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Abstract

The invention relates to a damper valve for arrangement in a liquid conduit to control flow through the conduit in both directions, and of the kind comprising an apertured port plate with resilient flaps covering the ports so that fluid flow can only take place unidirectionally through a flap covered port. The valve also has a pair of main bump ports (11) covered by a centrally anchored elongate metal leaf (12) disposed on a first side of the port plate (10); a pair of rebound ports (13) similarly covered by a centrally anchored elongate metal leaf (14) disposed on the second side of the port plate (10); said pairs of bump and rebound ports (11 and 13) being of generally similar size. The invention is characterized in that there are provided at locations substantially co-planar with said main bump ports, two blow-off bump ports (16) which are larger than said main bump ports (11), which blow-off bump ports are covered by a separate centrally anchored bow-shaped metal leaf spring (17) which bridges the leaf spring (12 ) closing the main bump ports (11) and which spring (17) has its ends curved inwardly and shaped to constitute a pair of valving flaps, which inwardly curved flaps are preloaded against the blow-off bump ports (16) to such extent that said blow-off bump ports (16) are arranged to open only when the fluid pressure, in bump flow, rises substantially above the pressure corresponding to opening of the main bump valve ports (11).

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First Claim