Patent ID: 8267375
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: F15B,F16B,F16K

Abstract:
1. A cartridge valve assembly comprising: an outer valve body; a solenoid coil assembly for actuating a moveable plunger between an open and closed position; a valve seal seated about said outer valve body for being sealingly and removably secureable to a valve receptacle in a valve manifold; said valve seal being a conformant material and constructed to both seal against normal outer and exerting pressures encountered by said outer valve body and to frictionally retain said outer valve seal in a seated position against said outer and exerting pressures; said conformant material allows manually pulling of said body out of said valve receptacle such that said outer valve body is removable from said valve receptacle; a threadless valve nose seat positioned within the radial confines of said valve seal; said outer valve body having a first valve opening and a second valve opening both within the radial confines of said valve seal with said second valve opening extending straight through the threadless valve nose seat and said first valve opening positioned between said threadless valve nose seat and said valve seal and having an outlet facing the same direction as an axial end of the threadless valve nose seat; said moveable plunger operable between a closed position to abut said threadless valve nose seat to close off said first opening from said second opening and an open position away from said valve nose seat to allow flow between said first valve opening and said second valve opening; and said valve seal being a sealing gasket for a threadless seal connection to said valve manifold.