Patent ID: 6192926
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A safety valve, especially for pneumatic circuits, which comprises:a body provided with an inlet and an outlet;a moving gate which separates said inlet from said outlet;a seat formed on said body and adapted for said gate to rest against it;hinge means for attaching the gate to the body of the valve; andmeans for keeping the gate in position against the seat; wherein said means for keeping the gate in position against the seat comprise a body attached to one end of the gate, said body being eccentrically hinged to the valve body in such a way that said body and the gate can rotate around a single hinge pin, said hinge pin being eccentrically arranged with respect to the geometric axis of said body such that the gate is kept in an open non-oscillating state when the pressure inside the valve exceeds 0.1 bar.