Patent ID: 7051756
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly, comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end; a poppet having a first stem extending from an axial end face of said poppet, the first stem being slidably received at least in part within the fluid outlet end of said housing, the first stem being suitably configured so as to be disposed in continuously non-contacting, spaced-apart relationship to said housing; an elongate receptacle having an inner chamber formed at a lower end thereof to house said poppet; said housing includes a base and a throat portion disposed on said base, the throat portion defining a fluid channel formed therein receiving the first poppet stem, the throat portion being disposed at least in part within the inner chamber of said elongate receptacle; a disc annularly disposed about the throat portion of said housing and overlying at least in part an upper side of the housing base; and said elongate receptacle includes a lower end body portion having a circumferential indent formed at the lowermost edge thereof, wherein said disc being annularly disposed about said elongate receptacle at the circumferential indent of the lower end body portion thereof; wherein the axial end face of said poppet being disposed transversally to an axial dimension of said valve assembly.