US Patent Issued to Watts Regulator on Aug. 5 for "Temperature and pressure relief valve" (New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,236, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Watts Regulator Co. (North Andover, Mass.).

"Temperature and pressure relief valve" was invented by Joseph Michael Burke (Deerfield, N.H.) and Yousef S. Almesad (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature and pressure relief valve apparatus including a body having a first conduit connected to a water heater and a second conduit connected to a discharge pipe. A valve member, positioned between the first and second conduits, is normally biased closed to prevent flow between the conduits. The valve member is configured such that when a temperature or pressure within the water heater exceeds...