OVERFILL PROTECTION DEVICE

摘要

Overfill protection device consisting of a main valve (10) and an auxiliary valve (18). This is suitable in particular for tanks to be filled with liquid, such as an LPG tank. There is a float device (22) (fig 2) that closes the auxiliary valve (18) when a desired fill level is reached. The main valve (10) consists of a piston or membrane (11) that on one side is loaded by the inlet pressure and on the other side is connected via a restriction (12) and the auxiliary valve (18) to the interior of the tank. When the auxiliary valve (18) is closed the pressure increases and an equal pressure prevails on either side of the valve body of the main valve, which leads to closure of the main valve. According to the invention the auxiliary valve is closed by means of a rod (21) attached to the float device. This closing movement is a positive pull movement. The float device is provided with a counterweight (25) (fig 2).