US3858750A - Pressure relief valve - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
- B65D51/16—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas
- B65D51/1633—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by automatic opening of the closure, container or other element
- B65D51/1644—Closures not otherwise provided for with means for venting air or gas whereby venting occurs by automatic opening of the closure, container or other element the element being a valve
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A47J36/00—Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels
- A47J36/06—Lids or covers for cooking-vessels
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- ABSTRACT A cooking pot cover has an opening in which a valve body is vertically slideably and rotatably mounted.
- a flange on the bottom of the valve body is cngageable with the cover to limit the upward movement of the valve body.
- a separately-formed valve cap is snapfitted from above into the top of the valve body and is engageable with the cover to limit downward move ment of the valve body.
- references Cited cal portion of the valve body is positioned to be above UNITED STATES PATENTS the cover when the valve body is in a raised position 1,834,837 12/1931 HaShlmOtO 220/44 R and to be below the Cover when I119 valve y is in its 1,862,778 6/1932 Vought '220/44 E lowermost position. Locking ribs project radially from 1,867,994 7/1932 Wisenor et al.
- a pressure relief valve body is vertically slideably and rotatably mounted in an opening in a utensil cover.
- Means on a lower portion of the valve body is engageable with the cover to limit upward movement of the valve body.
- a separately-formed valve cap is snapfitted from above into the valve body when the body is inserted from beneath the cover.
- a vent opening in the valve body is positioned to be above the cover when the valve body is in a raised position and to be below the cover when the valve body is in its lowered position.
- Cooperating locking means on the valve body and cover selectively hold the valve body in its lowered position when the valve body is in one rotational position and permit upward movement of the valve body when it is in another rotational position to vent steam through the vent opening.
- FIG. I is an enlarged side elevational view, partially in vertical section, of the pressure relief valve of this invention as its component parts are being assembled on a utensil cover, a fragment of the cover and utensil being shown.
- FIG. 2 is a fragmentary top view of the utensil cover showing the opening therein for receiving the valve body.
- FIG. 3 is a side elevational view, partially cut away, of a utensil having the pressure relief valve of FIGS. 1 and 2 installed on its cover and .in venting position.
- FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. I showing the valve dialed to locking position.
- FIG. 5 is a top view looking in the direction indicated by the line 55 in FIG. 4.
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged top view of the valve body alone before the valve cap is attached thereto.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 77 of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 2 shows one embodiment of the invention which is mounted in an opening 10 (FIG. 2) in the cover 12 (FIG. 3) of a cooking pot 14.
- This embodiment includes a valve body 16 and a valve cap 18 which are snap-fitted together by means described hereinafter.
- Valve body 16 is shaped in the form of a cylindrical sleeve having an outer diameter which is slightly smaller than the opening 10 so that valve body 16 will be vertically slideable and rotatable therein.
- Two vertical locking ribs 20 (FIGS. 4 and 6) are formed on the outside of the cylindrical portion of the valve body 16.
- Locking ribs 20 are semi-cylindrical in cross section
- valve body 16 is movable up and down in opening 10 when the locking ribs 20 are aligned with recesses 22.
- the upper ends 24 of ribs 20 (FIGS. 4 and 7) abut against the underside of the utensil cover I2 and prevent the valve body 16 from moving upwardly.
- vent openings 26 are formed in valve body 16 in such position as to be above the cover 12 when the valve body 16 is in a raised position, as shown in FIG. 3, but to be below cover I2 when the valve body 16 is in its lowered position.
- valve body I6 when valve body I6 is in the dialed position of FIGS. I and 3 in which locking ribs 20 are aligned with recesses 22, steam pressure in pot I4 will enter the interior of the cylindrical body I6 to push the valve body upwardly until vents 26 are above cover I2, thereby allowing the steam to escape from pot I4 through the vents 26 and thus relieve the pressure within pot I4.
- Upward movement of the valve body 16 is limited by a flange 28 (FIG.
- valve body 16 which is formed at the bottom of valve body 16 and which projects outwardly therefrom so as to engage the under surface of the cover 12.
- valve body 16 and the valve cap 18 can be easily assembled by simply snap-fitting the two parts together.
- the top of the valve body has an opening 30 with an inwardly-tapering and rounded margin 32.
- the opening 30 is dimensioned to yieldingly receive a cylindrical stem 34 having a conically-tapered lower portion 36 providing a shoulder 38 which is positioned so that it can be snapped beneath the margin of the opening 30 to lock the cap 18 to the body member I6 (see FIG. 1). This is accomplished by the simple expedient of pressing the two parts together with the body 16 positioned beneath the pot cover I2 and the cap I8 inserted from above the cover.
- Cap 18 has a raised, tapered finger hold .40 (FIGS. I and 5) on its upper surface to allow the cap 1% to be easily grasped for dialing.
- the front end of the finger grip 40 is pointed at 42 to form an indicator to show the orientation of the locking ribs 20.
- a pair of guide openings 44 are formed on the upper surface of valve body 16 and are positioned to receive matching guide bosses 46 (FIG. I) when the valve cap 18 is press-fitted onto the valve body I6.
- valve cap I8 and valve body 16 can be conveniently molded from a suitable plastic material such as is available under the trade name of Zytel, or any other suitable plastic material such as nylon. This type of material has sufficient resiliency to provide for the snap-fit during assembly when the conical portion 36 of stem 34 is snapped from the full line position of FIG. 1 to the dotted line assembled position. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the valve cap 18 and valve body 16 can be mass produced at a very low cost by injection molding or similar processes. Also, the opening and semi-circular recesses 22 can be easily made in the cover 12 at a very low cost.
- a pressure relief valve body vertically slideably and rotatably mounted within said opening; means on a lower portion of said valve body engageable with said cover to limit the upward movement of said valve body; a separately-formed valve cap for said valve body, said cap having means engageable with the top of the cover to limit the downward movement of the valve body; cooperating means on said cap and valve body connecting the same in assembled relationship while aligned with the cover opening and with the cover between at least a portion of said valve body and cap, said valve body having a vent opening positioned to be above said cover when said valve body is in a raised position and positioned to be below said cover when said valve body is in its lowered position; and cooperating locking means on said valve body and cover to selectively lock said valve body in its lowered position when the valve body is in one position of rotation and to permit upward movement when the valve body is in another position of rotation.
- said means on the bottom of said valve body engageable with said cover to limit the upward movement of said valve body comprises an outwardly-extending flange at the lower end of said valve body, said flange extending far enough outwardly from said valve body so that it will abut against the bottom of said cover when the valve body is in a raised position.
- said cooperating means on said cap and valve body for connecting the same in assembled relationship comprises an opening in the top of said valve body having an inwardly-tapered marginal portion, a stem projecting downwardly from said valve cap and having a conically-tapered lower portion providing a shoulder, there being relative resiliency between said tapered stem portion and the marginal portion of the opening, and said tapered portion and shoulder of said stem being positioned and sized to snap through said tapered marginal portion of said opening in response to pressure.
- said cooperating locking means on said valve body and cover comprises at least one looking rib projecting radially outwardly from said valve body, and at least one cooperating recess in the margin of said cover opening, said recess being large enough to receive said locking rib when the rib is aligned with said recess to permit upward movement of the valve member to venting position, and the upper end of said locking rib being located adjacent the lower surface of said cover when said locking rib is out of alignment with said recess to lock the valve body in non-venting position.
- valve body is a cylindrical sleeve having an outwardlyprojecting annular flange at the lower end thereof and having a top opening, the inner margin of said opening being tapered, and further comprising a tapered stem projecting from the bottom of said valve cap dimensioned to interact with said tapered margin to provide for snap-fitting the two parts together.
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US4143787A (en) * | 1978-06-15 | 1979-03-13 | National Presto Industries, Inc. | Captivated over-pressure relief air vent assembly |
US4642105A (en) * | 1984-02-21 | 1987-02-10 | Toter Kimberly A M | Gastric drainage system |
US20040065051A1 (en) * | 2002-10-04 | 2004-04-08 | Patterson Justin C. | Appliance for vacuum sealing food containers |
US20040084450A1 (en) * | 2002-11-05 | 2004-05-06 | Tilia International, Inc. | Canister lid with improved evacuation and vent assembly |
US6789690B2 (en) | 2002-04-19 | 2004-09-14 | Tilia International, Inc. | Hose direct canister lid |
US20050022473A1 (en) * | 2003-07-31 | 2005-02-03 | Small Steven D. | Removable drip trays and bag clamps for vacuum packaging appliances |
US20050044814A1 (en) * | 2002-10-04 | 2005-03-03 | Patterson Justin C. | Appliance for vacuum sealing food containers |
US20050050855A1 (en) * | 2003-02-27 | 2005-03-10 | Baptista Alexandre A. N. | Vacuum packaging appliance with removable trough |
US20050061370A1 (en) * | 2003-08-16 | 2005-03-24 | Landen Higer | Vacuum packaging appliance spice rack |
US20060000733A1 (en) * | 2004-07-02 | 2006-01-05 | Albritton Charles W | Rigid container with vacuum channel walls |
US20060218885A1 (en) * | 2003-07-31 | 2006-10-05 | Tilia International, Inc. | Vacuum packaging appliance |
US20070068120A1 (en) * | 2002-10-04 | 2007-03-29 | Jcs/Thg, Llc. | Appliance for vacuum sealing food containers |
US7478516B2 (en) | 2003-07-31 | 2009-01-20 | Sunbeam Products, Inc. | Vacuum packaging appliance |
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US1867994A (en) * | 1930-08-30 | 1932-07-19 | Gertrude C Wisenor | Lid for cooking utensils |
US2219498A (en) * | 1939-12-11 | 1940-10-29 | Joseph L Steyaert | Pot or pan cover |
US3047186A (en) * | 1957-12-06 | 1962-07-31 | Anthony W Serio | Vent knob |
US3055536A (en) * | 1958-04-19 | 1962-09-25 | Dieny Alfred | Closing device for a pressure container |
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US3374805A (en) * | 1965-08-16 | 1968-03-26 | Kelsey Hayes Co | Pressure relief valve |
US3395695A (en) * | 1965-06-05 | 1968-08-06 | Nagashima Jiro | Cooker having a steam pressure control valve |
US3454182A (en) * | 1965-09-30 | 1969-07-08 | Timken Roller Bearing Co | Vent grommets |
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US2219498A (en) * | 1939-12-11 | 1940-10-29 | Joseph L Steyaert | Pot or pan cover |
US3047186A (en) * | 1957-12-06 | 1962-07-31 | Anthony W Serio | Vent knob |
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US3395695A (en) * | 1965-06-05 | 1968-08-06 | Nagashima Jiro | Cooker having a steam pressure control valve |
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US3454182A (en) * | 1965-09-30 | 1969-07-08 | Timken Roller Bearing Co | Vent grommets |
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US4143787A (en) * | 1978-06-15 | 1979-03-13 | National Presto Industries, Inc. | Captivated over-pressure relief air vent assembly |
US4642105A (en) * | 1984-02-21 | 1987-02-10 | Toter Kimberly A M | Gastric drainage system |
US6789690B2 (en) | 2002-04-19 | 2004-09-14 | Tilia International, Inc. | Hose direct canister lid |
US20040065051A1 (en) * | 2002-10-04 | 2004-04-08 | Patterson Justin C. | Appliance for vacuum sealing food containers |
US20050044814A1 (en) * | 2002-10-04 | 2005-03-03 | Patterson Justin C. | Appliance for vacuum sealing food containers |
US20070068120A1 (en) * | 2002-10-04 | 2007-03-29 | Jcs/Thg, Llc. | Appliance for vacuum sealing food containers |
US20040084450A1 (en) * | 2002-11-05 | 2004-05-06 | Tilia International, Inc. | Canister lid with improved evacuation and vent assembly |
US7048136B2 (en) | 2002-11-05 | 2006-05-23 | Tilia International, Inc. | Canister lid with improved evacuation and vent assembly |
US7484346B2 (en) | 2003-02-27 | 2009-02-03 | Sunbeam Products, Inc. | Vacuum packaging appliance with removable trough |
US20050050855A1 (en) * | 2003-02-27 | 2005-03-10 | Baptista Alexandre A. N. | Vacuum packaging appliance with removable trough |
US7204067B2 (en) | 2003-02-27 | 2007-04-17 | Sunbeam Products, Inc. | Vacuum packaging appliance with removable trough |
US20070033907A1 (en) * | 2003-07-31 | 2007-02-15 | Tilia International Inc. | Removable drip trays and bag clamps for vacuum packaging appliances |
US20060218885A1 (en) * | 2003-07-31 | 2006-10-05 | Tilia International, Inc. | Vacuum packaging appliance |
US7464522B2 (en) | 2003-07-31 | 2008-12-16 | Sunbeam Products, Inc. | Vacuum packaging appliance |
US7478516B2 (en) | 2003-07-31 | 2009-01-20 | Sunbeam Products, Inc. | Vacuum packaging appliance |
US20050022473A1 (en) * | 2003-07-31 | 2005-02-03 | Small Steven D. | Removable drip trays and bag clamps for vacuum packaging appliances |
US20050061370A1 (en) * | 2003-08-16 | 2005-03-24 | Landen Higer | Vacuum packaging appliance spice rack |
US20060000733A1 (en) * | 2004-07-02 | 2006-01-05 | Albritton Charles W | Rigid container with vacuum channel walls |
CN102397011A (en) * | 2011-11-03 | 2012-04-04 | 中山市美斯特实业有限公司 | Pressure relief device of soybean milk machine |
CN103479230A (en) * | 2011-11-03 | 2014-01-01 | 中山市美斯特实业有限公司 | Pressure relief device of soybean milk machine |
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USD677518S1 (en) | 2012-05-18 | 2013-03-12 | Hy Cite Enterprises LLC | Pan |
USD677517S1 (en) | 2012-05-18 | 2013-03-12 | Hy Cite Enterprises LLC | Pan |
USD677979S1 (en) | 2012-05-18 | 2013-03-19 | Hy Cite Enterprises LLC | Pan lid |
CN107150857A (en) * | 2017-06-26 | 2017-09-12 | 中山市意创科技研发有限公司 | A kind of container cover with releasing pressure automatically function |
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