Valves and valve actuation – Tube compressors – Pivoting tube contacting element
Patent
1991-06-04
1992-01-07
Fox, John C.
Valves and valve actuation
Tube compressors
Pivoting tube contacting element
251 4, F16K 706
Patent
active
050783629
ABSTRACT:
A "cracking valve" for use in a volumetric pump. A volumetric pump (30) includes a plunger (48) for compressing a pumping portion (34b) of a flexible tubing that extends through the pump. An inlet cracking valve (46) and an outlet cracking valve (52) are disposed so that they compress the flexible tubing to control fluid flow therethrough. The inlet cracking valve operates in three modes, including a fully open mode, a closed mode that stops fluid flow through the flexible tubing, and a cracking mode. The outlet cracking valve only operates in the closed mode and the cracking mode. As the plunger compresses the flexible tubing, fluid pressure within the pumping portion of the flexible tubing initially builds until it exceeds a predefined cracking pressure, forcing open the inlet cracking valve, which is in its cracking mode, so that excess fluid is forced back to a container (32). After the pumping portion of the flexible tubing is compressed to a predefined volume, fluid at the cracking pressure is forced through the outlet cracking valve, which is then in its cracking mode. To compensate for changes in the elasticity or stiffness of the flexible tubing, balance blocks (42, 58) cooperate with the inlet cracking valve and the outlet cracking valve, respectively. The balance force developed by the balance block as a function of the stiffness of the flexible tubing is added to the force of a cracking flexure to produce the desired predefined cracking force at the inlet cracking valve and the outlet cracking valve. A "T-shaped" formation comprising a transverse ridge (166) and a longitudinal ridge (168) comprises valve faces (106a, 106b) at both cracking valves. The transverse ridge controls fluid flow, whereas the longitudinal ridge has a surface area over which the fluid pressure within the pumping portion of the flexible tubing acts to overcome the cracking force.
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Lawless Michael W.
Natwick Vernon R.
Abbott Laboratories
Fox John C.
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