Federal Signal Corporation
CHECK VALVE FOR SLURRY WATER PUMP

Abstract:

An improved check valve includes a valve seat having a seating surface and a guiding barrel body; the seating surface having a groove; an elastomeric seal member oriented in the groove; a valve cage having a cylindrical valve cage body and opposite open and closed ends, the closed end being closed by a valve disk; the valve cage body having a plurality of windows allowing fluid flow therethrough; the valve cage body being sized to slide inside of the guiding barrel body; the valve cage further including a groove at an outer perimeter adjacent the open end of said valve cage body; a retainer arrangement including a washer and a lock ring; the washer having a recess pocket and being sized to slide over the valve cage and against the guiding barrel body; the lock ring being seated within the groove of the valve cage and having an outer diameter sized to be oriented within the recess pocket of the washer; and a compression spring oriented outside of the guiding barrel body and held by the retainer arrangement between the open end of the valve cage and against the valve seat to urge the seating surface of the valve seat against the valve disk.