Multiple ring valve

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE RING VALVE, IN PARTICULAR FOR HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-PRESSURE COMPRESSORS, COMPRISING A VALVE SEAT AND A VALVE GUARD IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID VALVE SEAT, CONCENTRICAL PORTS IN THE VALVE SEAT AND PORTS IN THE VALVE GUARD, AT LEAST ONE SPACER LOCATED BETWEEN THE VALVE SEAT AND THE VALVE GUARD DETERMINING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VALVE SEAT AND THE VALVE GUARD, A VALVE PLATE CONSISTING OF CONCENTRICAL RINGS AN A RADIAL WEBS INTERCONNECTING THE SAID RINGS, THE SAID VALVE PLATE COVERING THE PORTS IN THE VALVE SEAT, AN A GUIDE PLATE OF ABOUT THE SAME CROSS-SECTION AS THE VALVE PLATE FOR THE FRICTIONLESS GUIDANCE OF THE VALVE PLATE, BOTH SAID PLATES BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE VALVE SEAT AND THE VALVE GUARD, THE INNERMOST RING OF THE VALVE PLATE BEING RIPPED OPEN BY OBLIQUELY EXTENDING SLOTS TO FORM FLEXIBLE ARMS CONNECTED WITH THE REMAINING RINGS OF THE VALVE PLATE BY MEANS OF RADIAWEBS, THE SAID GUIDE PLATE COMPRISING A HUB LOCKED IN THE VALVE AXIS AND THE FLEXIBLE GUIDE ARMS CUT OUT OF THE SAID GUIDE PLATE, ONE PART OF THE SAID GUIDE ARMS BEING CONNECTED WITH SAID HUB AND THE OTHER PART THEREOF BEING CONNECTED WITH THE FLEXIBLE ARMS OF THE VALVE PLATE, THE FLEXIBLE ARMS OF THE VALVE PLATE COVERING THE INNERMOST PORT OF THE VALVE SEAT, SAID PORT BEING LOCATED CLOSE TO THE SAID SPACER AN SURROUNDING SAME, THE SAID SPACER BEING CUT OUT IN THE AREA OF THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE FLEXIBLE ARMS OF THE VALVE PLATE AND THE GUIDE ARMS OF THE GUIDE PLATE, SO AS TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO PLATES.