Patent ID: 6679289
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A check valve assembly including a valve body defining a chamber, an inlet port, an outlet port, and a poppet positioned in the cavity to be movable between a first position in which the poppet closes one of the ports to prevent the flow of flowable material through the valve assembly and a second position in which the poppet allows for the flow of flowable material through the valve assembly; the valve body including:a bottom portion having an open top; the bottom portion defining a cavity defining a portion of a sphere; and a lid assembly which closes the open top of the bottom portion; the lid assembly defining a cavity defining a portion of a sphere; the bottom and top portion cavities being formed by walls which, when the lid assembly is assembled to the bottom portion, defines a sphere, such that the valve chamber is substantially spherical in shape.