IP Library Granted Patent US 11,655,898
Granted Patent B2
US 11,655,898 · App. 17/290,588 · Granted May 23, 2023

Cryogenic globe valve

Inventors: Mitsuru Hosokawa (Chiba, JP); Tetsuya Watanabe (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: KITZ CORPORATION
F16K1/38F16K1/48F16K25/005
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Patent No.
US 11,655,898
App. No.
17/290,588
Granted
May 23, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cryogenic globe valve that prevents a high sealing property and safety from being lost even through a large number of times of opening and closing for a cryogenic fluid and is easily maintained, although it has a simple structure. The cryogenic globe valve has an axial cylindrical portion as a long-neck structure extended to its body, in which a resin-made valve disk having a conical surface having a reduced-diameter tapered shape is attached to a lower end of an elongated stem such that the resin-made valve disk is three-dimensionally operable with respect to the stem even under an extremely low-temperature condition.

Claims (37)

1. A cryogenic globe valve comprising:

a body portion;

an axial cylindrical portion having a long-neck structure extended into the body portion;

an elongated stem having an insertion portion provided in a lower of end of the elongated stem; and

a resin-made valve disk attached to a lower end of the elongated stem, the resin-made valve disk having a conical surface defining a reduced-diameter tapered shape,

wherein an attachment portion is provided in an upper part of the resin-made valve disk, and the attachment portion is inserted into the insertion portion of the elongated stem,

a through hole is formed in a direction intersecting a length direction of the stem in the insertion portion and the attachment portion,

a fixing member is inserted into the through hole to attach the attachment portion and the insertion portion to each other,

a gap is provided between the fixing member and the through hole to maintain a clearance in which the resin-made valve disk is movable when the resin-made valve disk thermally contracts, and

a vertical width of the clearance between facing surfaces of the through hole and the fixing member under an extremely low temperature condition is set to 0.5% or more of a seal diameter of the resin-made valve disk such that the resin-made valve disk is three-dimensionally operable with respect to the stem even under an extremely low-temperature condition.

2. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of a valve disk seal surface of the resin-made valve disk is smaller than an angle of a valve seat seal surface provided in the body portion.

3. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 2 , wherein a ground portion is provided at an upper end of the axial cylindrical portion, and an upper part of the axial cylindrical portion is made to have a bellows structure such that a cryogenic fluid does not flow into the ground portion side and is made to have a ground sealing structure sufficient for the cryogenic fluid at a pressure exceeding an atmospheric pressure to leak out of the ground portion.

4. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 1 , wherein a ground portion is provided at an upper end of the axial cylindrical portion, and an upper part of the axial cylindrical portion is made to have a bellows structure such that a cryogenic fluid does not flow into the ground portion side and is made to have a ground sealing structure sufficient for the cryogenic fluid at a pressure exceeding an atmospheric pressure to leak out of the ground portion.

5. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 4 , wherein an angle of a valve disk seal surface of the resin-made valve disk is smaller than an angle of a valve seat seal surface provided in the body portion.

6. A cryogenic globe valve comprising:

a body portion;

an axial cylindrical portion having a long-neck structure extended into the body portion;

an elongated stem having an attachment portion provided at a lower of end of the elongated stem; and

a resin-made valve disk attached to a lower end of the elongated stem, the resin-made valve disk having a conical surface defining a reduced-diameter tapered shape,

wherein an insertion portion is provided in an upper part of the resin-made valve disk, and the attachment portion provided at the lower end of the elongated stem is inserted into the insertion portion provided in the upper part of the resin-made valve disk,

a through hole is formed in a direction intersecting a length direction of the stem in the attachment portion and the insertion portion,

a fixing member is inserted into the through hole to attach the insertion portion and the lower end of the stem to each other,

a gap is provided between the fixing member and the through hole to maintain a clearance so that the resin-made valve disk is movable with respect to the gap when the resin-made valve disk thermally contracts, and

a vertical width of the clearance between facing surfaces of the through hole and the fixing member is set to 0.5% or more of a seal diameter of the resin-made valve disk such that the resin-made valve disk is three-dimensionally operable with respect to the stem even under an extremely low-temperature condition.

7. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 6 , wherein a ground portion is provided at an upper end of the axial cylindrical portion, and an upper part of the axial cylindrical portion is made to have a bellows structure such that a cryogenic fluid does not flow into the ground portion side and is made to have a ground sealing structure sufficient for the cryogenic fluid at a pressure exceeding an atmospheric pressure to leak out of the ground portion.

8. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 6 , wherein an angle of a valve disk seal surface of the resin-made valve disk is smaller than an angle of a valve seat seal surface provided in the body portion.

9. A cryogenic globe valve comprising:

a body portion;

an axial cylindrical portion having a long-neck structure extended in the body portion;

an elongated stem having an insertion portion provided in a lower of end of the elongated stem; and

a resin-made valve disk attached to a lower end of the elongated stem, the resin-made valve disk having a conical surface defining a reduced-diameter tapered shape,

wherein an attachment portion is provided in an upper part of the resin-made valve disk, and the attachment portion is inserted into the insertion portion of the elongated stem,

a through hole is formed in a direction intersecting a length direction of the stem in the insertion portion and the attachment portion,

a fixing member having at least one part that is fixed to the through hole to connect the attachment portion and insertion portion in a state in which the entire fixing member is inserted into the through hole of the attachment portion to maintain a clearance in which the resin-made valve disk is movable with respect to a gap between facing surfaces of the fixing member and the through hole of the attachment portion, and facing surfaces of the resin-made valve disk and the stem when the resin-made valve disk thermally contracts such that the resin-made valve disk is three-dimensionally operable with respect to the stem even under an extremely low-temperature condition.

10. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 9 , wherein an angle of a valve disk seal surface of the resin-made valve disk is smaller than an angle of a valve seat seal surface provided in the body portion.

11. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 9 , wherein a ground portion is provided at an upper end of the axial cylindrical portion, and an upper part of the axial cylindrical portion is made to have a bellows structure such that a cryogenic fluid does not flow into the ground portion side and is made to have a ground sealing structure sufficient for the cryogenic fluid at a pressure exceeding an atmospheric pressure to leak out of the ground portion.

12. The cryogenic globe valve according to claim 11 , wherein an angle of a valve disk seal surface of the resin-made valve disk is smaller than an angle of a valve seat seal surface provided in the body portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ASSIGNEE ADDRESS Recorded Feb 15, 2024
From: KITZ CORPORATION
To: KITZ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066600/0551 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2021
From: HOSOKAWA, MITSURU; WATANABE, TETSUYA
To: KITZ CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056101/0440 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-206409 · Nov 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220003324A1 · Jan 6, 2022
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