Patent ID: 9702472
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: F16K

Claim:
1. A pressure relief valve, comprising: a valve body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connected by a fluid passageway; and a one-piece combined plug disposed within the fluid passageway, the one-piece combined plug including a central bore that allows fluid to flow through the one-piece combined plug; and a branch channel extending outward from one end of the central bore, the branch channel being angled, non-parallel and non-perpendicular, relative to a longitudinal axis of the combined plug, wherein the combined plug includes a seat at a first end, a spring guide at a second end, and a plug between the seat and the spring guide, the seat including a front surface that is distal to the plug, and the seat further including an angled side surface that is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the valve body, the angled side surface extending from a terminus of the branch channel to the front surface.