Regulator valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9285047-B2
Application number	US-201414274730-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2014
Priority date	Oct 17, 2013
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A regulator valve contain: a housing, a left end cap, a right end cap, and a valve core assembly. The housing includes a left cavity, a right cavity, a valve hole, a left opening, and a right opening. The right cavity has an inlet, the valve hole has an outlet, and between the right cavity and the valve hole is defined a seat portion, the seat portion has an inwardly conical fence, a diameter of which decreases from the right cavity to the valve hole. The left end cap is connected with and closes the left opening. The right end cap is coupled with and closes the right opening. The valve core assembly is inserted through the valve hole and includes a piston portion and a closing portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A regulator valve comprising
a housing including a left cavity, a right cavity communicating with the left cavity, a valve hole defined between and communicating with the left cavity and the right cavity, a left opening formed on a left side of the housing, and a right opening arranged on a right side of the housing; the right cavity having an inlet defined on a peripheral wall of the right cavity; the valve hole having an outlet formed on a peripheral wall of the valve hole; between the right cavity and the valve hole being defined a seat portion, and the seat portion having an inwardly conical fence, a diameter of the inwardly conical fence decreases from the right cavity to the valve hole;
a left end cap connected with and closing the left opening of the housing;
a right end cap coupled with and closing the right opening of the housing;
a valve core assembly inserted through the valve hole of the housing and including a piston portion formed on a left side of the valve core assembly and limited to slide in the left cavity of the housing and including a closing portion arranged on a right side of the valve core assembly, such that the closing portion contacts with the inwardly conical fence of the housing or a flowing slit is defined between the closing portion and the inwardly conical fence of the housing, and the valve core assembly slides in response to a pressure change acting on the piston portion to change a width of the flowing slit, thus controlling water pressure and water flow from the inlet to the outlet;
wherein a first half taper angle θ 1 of the inwardly conical fence of the seat portion relative to the seat portion is within 40 to 50 degrees; the closing portion is located at a connecting area of a first conical face and a second conical face, a second half taper angle θ 2 of the first conical face relative to the right cavity is 4 to 9 degrees; a third half taper angle θ 3 of the second conical face relative to the valve hole is 3 to 13 degrees more than the first half taper angle of the inwardly conical fence of the seat portion.

2. The regulator valve as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an adjusting spring mounted between the left end cap and the valve core assembly, wherein the left end cap is a pressure adjusting nut and screws with the left opening of the left end cap to adjustably rotate the left end cap so that an elasticity of the adjusting spring acting on the left side of the valve core assembly is adjusted.

3. The regulator valve as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the left end cap includes a fixing groove defined on a right end of the left end cap; the valve core assembly includes a positioning post extending outwardly from the left side of the valve core assembly; a first end of the adjusting spring is biased against the fixing groove, and a second end of the adjusting spring is fitted with the positioning post.

4. The regulator valve as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the valve core assembly further includes a piston part and a core part; the piston part has the piston portion, the positioning post, and a screwing orifice defined on a right side of the piston part; the core part has the closing portion formed on the core part and has a screw bolt arranged on a left end of the core part and screwing with the screwing orifice of the piston portion, such that the screw bolt is adjustably rotated to control a position of the closing portion relative to the seat portion.

5. The regulator valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the valve core assembly further includes a piston part and a core part; the piston part has the piston portion and a screwing orifice defined on a right side of the piston part; the core part has the closing portion formed on the core part and has a screw bolt arranged on a left end of the core part and screwing with the screwing orifice of the piston portion, such that the screw bolt is adjustably rotated to control a position of the closing portion relative to the seat portion.

6. The regulator valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first half taper angle of the inwardly conical fence of the seat portion relative to the seat portion is 45 degrees; the second half taper angle of the first conical face relative to the right cavity is 6.5 degrees; and the third half taper angle of the second conical face relative to the valve hole is 8 degrees more than the first half taper angle of the inwardly conical fence of the seat portion.

Assignees

• Kuo Chungyu
• Wu Mingchia
• Globe Union Ind Corp

Inventors

• Kuo Chungyu
• Wu Mingchia

Classifications

• F16K27/0254

  with conical shaped valve members · CPC title

• G05D16/10

  the sensing element being a piston or plunger · CPC title

• F16K15/026

  the valve member being a movable body around which the medium flows when the valve is open · CPC title

• F16K1/385

  contacting in the closed position, over a substantial axial length, a seat surface having the same inclination · CPC title

• Y10T137/7825

  Rectilinear valve stem rigid with reactor surface · CPC title