Vent valve assembly

Claim 1

A VENT VALVE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING VERTICAL TUBULAR MEANS DEFINING A VENTING PASSAGE HAVING AN INLET AT ITS LOWER END AND AN OUTLET AT ITS UPPER END, AN ANNULAR VALVE SEAT HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING AND SECURED INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS, A FLOAT MEMBER MOUNTED IN THE LOWER PART OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID VALVE SEAT TO CLOSE THE OPENING THEREIN TO BLOCK SAID VENTING PASSAGE WHEN LIQUID RISES TO A PRE-DETERMINED LEVEL WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEANS BELOW THE VALVE SEAT, A DETACHABLE BAFFLE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE UPPER PART OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST INVERTED CUP-SHAPED MEMBER OVERLYING SAID OPENING IN THE VALVE SEAT, A SERIES OF VERTICALLY SPACED OFFSET BAFFLE PLATES DISPOSED ABOVE SAID CUP-SHAPED MEMBER, AND STEM MEANS SECURING SAID CUPSHAPED MEMBER AND SAID BAFFLE PLATES IN THE AFOREMENTIONED RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER, A SPIDER MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS, AN UMBRELLA-LIKE CAP, AND SECOND MEANS ON SAID STEM MEANS DETACHABLY SECURING SAID BAFFLE ASSEMBLY AND SAID CUP TO SAID SPIDER WITH SAID CAP SUPPORTED IN SAID OVERLYING AND SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UPPER END OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS.