Piping plug, and tank valve device including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025067344-A1
Application number	US-202218726781-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 18, 2022
Priority date	Jan 11, 2022
Publication date	Feb 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A piping plug includes a housing including a through-hole, and a filter device that is inserted into the through-hole and provided in the housing, the filter device includes a holder including a holder passage having a first opening and a second opening, and a filter provided in the holder so as to cover the first opening, the first opening is located on an outer circumferential face of the holder, the second opening is located at one end of the holder, and the holder is cantilever-supported by the housing in one end side part of the holder such that a clearance is left around the outer circumferential face.

First claim

1 . A piping plug comprising:
a housing including a through-hole; and a filter device that is inserted into the through-hole, and provided in the housing, the filter device including a holder including a holder passage having a first opening and a second opening, and a filter provided in the holder so as to cover the first opening, the first opening being located on an outer circumferential face of the holder, the second opening being located at one end of the holder, the holder being cantilever-supported by the housing in one end side part of the holder such that a clearance is left around the outer circumferential face.

2 . The piping plug according to claim 1 , wherein
the through-hole includes a large-diameter part and a small-diameter part having a hole diameter smaller than a hole diameter of the large-diameter part, and the filter device is located in the large-diameter part.

3 . The piping plug according to claim 2 , wherein
the housing includes a piping connection part to which a piping is connected, and a casing attachment part having an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the piping connection part and attached to the casing, the small-diameter part is located in the piping connection part, and the large-diameter part is located in the casing attachment part.

4 . The piping plug according to claim 2 , wherein
the through-hole includes a taper part between the small-diameter part and the large-diameter part, and the taper part has a diameter increasing from the small-diameter part toward the large-diameter part.

5 . The piping plug according to claim 1 , wherein
the holder is formed into a topped cylinder, the first opening is formed plurally at intervals in the circumferential direction on the outer circumferential face of the holder, and the filter is provided in the holder so as to cover the plurality of first openings.

6 . The piping plug according to claim 1 , wherein
the through-hole has a step part, and one end side part of the holder is press-fit into the through-hole of the housing so as to be brought into contact with the step part, and cantilever-supported by the housing.

7 . The piping plug according to claim 6 , wherein the housing has a capture space between the housing and a corner part facing the step part in one end side part of the holder.

8 . A tank valve device comprising:
a casing provided in a tank, and the piping plug according to claim 1 , the piping plug being attached to the casing.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Harada Masashi
• Ninomiya Makoto
• Okamoto Masayoshi
• Hayase Tomoya

Classifications

• F16L55/24 Primary

  Preventing accumulation of dirt or other matter in pipes, e.g. by traps, by strainers · CPC title

• F17C2221/012

  Hydrogen · CPC title

• F17C2205/0341

  Filters · CPC title

• F17C2205/0323

  Valves · CPC title

• F17C13/04

  Arrangement or mounting of valves (valves per se F16K {; snap-coupling of nipples F16L37/00}) · CPC title