Patent ID: 6283137
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: F04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A priming assembly comprising:an elongated siphon tube having an inlet end, discharge end, inner surface, outer surface and a length defined as the distance between its said ends;a one-way valve positioned within said tube adjacent to said inlet and; said valve comprising a flexible tubular sheath having an inner surface and outer surface; said outer surface of a first portion of said tube being sealed around the entire circumference of the inner surface of said tube, and a second portion of said tube extending toward said discharge end from said first portion; said second portion being collapsable from an open position to a closed position, such that in said open position, fluid and debris are allowed to flow through the interior of said sheath from said inlet end towards said discharge end and such that in said closed position said second portion collapses, preventing the flow of fluid and debris from said dicharge end to said inlet end, and wherein said valve body includes an outlet end which is cut at an angle relative to the length of said tube, whereby said second portion is guided to collapse from said open to said closed position toward one side of said tube.