USRE40051E1 - One-piece self-venting drain valve - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to self-venting valves, and more particularly to a self-venting valve for draining water from fuel filter assemblies.
- Self-venting liquid drain valves have been known in the art for many years. Specifically, various assemblies have been made to provide fluid drainage from a vessel while providing a separate inlet for gas, such as air, to replace the fluid being drained. For example, in fuel/water separators used in diesel engines, water must be periodically drained using a valve assembly adapted to feed air into a separator while the water is being drained. The prior art devices have accomplished this by providing separate air and liquid passages formed through a portion of the valve assembly member.
- contaminants include water and particulate matter that tend to settle at the bottom of housings used to retain filter elements.
- drain valves are frequently positioned at the bottom of housings used to retain filter elements. If a simple drain cock is utilized for the valve, the drainage may not be complete or may not occur at all because a partial vacuum is created in the filter housing upon initiating drainage. The partial vacuum prevents water from flowing through the open valve.
- vent holes In order to facilitate drainage by breaking the partial vacuum, drainage valves in fuel filters are vented. It is necessary to close the vent hole when the valves are closed so that fluid within the fluid filter does not flow out through the vent hole. In prior art arrangements there is the possibility of vent holes becoming blocked by particulate debris suspended in the fuel or water at the bottom of the housing. This is because the end of the vent tube, which opens within the housing, is left continuously open so that over time particles can accumulate in the vent tube.
- drain valves are made of multiple parts that makes them expensive in manufacturing and laborious and difficult to assemble.
- the present invention provides a new and improved self-venting drain valve for filter assemblies and the like, which self-venting valve is reliable and is configured for ease of assembly and operation.
- the self-venting drain valve is provided for selectively permitting and preventing draining of contaminant liquid, such as water, from a housing of the filter assembly, such as a fuel filter assembly.
- the self-venting drain valve in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a one-piece unitary valve body slidably received within a valve retaining bore in the filter housing between a closed position preventing draining of contaminant liquid and an open position permitting draining of contaminant liquid.
- the homogenously formed one-piece unitary valve body comprises a valve stem portion positioned in the valve receiving bore within the filter housing, and a valve knob portion disposed at a lower portion of the valve stem portion and positioned outside the filter housing.
- the valve stem portion includes a substantially tubular wall member defining an internal passageway provided with at least one drain hole through which water is drained from the filter housing and the internal passageway, at least one cantilever snap arm formed in an upper end of the tubular wall member and at least one air vent opening therethrough defined by an axially extending space provided between the tubular wall member and the snap arm and through which ambient air can enter a filter housing through the internal passageway. Both the drain hole and the air vent opening are adapted to fluidly communicate the internal passageway to an ambient air.
- the air vent opening is formed through an upper end of the wall member and is open to a top edge thereof, while the drain hole is formed through the lower portion of the wall member.
- the valve body comprises two opposite drain holes and two opposite cantilever snap arms and, respectively, two opposite air vent openings.
- the lower portion of the wall member is provided with external threads which threadedly mate and are received within the internally threaded base of the filter housing.
- the external threads engage the internally threaded base when the drain valve is in the closed position.
- the snap arms formed at the upper end of the wall member engages the threaded base of the filter housing to secure open the drain valve.
- the valve knob portion is adapted to facilitate manual operation of the drain valve and to assist in draining water from the filter housing.
- the valve knob portion includes a substantially annular groove facing the valve stem portion and defining a drain reservoir, and a drain spout forming a drain passageway through which the water drains. The liquid drains from the filter housing through the internal passageway and the drain holes, then into the drain reservoir in the valve knob portion, and exits the valve through the drain spout.
- valve body of the self-venting drain valve including the tubular stem portion and the knob portion is homogenously formed as a one-piece unitary member and is made of a plastic material by an injection molding process.
- the one-piece self-venting drain valve in accordance with the present invention provides a simple self-venting liquid drain valve permitting liquid such as water to drain while gas such as ambient air enters the vessel being drained to facilitate drainage, even when the filter housing is subjected to a vacuum.
- the self-venting drain valve of the present invention is relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture because of the simplicity of its design that is a significant improvement over prior art valves.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a filter assembly
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a filter assembly in combination with a self-venting drain valve of the present invention in a closed position;
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the filter assembly in combination with the self-venting drain valve of the present invention in an open position;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the self-venting drain valve of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the self-venting drain valve of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the self-venting drain valve of the present invention.
- a filter assembly 10 to which the present invention can be applied, includes a housing 12 in which is disposed a filter element 14 that is biased by a coil spring 18 to seat against an end cap 20 .
- fuel to be filtered represented by arrows 21 , enters the housing 12 through a plurality of inlets 22 flows outside of the filter element 14 and through the filter element 14 into a hollow core 24 .
- the fuel 21 then flows out of end plate 20 through threaded outlet 26 and is delivered to an engine such as a diesel or other internal combustion engine.
- the filter element 14 separates water 27 from the fuel 21 as the fuel passes through the filter and the water pools in a space 28 at the bottom of the housing 12 .
- Solid particulate contaminants 30 which have been filtered out by the filter element 14 , also tend to fall out of the fuel 21 and water 27 and accumulate in the space 28 in the bottom of the housing 12 .
- an internally threaded base 40 disposed in an end opening 36 that is coaxial with the axis 38 of the fuel filter assembly 10 is an internally threaded base 40 having an internal thread 42 defining a valve receiving bore.
- the base 40 has a shelf 44 against which one end of the coil spring 18 bears, the other end of the coil spring bearing against the filter element 14 to hold the filter element in engagement with the plate 20 at an area 48 surrounding the outlet 26 .
- the water 27 accumulates in the bottom portion of the housing 12 thereof and must be drained periodically to permit continued satisfactory operation of the filter assembly 10 .
- a self-venting drain valve 50 is threadedly received through the valve receiving bore 42 in the base 40 .
- the valve 50 provides a drain path through which water collected in the bottom portion of the housing 12 may be drained out of the housing 12 while providing a passage for air to enter the housing 12 simultaneously to break the vacuum within the housing 12 and facilitate drainage.
- FIG. 2 when the valve is closed, liquid in the housing 12 cannot drain from the filter assembly.
- FIG. 2 when the valve is closed, liquid in the housing 12 cannot drain from the filter assembly.
- the drain valve 50 when self-venting the drain valve 50 is open, water 27 flows in the path of arrow 51 through the drain valve 50 while air follows the path of arrow 53 into the housing 12 to prevent a partial vacuum from occurring therein which would interfere with the flow of water out of the drain valve 50 . Since water is heavier than fuel 21 , water 27 accumulates in the space 28 while fuel remains above the top surface of the water. The drain valve 50 is held in the FIG. 3 position until the person draining water 27 from the filter assembly 10 detects only fuel 21 draining therefrom. As will be explained more fully below, the drain valve 50 described herein provides a self-venting feature by a structure that is comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture as compared to the prior art designs.
- the self-venting drain valve 50 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrated in detail in FIGS. 4 and 5 , comprises a homogenously formed one-piece unitary valve body 52 , preferably made of relatively lightweight and low-cost synthetic plastic materials that will not be corroded when exposed to the water flowing therethrough, such as rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
- PVC polyvinyl chloride
- the one-piece unitary valve body 52 is manufactured by injection molding.
- non-plastic corrosion-resistant materials such as stainless steel or aluminum, may be used for manufacturing the one-piece valve body 52 of the drain valve 50 .
- the one-piece unitary valve body 52 comprises a valve stem portion 54 and a valve knob portion 56 juxtaposed to a lower end of the valve stem portion 54 .
- the self-venting drain valve 50 is rotatably and slidably mounted to the filter housing 12 by the threaded base 40 .
- the drain valve 50 is movable between a closed position shown in FIG. 2 , and an open position shown in FIG. 3 , with the valve stem portion 54 extending through an opening in the threaded base 40 and the valve knob portion 56 positioned outside the filter housing 12 .
- the valve stem portion 54 is generally cylindrical in shape and includes a substantially tubular wall member 55 defining an internal passageway 58 through which liquid such as water may drain from the housing 12 of the filter assembly 10 and ambient air may enter the filter housing 12 , and at least one drain hole 62 through which water is drained from the filter housing 12 and the internal passageway 58 .
- the valve stem portion 54 of the valve body 52 includes two opposite drain holes 62 .
- the valve stem portion 54 further includes two opposite cantilever snap arms 66 adapted to retain the valve body 52 within the threaded base 40 in the open position.
- the snap arms 66 are preferably formed at the upper end of the wall member 55 integrally with the wall member 55 . As shown in FIGS.
- an axially extending space 60 is provided between the wall member 55 and the snap arms 66 .
- the space 60 defines an air vent opening through which ambient air can enter the filter housing 12 via the internal passageway 58 .
- the air vent openings 60 are formed through an upper end of the wall member 55 and are open to a top edge 55 ′ thereof, while the drain holes 62 are formed through the lower portion of the wall member 55 . It will be appreciated that any appropriate number of the snap arms, the air vent openings and drain holes, one, three, etc., is within the scope of the present invention.
- the lower portion of the wall member 55 is provided with external threads 64 which threadedly mate and are received within the internal threaded base 40 of the filter housing 12 .
- the external threads 64 engage the internally threaded base 40 as shown in FIG. 2 when the drain valve 50 is in the closed position.
- the cantilever snap arms 66 formed at the upper end of the wall member 55 engage the threaded base 40 of the filter housing 12 to secure open the drain valve 50 .
- the upper end of the wall member 55 may be provided with more than one external thread.
- the entry of air into the housing 12 of the filter assembly 10 as allowed by the air vent openings 60 is substantially above the drain holes 62 in order to facilitate drainage of the filter housing 12 as proper siphoning of water has been found to be assisted. It has been also found that the drain holes 62 of the water outlet should open slightly before the air vent openings 60 of the air inlet opens to provide the proper flow sequencing. This function is achieved by terminating lower ends of the air vent openings 60 well above openings of the drain holes 62 into the wall member 55 of the valve stem portion 54 .
- the valve-knob portion 56 is disposed at the lower portion of the valve stem portion 54 to facilitate manual operation and to assist in draining water as will be discussed below.
- the valve knob portion 56 includes a substantially annular groove 68 facing the valve stem portion 54 and defining a drain reservoir 69 , and a drain spout 70 forming a drain passageway 72 through which the water drains.
- the drain passageway 72 is open to the drain reservoir 69 at an upper end thereof, and to the ambient atmosphere at a lower end thereof.
- the drain spout 70 allows connection of a hose to drain fluid into a container without spillage. Additionally, the drain reservoir 69 allows to accumulate liquid being drained and also collects any liquid which may leak through a space between the valve stem portion 54 and the threaded base 40 .
- the knob portion 56 includes a wrench socket 74 formed at a bottom surface 73 thereof and adapted to receive a wrench (not shown) for rotatably driving the valve body 52 between the closed position and the open position.
- the wrench socket 74 has generally square shape adapted to receive a standard 1 ⁇ 2 inch wrench (not shown).
- the wrench socket 74 may be of any appropriate shape, such as hexagonal.
- a generally cylindrical outer peripheral surface 76 of the knob portion 56 is provided with axially oriented ribs 78 to facilitate manual gripping of the knob portion 56 of the valve body 52 .
- a gasket 63 disposed around the lower and of the valve stem portion 54 is trapped between a chamfered sealing surface 46 the threaded base 40 and the valve knob portion 56 when the drain valve 50 is in its closed position as shown in FIG. 2 , in order to seal the internal passageway 58 .
- the gasket 63 effectively seals both the air inlet and the water outlet when the drain valve 50 is in its closed position because the air vent openings 60 and the drain holes 62 are inside the filter housing 12 .
- the gasket 63 is the only gasket required.
- the gasket 63 is in the form of a conventional O-ring made of any appropriate elastic material, such as rubber.
- valve assembly 50 To drain fluid from the filter housing 12 , when valve assembly 50 is in the closed position as shown in FIG. 2 , the valve assembly 50 is unscrewed so that the external threads 64 no longer mate with the internally threaded base 40 .
- the unthreaded central portion of the valve stem portion 54 drops down through an aperture in the threaded base 40 of the filter housing 12 , until the snap arms 66 engage the threaded base 40 to retain the valve assembly 50 in the open position, as shown in FIG. 3 .
- liquid such as water in the filter housing 12 begins to siphon out of the filter housing 12 through the internal passageway 58 and the drain holes 62 , while ambient air enters the filter housing 12 through the air vent openings 60 and the internal passageway 58 .
- Water is siphoned through the passageway 58 because the drain holes 62 in the lower end of the valve stem portion 54 are disposed lower than the air vent openings 60 disposed at the upper end of the valve stem portion 54 .
- water After water exits the internal passage 58 through the drain holes 62 , it fills the drain reservoir 69 in the valve knob portion 56 , then drains through the drain passageway 72 in the drain spout 70 .
- the one-piece self-venting drain valve in accordance with the present invention provides a simple self-venting liquid drain valve permitting liquid such as water to drain while gas such as ambient air enters the vessel being drained to facilitate drainage, even when the filter housing is subjected to a vacuum.
- the air enters the filter housing through the same fluid path in the valve assembly the draining water exits the filter housing.
- the self-venting drain valve of the present invention is relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture because of the simplicity of its design that is a significant improvement over prior art valves.
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