Shut-off valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9816621-B2
Application number	US-201514702797-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 4, 2015
Priority date	May 9, 2014
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

There is provided a shut-off valve including: a valve body part having a valve body surface; a valve seat part provided around an inlet, and having a valve seat surface disposed at a position opposite to the valve body surface; and a moving mechanism that is connected to the valve body part, and moves the valve body part in a direction of an axis to switch to either a shut-off state or a circulation state, wherein the valve seat part has an endless inner peripheral side projection and an endless outer peripheral side projection that project from the valve seat surface toward the valve body surface along the axis, and the valve body part has a diaphragm forming the valve body surface, and an elastic member disposed on a back surface of the diaphragm.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shut-off valve comprising:
a valve body part that moves along an axis inside a valve chamber, and has a valve body surface formed on a plane orthogonal to the axis;
a valve seat part provided around an inlet that allows fluid to flow in the valve chamber along the axis, and having a valve seat surface located at a position opposite to the valve body surface; and
a moving mechanism that is connected to the valve body part, and moves the valve body part in a direction of the axis to switch to either a shut-off state where the valve body surface comes into contact with the valve seat surface, or a circulation state where the valve body surface separates from the valve seat surface, wherein
the valve seat part has a plurality of annular projections that project from the valve seat surface toward the valve body surface along the axis, and are formed so as to surround the inlet, and
the valve body part has a diaphragm forming the valve body surface, and an elastic member disposed on a back surface of the diaphragm, the diaphragm being a thin-film member made of resin, the elastic member being formed by rubber,
the valve body part has an intermediate member connected to the moving mechanism and the diaphragm,
the intermediate member is provided with an expanded diameter part, and a reduced diameter part whose radial width orthogonal to the axis is narrower than that of the expanded diameter part, in this order starting from a side of a tip in the direction of the axis,
the diaphragm has a locking part that is in a state in contact with the reduced diameter part in a state where the elastic member is in contact with the valve body surface and the tip of the intermediate member, and
the elastic member is located in a state of being in contact with the intermediate member and supports the back surface of the diaphragm.

2. The shut-off valve according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the diaphragm is larger than a height of each of the projections.

3. The shut-off valve according to claim 1 , wherein
the moving mechanism has:
a piston part that is connected to the valve body part, and is movable in the direction of the axis together with the valve body part;
a first urging force generation part that generates first urging force in the piston part, the first urging force being force in a direction in which the valve body surface approaches the valve seat surface; and
a second urging force generation part that generates second urging force in the piston part, the second urging force being force in a direction in which the valve body surface moves away from the valve seat surface, and

the valve body surface comes into contact with the valve seat surface to enter the shut-off state in a case where the first urging force exceeds the second urging force, and the valve body surface separates from the valve seat surface to enter the circulation state in a case where the second urging force exceeds the first urging force.

4. The shut-off valve according to claim 3 , wherein
the first urging force generated by the first urging force generation part is elastic force of a spring,
the second urging force generated by the second urging force generation part is pressure of compressed air, and
the second urging force generation part generates the second urging force exceeding the first urging force to switch the shut-off state to the circulation state, by increasing the pressure of the compressed air.

5. The shut-off valve according to claim 3 , wherein
the first urging force generated by the first urging force generation part is pressure of compressed air,
the second urging force generated by the second urging force generation part is elastic force of a spring, and
the first urging force generation part generates the first urging force exceeding the second urging force to switch the circulation state to the shut-off state, by increasing the pressure of the compressed air.

6. The shut-off valve according to claim 3 , further comprising
a flow regulating mechanism that regulates a flow rate of fluid in the circulation state.

7. A shut-off valve comprising:
a valve body part that moves along an axis inside a valve chamber, and has a valve body surface formed on a plane orthogonal to the axis;
a valve seat part provided around an inlet that allows fluid to flow in the valve chamber along the axis, and having a valve seat surface located at a position opposite to the valve body surface; and
a moving mechanism that is connected to the valve body part, and moves the valve body part in a direction of the axis to switch to either a shut-off state where the valve body surface comes into contact with the valve seat surface, or a circulation state where the valve body surface separates from the valve seat surface, wherein
the valve seat part has a plurality of annular projections that project from the valve seat surface toward the valve body surface along the axis, and are formed so as to surround the inlet,
the moving mechanism has a piston part that is connected to the valve body part, and is movable in the direction of the axis together with the valve body part,
the valve body part has a diaphragm forming the valve body surface, an elastic member disposed on a back surface of the diaphragm, and an intermediate member connected to the piston part,
the intermediate member is provided with an expanded diameter part, and a reduced diameter part whose radial width orthogonal to the axis is narrower than that of the expanded diameter part, in this order starting from a side of a tip in the direction of the axis,
the diaphragm has a locking part that is in a state in contact with the reduced diameter part in a state where the elastic member is in contact with the valve body surface and the tip of the intermediate member, and
a periphery of the locking part is surrounded by a tip of the piston part.

Assignees

• Surpass Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hasunuma Masahiro

Classifications

• F16K1/24 Primary

  with valve members that, on opening of the valve, are initially lifted from the seat and next are turned around an axis parallel to the seat · CPC title

• F16K7/16

  the diaphragm being mechanically actuated, e.g. by screw-spindle or cam · CPC title

• F16K21/02

  providing a continuous small flow · CPC title

• F16K1/42 Primary

  Valve seats (for double-seat valves F16K1/44) · CPC title

• F16K27/0236

  Diaphragm cut-off apparatus · CPC title