Pilot type pressure regulator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8967180-B2
Application number	US-201214000577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2012
Priority date	May 17, 2011
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A pilot type pressure regulator has: a primary port to which air is supplied from the outside; and a secondary port discharging air regulated by a main valve body provided to a main valve shaft. A main valve diaphragm abutting on an abutting end surface of the main valve shaft partitions an inner space into a secondary pressure chamber communicating with the secondary port and a pilot pressure chamber to which pilot pressure is supplied. This pressure regulator has an exhaust mechanism exhausting air from the secondary pressure chamber to the outside when pressure of the secondary port exceeds a set value. In the exhaust mechanism, a stopper holding a sealing material in a guide hole is inserted from the side close to a main valve hole, that is, an inner end portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pilot type pressure regulator for regulating a pressure of compressed air in accordance with a pilot pressure, the pressure regulator comprising:
a port block provided with: a primary port to which compressed air is supplied; and a secondary port communicating with the primary port via a main valve hole, wherein regulated compressed air is discharged from the secondary port, and a main valve shaft provided with a main valve body for opening and closing the main valve hole is mounted in the main valve hole and movable in an axial direction; and
a main valve diaphragm which is disposed between a mounting end surface of the port block and a pressure regulating adaptor mounted to the mounting end surface, which partitions and forms a secondary pressure chamber communicating with the secondary port and a pilot pressure chamber on the side opposite to the secondary pressure chamber, and which contacts an abutting end surface of the main valve shaft
wherein the port block is provided with an exhaust flow path in which air is discharged from the secondary port when the pressure of the secondary port exceeds a set value,
wherein an opening portion of the exhaust flow path is provided so as to open on an outer surface of the port block,
wherein the main valve shaft is provided with: an axial exhaust hole formed so as to open on the abutting end surface; and a radial exhaust hole causing the exhaust flow path and the axial exhaust hole to communicate with each other.

2. The pilot type pressure regulator according to claim 1 , further comprising a guide hole formed in the port block, the guide hole having: a small diameter hole on the side close to a mounting end surface of the port block; and a large diameter hole on the main valve hole side, the guide hole guiding the main valve shaft in a freely slidable manner,
wherein an annular spacer formed with an exhaust communication hole for communicating the abutting end surface of the main valve shaft with the exhaust flow path, is attached into the large diameter hole, and a sealing material is attached on both sides of the annular spacer in the axial direction.

3. The pilot type pressure regulator according to claim 2 , further comprising: a stopper which is inserted into the large diameter hole from the main valve hole side, and holds the sealing material in the large diameter hole, wherein the stopper is provided at an inner end surface portion of the guide hole.

4. The pilot type pressure regulator according to claim 3 , wherein the stopper is made of resin.

5. The pilot type pressure regulator according to claim 1 , wherein air in the primary port is supplied to the pilot pressure chamber as internal pilot pressure.

6. The pilot type pressure regulator according to claim 1 , wherein air is supplied to the pilot pressure chamber from the outside as external pilot pressure.

7. The pilot type pressure regulator according to claim 1 , wherein a filter container into which a filter element for filtering air flowing from the primary port towards the secondary port is assembled is attached to the port block in a detachable manner to remove foreign matters contained in air flowing into the primary port.

Assignees

• Yamauchi Takeshi
• Koganei Ltd

Inventors

• Yamauchi Takeshi

Classifications

• Y10T137/7794

  With relief valve · CPC title

• Y10T137/7768

  Pilot controls supply to pressure chamber · CPC title

• G05D16/063 Primary

  the sensing element being a membrane · CPC title

• Y10T137/2607

  With pressure reducing inlet valve · CPC title

• Y10T137/7762

  Fluid pressure type · CPC title