IP Library Granted Patent US 8,240,005
Granted Patent B2
US 8,240,005 · App. 12/667,091 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Regulating valve of a hydraulic door closer

Assignee: Dorma GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 8,240,005
App. No.
12/667,091
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a regulating valve, which is attachable in particular in a bore, executed with a female thread, of a hydraulic door closer. The regulating valve has a body adjoined by a regulating area. The regulating valve also has a thread provided with an anti-rotation element. The thread, including the anti-rotation element, being screwed into the female thread of the bore. In order to provide a regulating valve of a simple design, in which any unwanted adjustment of the regulating valve during operation is excluded, the anti-rotation element of the regulating valve has a plastic material layer at the thread flanks of the thread. The plastic material layer cooperates with the female thread of the door closer.

Claims (28)

1. A regulating valve, which is attachable in a threaded bore of a hydraulic door closer, the regulating valve comprising:

a body adjoined at a first side by a regulating area, and

a thread arranged on an outer circumference of the body provided with an anti-rotation means, the thread and the anti-rotation means being threadably receivable in the threaded bore,

wherein the anti-rotation means comprises a plastic material layer and is disposed at thread flanks of the thread, and

a pocket hole bore arranged axially in the first side of body and having an angular or non-circular cross-section.

2. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein the thread is disposed at a shank of the body.

3. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein the regulating area comprises a shank prolongation with an end, the shank prolongation being connected to the plastic material layer at the thread flanks of the thread via a material guide.

4. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein the pocket hole bore is disposed along a longitudinal axis of the body.

5. The regulating valve according to claim 4 , further comprising an extension of the regulating area positively and rotation-resistantly connected in the pocketed bore hole.

6. The regulating valve according to claim 3 , wherein the regulating area has an end which faces away from the body and is cone-shaped.

7. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , further comprising an extension of the regulating area positively and rotation-resistantly connected in the pocket bore hole.

8. The regulating valve according to claim 7 , wherein the extension has at least one neck that protrudes into a material exit opening at the first end of the body.

9. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic material layer is disposed at the thread at least one of positively, non-positively, and adhesively by a material.

10. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein the regulating area has an end which faces away from the body and is tapered.

11. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein the regulating area is molded to the body.

12. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the body and the regulating area comprises a plastic material.

13. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein the body is colored.

14. The regulating valve according to claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a fiber-reinforced plastic material.

15. A door closer comprising:

a valve bore;

a regulating valve of claim 14 threadably received in the valve bore;

a supply channel; and

a drainage channel fluidly communicated with the valve bore;

wherein the valve bore is formed with a female thread engaging with the thread on the body of the regulating valve,

whereby a fluid can be supplied from the supply channel to the drainage channel.

16. The door closer according to claim 15 , further comprising a cone-shaped valve seat in fluid communication with the supply channel and the valve bore,

wherein the cone-shaped valve seat receives a cone-shaped end of the regulating valve;

whereby the fluid can flow through a channel between the cone-shaped valve seat and the cone-shaped end of the regulating valve to the drainage channel.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 2, 2017
From: DORMA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: DORMAKABA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 044090/0447 →
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Mar 17, 2015
From: DORMA GMBH + CO. KG
To: DORMA DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 035220/0595 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2009
From: HUFEN, MICHAEL
To: DORMA GMBH + CO. KG
Reel/Frame 023712/0230 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2007 009 174 U · Jun 29, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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