs coupled to the bottom portion.

A pressure equalization apparatus, including a housing with a gas passage opening which is assigned a valve with a valve body which is loaded with spring force by a spring. The valve body is held by the spring in a holding position, in which the valve body makes sealing contact with a valve seat. The valve body is configured to be snapped in a manner which is dependent on a differential pressure and by the spring force of the spring into an open position, in which the valve body is open and lifted up from the valve seat.

A valve unit is provided which has a housing with a cover. Accommodated in the housing is a valve drive which is connected to a valve spindle. A closing body is arranged at an end of the valve drive opposite to the valve spindle. Furthermore, an elastic element is arranged between a contact face in the housing facing away from the closing body and the valve drive, so that the elastic element pretensions the valve drive toward the cover in a closed state of the valve unit. Such a configuration of the valve unit allows the accommodation of a valve unit in a housing to be simplified. Furthermore, the tolerances, for example the manufacturing tolerances of the housing, are compensated for by the pretensioning of the valve drive by the elastic element.

There is provided a release valve for releasing fluid from a source of compressed fluid for inflating an inflatable structure, comprising: a housing comprising an inlet for coupling to a source of compressed fluid, and an outlet; a flow chamber disposed within the housing and forming part of a flow path from the inlet to the outlet; a valve member configured to move to a release position to permit fluid to flow from the inlet to the flow chamber; and an actuator and a biasing device, wherein the actuator and the biasing device are disposed in the flow chamber, the actuator configured to move through the flow chamber from an unactuated position to an actuated position to move the valve member to the release position.

To improve durability and production economics, the present disclosure provides a fuel gas blocking device doubling as a flow passage, the device including a supply body part having a flow passage formed therein to supply a fuel gas and provided with a supply port having a sealing step formed therein on one side thereof, a solenoid body of which a front end is hermetically fastened to the supply port and a rear end extends rearward such that a coil part is provided on an outer side thereof, and in which a hollow is formed in a longitudinal direction, and a flow passage cover in which a first flow passage is formed in the longitudinal direction is provided at a rear end of the hollow, a flow passage plunger inserted into a front end of the hollow, selectively moving rearward when power is supplied to the coil part, and having a second flow passage formed therein in the longitudinal direction, a spring that is provided between the flow passage cover and the flow passage plunger and provides an elastic restoring force in a direction in which the flow passage plunger moves forward, and a gap poppet part that is provided at a front end of the flow passage plunger and selectively seals the sealing step when moving forward.

A purge valve with an integrated safety function, suitable for an air-drying device. In the purge valve a purge-valve body forms a first exhaust passage for connecting an inlet line to an outlet line. A purge-valve piston is arranged inside the purge-valve body to control a flow of exhaust air through the first exhaust passage upon reception of a purge signal. The purge-valve piston comprises a through opening being configured to form a second exhaust passage for connecting the inlet line to the outlet line. A valve member is arranged in the through opening and is configured to control a flow of exhaust air through the second exhaust passage. The valve member is configured to be actuated by pressurized air when a pressure value in the inlet line exceeds a threshold actuation pressure.

The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic jetting device, comprising a support frame, a material cartridge, and an electromagnetic jetting valve. The electromagnetic jetting valve comprises a valve body, a valve stem, and a driving assembly including a first magnet fixed relative to the valve body and a second magnet fixed relative to the valve stem, at least one of which is an electromagnet. When current flows in a clockwise direction through the electromagnet, a first magnetic force between the first and second magnets drives the valve stem away from the nozzle orifice; when the current direction is reversed to anticlockwise, a second magnetic force drives the valve stem toward the nozzle orifice. This arrangement enables jetting of high-viscosity liquid solely by reversing the current direction without altering the device structure.

A valve unit is provided which has a housing with a cover. Accommodated in the housing is a valve drive which is connected to a valve spindle. A closing body is arranged at an end of the valve drive opposite to the valve spindle. Furthermore, an elastic element is arranged between a contact face in the housing facing away from the closing body and the valve drive, so that the elastic element pretensions the valve drive toward the cover in a closed state of the valve unit. Such a configuration of the valve unit allows the accommodation of a valve unit in a housing to be simplified. Furthermore, the tolerances, for example the manufacturing tolerances of the housing, are compensated for by the pretensioning of the valve drive by the elastic element.

A check valve may include: a check seat defining a flow path and including downstream and upstream sides; a poppet assembly including a poppet body and a poppet seat, the poppet seat configured to form a fluid-tight seal with the downstream side; at least one first extension extending upstream from the poppet body and including a roller; and at least one cam arm disposed at least partially upstream of the poppet body and the check seat and configured to engage with the at least one roller; and at least one cam arm disposed at least partially upstream of the poppet body and the check seat and configured to engage with the at least one roller. Engagement between the at least one cam arm and the at least one roller is configured to urge the poppet in the upstream direction.