Stop valve and air conditioner having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10378658-B2
Application number	US-201515538810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2015
Priority date	Apr 3, 2015
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

Provided are a stop valve (100) and an air conditioner having the same. The stop valve (100) includes: a valve seat (1) defining a valve chamber (11) and a fitting chamber (12) in communication with the valve chamber (11), in which the fitting chamber (12) is located at a first end face of the valve chamber (11) and the valve chamber (11) is provided with two ports (112) in communication with the valve chamber (11); a lantern ring (2) fitted in one of the two ports (112); a valve disc (3) including a fitting part (31) and a stopping part (32) disposed to the fitting part (31), in which the fitting part (31) is threadedly fitted with the fitting chamber (12), the stopping part (32) is located in the valve chamber (11); and an elastic sealing member (4).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stop valve, comprising:
a valve seat defining a valve chamber and a fitting chamber in communication with the valve chamber, wherein the fitting chamber is located at a first end face of the valve chamber and the valve chamber is provided with two ports in communication with the valve chamber;
a lantern ring fitted in one of the two ports and engaged with an inner wall of the one of the two ports;
a valve disc comprising a fitting part and a stopping part disposed to the fitting part, wherein the fitting part is threadedly fitted with the fitting chamber, a thread fit between the fitting part and the fitting chamber allowing the fitting part to move back and forth in the fitting chamber, the stopping part being located in the valve chamber and threadedly fitted with an inner wall of the valve chamber, a thread fit between the stopping part and the valve chamber allowing the stopping part to move back and forth in the valve chamber, and the stopping part being configured to touch the first end face or the lantern ring to communicate or block the two ports;
an elastic sealing member disposed at an end face of an outer periphery of the stopping part facing the lantern ring and configured to touch an end face of the lantern ring to block a communication of the two ports; and
a fastening washer and a fixing member, wherein the fixing member passes through the fastening washer and the elastic sealing member successively to be fixed to the valve disc; and, wherein
the elastic sealing member is provided with a groove for receiving the fastening washer, and an end face of the elastic sealing member facing the lantern ring is flush with an end face of the fastening washer.

2. The stop valve according to claim 1 , wherein a free end of the fixing member is flush with the fastening washer.

3. The stop valve according to claim 1 , wherein the stopping part is provided with a receiving groove, the elastic sealing member comprises a central part and a peripheral part surrounding the central part, the peripheral part is disposed at the end face of the outer periphery of the stopping part facing the lantern ring for touching the end face of the lantern ring, and the central part is received in the receiving groove.

4. The stop valve according to claim 1 , further comprising an annular sealing gasket embedded in an outer peripheral wall of the fitting part.

5. The stop valve according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic sealing member is fitted with the end face of the lantern ring in a non-inclined plane.

6. The stop valve according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic sealing member is fitted with the end face of the lantern ring in an inclined plane.

7. The stop valve according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic sealing member is a rubber member or a plastic member.

8. An air conditioner, comprising a stop valve, wherein the stop valve comprises:
a valve seat defining a valve chamber and a fitting chamber in communication with the valve chamber, wherein the fitting chamber is located at a first end face of the valve chamber and the valve chamber is provided with two ports in communication with the valve chamber;
a lantern ring fitted in one of the two ports and engaged with an inner wall of the one of the two ports;
a valve disc comprising a fitting part and a stopping part disposed to the fitting part, wherein the fitting part is threadedly fitted with the fitting chamber, the thread fit between the fitting part and the fitting chamber allowing the fitting part to move back and forth in the fitting chamber, the stopping part being located in the valve chamber and threadedly fitted with an inner wall of the valve chamber, a thread fit between the stopping part and the valve chamber allowing the stopping part to move back and forth in the valve chamber, and the stopping part being configured to touch the first end face or the lantern ring to communicate or block the two ports;
an elastic sealing member disposed at an end face of an outer periphery of the stopping part facing the lantern ring and configured to touch an end face of the lantern ring to block a communication of the two ports; and
a fastening washer and a fixing member, wherein the fixing member passes through the fastening washer and the elastic sealing member successively to be fixed to the valve disc; and, wherein
the elastic sealing member is provided with a groove for receiving the fastening washer, and an end face of the elastic sealing member facing the lantern ring is flush with an end face of the fastening washer.

9. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein a free end of the fixing member is flush with the fastening washer.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the stopping part is provided with a receiving groove, the elastic sealing member comprises a central part and a peripheral part surrounding the central part, the peripheral part is disposed at the end face of the outer periphery of the stopping part facing the lantern ring for touching the end face of the lantern ring, and the central part is received in the receiving groove.

11. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , further comprising an annular sealing gasket embedded in an outer peripheral wall of the fitting part.

12. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the elastic sealing member is fitted with the end face of the lantern ring in a non-inclined plane.

13. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the elastic sealing member is fitted with the end face of the lantern ring in an inclined plane.

14. The air conditioner according to claim 8 , wherein the elastic sealing member is a rubber member or a plastic member.

Assignees

• Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Yongfeng
• Huang Langshui
• Zhang Tiegang
• Luo Weihong
• Liao Shengsheng

Classifications

• F16K1/46 Primary

  Attachment of sealing rings · CPC title

• F16K1/04

  with a cut-off member rigid with the spindle, e.g. main valves · CPC title

• F25B41/04

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F25B41/20

  Disposition of valves, e.g. of on-off valves or flow control valves (expansion valves F25B41/31) · CPC title