Valves and valve actuation – Fluid actuated or retarded – With mechanical movement between actuator and valve
Patent
1991-10-08
1992-04-28
Walton, George
Valves and valve actuation
Fluid actuated or retarded
With mechanical movement between actuator and valve
74527, 74579R, 251 635, 251 636, 251263, 251297, 251331, F16K 31122, F16K 717
Patent
active
051080699
ABSTRACT:
A metal diaphragm valve includes a valve casing, a diaphragm made of an elastic material and having an upward bulge in the center and a valve system in which the diaphragm is operated to close or establish a fluid-flow relationship between an inlet passage and an outlet passage both mounted in the casing. The valve system is separated by the diaphragm from the casing and comprises a vertically shiftably disposed push rod adapted to directly move the diaphragm, a plurality of steel balls arranged in a circular groove of a V-shaped cross section defined in the top surface of the push rod, a vertically movably disposed drive rod having a tapered lower end portion situated above the center of the groove and place in constant contact with the steel balls, and a drive means adapted to move the drive rod. The groove has an outer concentric slope and an inner concentric slope, and the steel balls are normally made to stay in the inner slope of the groove. When the drive means is actuated to cause the drive rod to move lower, the tapered end portion forces the steel balls to move outwardly into the outer slope. The force exerted on the balls by the tapered end portion is transmitted to the push rod, which in turn depresses the diaphragm to close the fluid-flow relationship between the inlet passage and outlet passage.
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Ohhashi Kazushi
Tada Kouki
Benkan Corporation
Schellin Eric P.
Walton George
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