Temperature-sensitive safety valve assembly

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PATENT NO 5642859
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08633902

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A temperature sensitive safety valve assembly includes a housing for mounting at a faucet outlet and a safety valve element consisting of a rigid cap and an elastic bellows containing a body of temperature sensitive material. Below a predetermined temperature, the bellows has a first condition permitting flow of water towards the faucet outlet. Above the predetermined temperature, the bellows has a second condition restricting flow of water. The bellows also has a third condition, actuated by loss of at least a portion of the body of temperature sensitive material, in which a seal surface of the cap engages with an opposed seat surface of the housing to restrict flow of water towards the faucet outlet.

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WATTS REGULATOR CO815 CHESTNUT STREET NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845

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Ackroyd, Rand H Methuen, MA 14 288

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