Safety valve for fluid systems

Claim 1

In combination with a reciprocable motor, a compressed air supply line for said reciprocable motor, said line having a supply valve for selectively pressurizing and exhausting said line and a control valve for said motor fed by said line through said supply valve, a safety valve interposed between said supply and control valves, said safety valve having a housing, supply and outlet ports in said housing, a radial valve seat in said housing, a valve stem carrying a poppet valve member engageable with said seat, said supply port being connected to said seat so as to urge said poppet valve member against the seat, a spring urging said member against the seat, a piston carried by said stem and movable in a piston chamber in said housing leading to one face of said housing, a portion of said piston chamber being formed by a cover mounted on said housing face, means separating the other side of said piston from said supply and outlet ports, a first passage in said housing leading from said supply port to the portion of said piston chamber formed by said cover, .Iadd.means comprising .Iaddend.an unrestricted second passage .[.in said housing.]. leading from said portion of the piston chamber to said outlet port, and means for adjustably restricting said first passage, said means comprising a member manually movable with respect to said passage and accessible by an operator from the outside of said housing in the vicinity of said housing face and cover, said adjustable restriction member further comprising a needle valve rotatably mounted in said cover passing through said piston chambers portion and disposed within a portion of said first passage, whereby rotation of said needle valve will adjust restriction, the relative dimensions of said piston and spring being such that said piston will shift said valve member against the urging of said spring to its open position when a predetermined proportion of said full line pressure has been reached.