Valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11428344-B2
Application number	US-201816758609-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2018
Priority date	Nov 7, 2017
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

A valve in which a backseat structure is formed at a height to easily prevent penetration of fluid with high accuracy from outside a bonnet to inhibit an increase in internal pressure. In a state in which a packing for sealing (5) is attached inside a bonnet (10) in a longneck structure, a stem (3) is axially inserted and a flow path (13) inside a valve box (2) is provided to be opened and closed by a valve body (4). The bonnet is divided into an upper bonnet (11) and a lower bonnet (12) at a position higher than a position at which a fluid flowing inside the valve box ascends in a liquid state. A backseat mechanism (42) has a fixed-side seal surface (21) formed on a lower end side of the upper bonnet and a movable-side seal surface (41) on an outer peripheral surface of the stem.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A low-temperature valve comprising:
a bonnet having a longneck structure;
a valve box connected to the bonnet, a flow path being provided inside the valve box;
a stem axially inserted into the bonnet so as to be freely ascendable and descendable, the stem having a valve body provided at a lower end of the stem; and
a packing attached inside the bonnet for sealing around the stem,
wherein the flow path is configured so as to be freely opened and closed by the valve body,
wherein the bonnet is a divided bonnet comprising an upper bonnet and a lower bonnet integrally fixed to each other, a division position between the upper bonnet and the lower bonnet being set at a predetermined distance from the flow path of the valve box, the predetermined distance being longer than a distance a fluid flowing in the valve box can flow in a liquid state before changing to a gaseous state,
wherein the low-temperature valve includes a backseat mechanism having a fixed-side seal surface formed at a lower end side of the upper bonnet and a movable-side seal surface formed on an outer peripheral surface of the stem, the backseat mechanism forming abutting sealing by the movable-side seal surface and the fixed-side seal surface abutting on and sealing each other when the valve body is in an open position,
wherein the upper bonnet and the lower bonnet are welded together at a welded portion in a state in which an insertion part formed on a lower part of the upper bonnet fits in a diameter-enlarged recessed groove formed on an inner periphery of an upper part of the lower bonnet, and a space is provided between a lower end face of the insertion part and a bottom surface of the diameter-enlarged recessed groove,
wherein a depth to which the insertion part extends into the diameter-enlarged recessed groove is set so that the welded portion is distanced from the fixed-side seal surface of the upper bonnet such that the fixed-side seal surface is not thermally deformed by formation of the welded portion, and
wherein a diameter-reduced step portion is formed on an upper side of an outer circumference of the insertion portion, a step portion is formed on an upper side of an inner circumference of the diameter-enlarged recessed groove, and the upper bonnet and the lower bonnet are welded together with the diameter-reduced step portion being engaged with the step portion.

2. The low-temperature valve according to claim 1 , wherein the movable-side seal surface is integrally formed on the stem, and the fixed-side seal surface is integrally formed on a lower end of the upper bonnet.

3. The low-temperature valve according to claim 1 , wherein the movable-side seal surface is integrally formed on the stem, and the fixed-side seal surface is formed at a lower end of a seal member attached to a lower end of the upper bonnet.

4. The low-temperature valve according to claim 3 , wherein the seal member is provided by a metal material or a resin material, or a combination of both.

5. The low-temperature valve according to claim 4 , wherein the seal member is attached in a narrowly-attached state or a loosely-fitting state between the upper bonnet and the lower bonnet.

6. The low-temperature valve according to claim 3 , wherein the seal member is attached in a narrowly-attached state or a loosely-fitting state between the upper bonnet and the lower bonnet.

7. The low-temperature valve according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of the movable-side seal surface and the fixed-side seal surface with respect to an axial direction is 30° to 45°.

8. A low-temperature valve comprising:
a bonnet having a longneck structure;
a valve box connected to the bonnet, a flow path being provided inside the valve box;
a stem axially inserted into the bonnet so as to be freely ascendable and descendable, the stem having a valve body provided at a lower end of the stem; and
a packing attached inside the bonnet for sealing around the stem,
wherein the flow path is configured so as to be freely opened and closed by the valve body,
wherein the bonnet is a divided bonnet comprising an upper bonnet and a lower bonnet integrally fixed to each other, a division position between the upper bonnet and the lower bonnet being set at a predetermined distance from the flow path of the valve box, the predetermined distance being longer than a distance a fluid flowing in the valve box can flow in a liquid state before changing to a gaseous state,
wherein the low-temperature valve includes a backseat mechanism having a fixed-side seal surface formed on the upper bonnet and a movable-side seal surface formed on an outer peripheral surface of the stem, the backseat mechanism forming abutting sealing by the movable-side seal surface and the fixed-side seal surface abutting on and sealing each other when the valve body is in an open position,
wherein the upper bonnet and the lower bonnet are welded together at a welded portion in a state in which an insertion part formed on a lower part of the upper bonnet fits in a diameter-enlarged recessed groove formed on an inner periphery of an upper part of the lower bonnet, and a space is provided between a lower end face of the insertion part and a bottom surface of the diameter-enlarged recessed groove,
wherein a depth to which the insertion part extends into the diameter-enlarged recessed groove is set so that the welded portion is distanced from the fixed-side seal surface of the upper bonnet such that the fixed-side seal surface is not thermally deformed by formation of the welded portion, and
wherein a diameter-reduced step portion is formed on an upper side of an outer circumference of the insertion portion, a step portion is formed on an upper side of an inner circumference of the diameter-enlarged recessed groove, and the upper bonnet and the lower bonnet are welded together with the diameter-reduced step portion being engaged with the step portion.

9. The low-temperature valve according to claim 8 , wherein an angle of the movable-side seal surface and the fixed-side seal surface with respect to an axial direction is 30° to 45°.

Assignees

• Kitz Corp

Inventors

• Muto Taisuke
• Kobayashi Tetsuya

Classifications

• F16K41/14

  with conical flange on the spindle which co-operates with a conical surface in the housing · CPC title

• F16K27/12

  Covers for housings · CPC title

• F16K27/047

  with wedge-shaped obturating members · CPC title

• F16K43/008 Primary

  the main valve having a back-seat position, e.g. to service the spindle sealing · CPC title

• F16K41/08

  with at least one ring provided with axially-protruding peripheral closing-lip · CPC title