IP Library Granted Patent US 6,971,402
Granted Patent B2
US 6,971,402 · App. 10/469,547 · Granted Dec 6, 2005

Liquid control valve

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,971,402
App. No.
10/469,547
Granted
Dec 6, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to achieve an object to provide a liquid control valve of normally close valve type which has both of an outflow side pressure automatic regulating function and a water stop function, the liquid control valve has a pressure regulating piston which moves within a housing for finding a balance point between an outflow side pressure and a spring force of a pressure regulating spring placed so as to resist the outflow side pressure; a movable valve seat which is provided in the pressure regulating piston and moves together with the pressure regulating piston; and a valve body which sits on the valve seat so as to close the valve in accordance with a valve closing force generated by an inflow side pressure and a spring force of a water stop spring, and moves apart from the valve seat so as to open the valve at the time when an external valve opening force larger than the valve closing force is applied, whereby the outflow side pressure automatic regulating function is achieved in accordance with movement of the pressure regulating piston, and the water stop function is achieved in accordance with the valve close.

Claims (7)

1. A liquid control valve comprising:

a pressure regulating piston ( 11 ) which moves within a housing ( 2 ) for finding a balance point between an outflow side pressure and a spring force of a pressure regulating spring ( 12 ) placed so as to resist the outflow side pressure;

a movable valve seat ( 16 ) which is provided in the pressure regulating piston ( 11 ) and moves together with the pressure regulating piston ( 11 ); and

a valve body ( 17 ) which sits on the valve seat ( 16 ) so as to close the valve in accordance with a valve closing force generated by an inflow side pressure and a spring force of a water stop spring ( 26 ), and moves apart from the valve seat ( 16 ) so as to open the valve at the time when an external valve opening force larger than the valve closing force is applied,

wherein an outflow side pressure automatic regulating function is achieved in accordance with movement of the pressure regulating piston ( 11 ), and a water stop function is achieved in accordance with the valve close.

2. A liquid control valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a back pressure chamber ( 25 ) is provided on the back surface side of the valve body ( 17 ) so as to introduce the outflow side pressure to the back pressure chamber ( 25 ), and a valve opening direction pressure receiving surface portion ( 18 d ) is provided in the valve body ( 17 ) so as to set an outer diameter (φA) of the valve opening direction pressure receiving surface portion ( 18 d ) slightly smaller than an outer diameter (φB) of the valve seat ( 16 ).

3. A liquid control valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a throttle ( 20 ) is provided on the side of the valve body ( 17 ) so as to be arranged in an overlapping manner on the outer peripheral side of the movable valve seat ( 16 ) provided in one end of the pressure regulating piston ( 11 ) and achieve a throttling operation.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Jun 21, 2011
From: INAX CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026472/0925 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2004
From: YOUNG, ROBERT WILLIAM
To: CAMBRIDGE SILICON RADIO LIMITED
Reel/Frame 014290/0142 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2003
From: YAMASHITA, MATSUYOSHI
To: NOK CORPORATION; INAX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014882/0335 →