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Granted Patent B2
US 10,371,270 · App. 15/559,980 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Diaphragm valve

Inventors: Takashi Funakoshi (Osaka, JP); Tadayuki Yakushijin (Osaka, JP); Tomohiro Nakata (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
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Patent No.
US 10,371,270
App. No.
15/559,980
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a diaphragm valve that improves the durability of a diaphragm by focusing on the ratio of the radius of curvature of a pressing surface of a diaphragm presser to the radius of curvature of the diaphragm. SRb/SRa=0.4 to 0.6 is satisfied, wherein SRa represents the radius of curvature of a diaphragm 5 and SRb represents the radius of curvature of a pressing surface of a diaphragm presser 6.

Claims (13)

1. A diaphragm valve comprising:

a valve body provided with a fluid channel;

a valve seat provided on a peripheral edge of the fluid channel;

a diaphragm having a spherical surface and configured to be pressed against or separated from the valve seat to close or open the fluid channel;

a diaphragm presser having a lower end that has a spherical surface and serves as a pressing surface and configured to press the diaphragm; and

an actuator configured to move the diaphragm vertically;

wherein SRb/SRa =0.4 to 0.6 is satisfied, where SRa represents a radius of curvature of the diaphragm and SRb represents a radius of curvature of the pressing surface of the diaphragm presser.

2. The diaphragm valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body has a depression with a bottom surface having: a circular flat portion, an annular depressed portion at the periphery of the circular flat portion and an outer periphery diaphragm support portion between the circular flat portion and the annular depressed portion.

3. The diaphragm valve according to claim 2 , wherein a surface of an outer peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm contacts the diaphragm support portion.

4. The diaphragm valve according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a bonnet extending upwards and having a lower end portion that is screwed into an upper portion of the depression of the valve body; and

a press adapter that is placed between a lower end surface of a bonnet and the bottom surface of the depression of the valve body and that holds an outer peripheral edge portion of the diaphragm between the press adapter and the bottom surface of the depression of the valve body, wherein an entire lower surface of the press adapter is tapered.

5. The diaphragm valve according to claim 1 , wherein the diaphragm is made of a nickel alloy thin sheet, a stainless steel thin sheet, or a layered product formed of a stainless steel thin sheet and a nickel-cobalt alloy thin sheet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2017
From: FUNAKOSHI, TAKASHI; YAKUSHIJIN, TADAYUKI; NAKATA, TOMOHIRO
To: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 043639/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-062343 · Mar 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180106385A1 · Apr 19, 2018