摘要 |
A pressure relief check valve includes a valve body, a flapper, a magnet coupled to the flapper, and an adjustment mechanism. The valve body has an upstream side, a downstream side, and a flow channel that extends therebetween. The flapper is rotationally mounted on the valve body, and is movable between a closed position, in which the flapper at least substantially seals the flow channel, and an open position, in which the flapper unseals the flow channel. The adjustment mechanism comprises a magnetically permeable material, and is movably coupled to the valve body at a position in which the adjustment mechanism is magnetically attracted to the magnet with a magnetic closing force at least when the flapper is in the closed position, to thereby at least substantially inhibit flapper movement from the closed position. Movement of the adjustment mechanism varies the magnetic closing force.
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