Fluid handling – Systems – Multi-way valve unit
Patent
1997-01-13
1998-07-21
Michalsky, Gerald A.
Fluid handling
Systems
Multi-way valve unit
2989013, 251324, F15B 1302, F16K 324, F16K 1107, B23P 1500
Patent
active
057822689
ABSTRACT:
A spool valve includes a shaft having plural small diameter portions formed at intervals along the shaft on a circumferential surface of the shaft. The small diameter portions have linear outer surfaces extending substantially parallel to an axis of the shaft. A collar to be mounted to the shaft has a substantially central hole defining an inner diameter of the collar and through which the shaft is passable for mounting the collar to the shaft. The collar has a length shorter than a length of the small diameter portions of the shaft, and a linear inner surface extending substantially parallel to the axis of the shaft and the linear outer surfaces of the small diameter portions. A pair of circular convex portions are integrally formed on outer circumferential faces of a corresponding one of the small diameter portions. The pair of circular convex portions each have an outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the collar which is to be mounted to the shaft, and are spaced apart from each other by a distance substantially corresponding to the length of the collar. The collar is arranged between the circular convex portions so that side faces of the circular convex portions are in close contact with opposite side surface portions of the collar in a vicinity of the substantially central hole of the collar.
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Kato Keigo
Mizuno Masataka
Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
Michalsky Gerald A.
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