Patent ID: 7293579

Claim:
A poppet valve arrangement, comprising: a housing defining a bore and having a valve seat adjacent to one end of the bore and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connected to the bore; and a poppet disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, the poppet having a valving surface on an end portion thereof and operative to sealingly mate with the valve seat of the housing and the poppet having an odd number of integral guide legs on another end portion thereof and the integral guide legs being disposed about the periphery of the poppet and of a size sufficient to permit free flow of fluid thereby and to permit the poppet to slide freely within the bore, each of the integral guide legs having a first end portion integrally attached to the another end portion and a second, freely extending end portion extending away from the another end portion in a direction away from the end portion having the valving surface: and a passage defined therethrough from the end portion to the other end portion thereof, the poppet valve includes a support surface on the other end portion thereof and defines a relief cavity extending inwardly from the support surface thereof and the relief cavity is concentric with the passage defined therein, wherein the relief cavity is generally irregular at the support surface and conical in shape as it extends inwardly from the support surface.