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Backflow preventer for hand spray
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Inventors: Gnauert, Werner; Jensen, Hans-Jurgen;
Assignee: Friedrich Grohe Armaturenfabrik GmbH & Co. (Hemer, DE)
Primary Examiner: Michalsky; Gerald A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Dubno; Herbert, Wilford; Andrew
A backflow preventer used in combination with a plumbing fixture has a pressurizable supply line, an output hose that can be equipped with a sprayer or shower, and a drain. It further has a valve casing having an inlet valve seat forming an inlet port connected to the supply line, a vent valve seat forming a vent port opening to the atmosphere, and an outlet port opening laterally between the seats and connected to the supply hose. A valve body is movable in the casing between a normal-flow position on the vent seat blocking the vent and permitting flow between the inlet and outlet ports and a backflow-preventing position on the inlet seat blocking the inlet port and permitting flow between the outlet and vent ports. A spring or the like biases the valve body toward the inlet seat into the backflow-preventing position with a pressure sufficient to overcome atmospheric pressure at the inlet port so as to permit movement of the valve body into the normal-flow position when pressure at the inlet port substantially exceeds atmospheric pressure. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
In combination with a plumbing fixture having a vessel capable of containing a body of water having a liquid level; a pressurizable supply line; an output hose; and a drain, a backflow preventer comprising: a valve casing below the liquid level and having an inlet valve seat forming an inlet port connected to the supply line, a vent valve seat forming a vent port opening to the atmosphere, and an outlet port opening laterally between the seats and connected to the supply hose; a valve body in the casing movable between a normal-flow position on the vent seat blocking the vent and permitting flow between the inlet and outlet ports and a backflow-preventing position on the inlet seat blocking the inlet port and permitting flow between the outlet and vent ports; and biasing means urging the valve body toward the inlet seat into the backflow-preventing position with a pressure sufficient to overcome atmospheric pressure at the inlet port and for permitting movement of the valve body into the normal-flow position when pressure at the inlet port substantially exceeds atmospheric pressure.
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The backflow preventer defined in claim 1, further comprising a second such casing, body, and biasing means immediately adjacent the first-mentioned casing, body, and biasing means, the second casing having an inlet port connected to the outlet port of the first casing and an outlet port connected to the outlet fitting.
3.
The backflow preventer defined in claim 2 wherein the outlet port of the first casing is above the inlet seat of the second casing.
4.
The backflow preventer defined in claim 1 wherein the biasing means is a spring.
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The backflow preventer defined in claim 1 wherein the inlet port opens vertically upward, the outlet port opens horizontally.
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The backflow preventer defined in claim 1, further comprising: a housing formed with an inlet fitting connected to the supply line, an output fitting connected to the output hose, a vent hole open to the atmosphere, and a drain fitting connected to the drain, the inlet and outlet ports being connected to the respective fittings
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