AUTOMATIC VALVE FOR DRINKING WATER Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: sanitary engineering. SUBSTANCE: valve has housing with a seat, inlet opening and outlet branch pipe, valving member with shanks arranged inside the housing, and driving member made up as a lever, which is arranged in the same plane as the outlet branch pipe and can interact with one of the shanks of the valving member. In the inlet opening of the housing upstream of the valving member is a connecting pipe having a baffle with through openings. In the shank is a through groove for receiving detachable wedge with an angle no more than 5°. The lever is corner, double-armed, and provided with a stop made up as an area on the smaller arm interacting with the shank of the valving member. The lever is mounted for permitting movement until the stop is in a contact with the housing when one acts on the larger arm with a hand. The seat is provided with a sealing ring interacting with the valving member. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 3 dwg