IP Library Granted Patent US 10,145,479
Granted Patent B2
US 10,145,479 · App. 14/910,489 · Granted Dec 4, 2018

Diaphragm valve

Inventors: Taichi Kitano (Osaka, JP); Hidenori Kiso (Osaka, JP); Tsutomu Shinohara (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
F16K7/17F16K7/14F16K27/0236
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Patent No.
US 10,145,479
App. No.
14/910,489
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a diaphragm valve that is capable of increasing its flow rate and is capable of suppressing variation among the diaphragm valves in the flow rates. In a diaphragm valve 1 , a fluid that has flown into the fluid inflow channel 2 a enters a fluid outflow channel 2 b via through holes 22 a of a seat holder 5 . On a bottom surface 13 of a depression 2 c of a body 2 , a seat receiving surface 13 a that receives a seat 4 is flush with a seat-holder receiving surface 13 b that receives a seat holder 5 . In the bottom surface of the depression 2 c of the body 2 , an annular groove 14 facing through holes 22 of the seat holder 5 is formed.

Claims (22)

1. A diaphragm valve comprising:

a body including a fluid inflow channel, a fluid outflow channel, and a depression opening upward;

a seat disposed demountably on a circumferential edge of the fluid inflow channel of the body;

a seat holder demountably disposed on the body to hold the seat; and

a diaphragm that is pressed against and separated from the seat to open and close the fluid channel,

the seat holder includes a central through hole and outer through holes surrounding the central through hole,

in an open state in which the diaphragm is separated from the seat, a fluid that has flown into the fluid inflow channel enters a space created between the diaphragm and the seat, and then flows into the fluid outflow channel via the outer through holes,

the diaphragm valve characterized in that, on a bottom surface of the depression of the body, a seat receiving surface that receives the seat and a seat-holder receiving surface that receives the seat holder are formed, and that in the bottom surface of the depression of the body, an annular groove that faces the outer through holes of the seat holder is formed under the outer through holes, and the fluid that has passed the outer through holes flows into the fluid outflow channel after flowing into the annular groove of the body, wherein

the seat receiving surface and the seat-holder receiving surface are formed to be on a higher level compared to that of the bottom surface of the groove,

and a radial direction width of the annular groove is larger than a diameter of the central through hole.

2. The diaphragm valve according to claim 1 , wherein the seat receiving surface is flush with the seat-holder receiving surface.

3. A diaphragm valve comprising:

a body including a fluid inflow channel, a fluid outflow channel, and a depression opening upward;

a seat disposed demountably on a circumferential edge of the fluid inflow channel of the body;

a seat holder demountably disposed on the body to hold the seat; and

a diaphragm that is pressed against and separated from the seat to open and close the fluid channel,

the seat holder includes a central through hole and outer through holes surrounding the central through hole,

in an open state in which the diaphragm is separated from the seat, a fluid that has flown into the fluid inflow channel enters a space created between the diaphragm and the seat, and then flows into the fluid outflow channel via the outer through holes,

the diaphragm valve characterized in that, on a bottom surface of the depression of the body, a seat receiving surface that receives the seat and a seat-holder receiving surface that receives the seat holder are formed, and that in the bottom surface of the depression of the body, an annular groove that faces the outer through holes of the seat holder is formed under the outer through holes, and the fluid that has passed the outer through holes flows into the fluid outflow channel after flowing into the annular groove of the body, wherein

the seat receiving surface and the seat-holder receiving surface are formed to be on a higher level compared to that of the bottom surface of the groove,

wherein

a cross sectional area of the annular groove is larger than a cross sectional area of an inside of the seat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2016
From: KITANO, TAICHI; KISO, HIDENORI; SHINOHARA, TSUTOMU; YAMAJI, MICHIO
To: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 039704/0123 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-167538 · Aug 12, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160178072A1 · Jun 23, 2016
Cited By (1)
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