IP Library Granted Patent US 9,309,983
Granted Patent B2
US 9,309,983 · App. 14/310,253 · Granted Apr 12, 2016

Fluid control apparatus joint, and fluid control apparatus

Inventors: Ryuji Yogo (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Matsuda (Osaka, JP); Izuru Shikata (Osaka, JP); Shinya Nojima (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
F16K27/003F16L39/06F16L41/03C23C16/45561Y10T137/87684
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Patent No.
US 9,309,983
App. No.
14/310,253
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid draw-off block joint includes an inlet channel, an outlet channel, and a closure portion. The inlet channel has a first end communicating with an outlet channel of a single-line block joint, and a second end communicating with an inlet channel of an outlet on-off valve. The outlet channel has a first end communicating with an outlet channel of the outlet on-off valve, and a second end being open through a side surface in a line exit direction. The closure portion closes an opening of a bifurcated channel of a plural-line block joint.

Claims (27)

1. A fluid control apparatus joint,

the fluid control apparatus including a plurality of lines arranged in parallel, with inlets of all the lines being oriented in a same direction and outlets of all the lines being oriented in a same direction, each of the lines having a plurality of fluid control devices arranged on an upper stage and a plurality of joint members arranged on a lower stage,

each of the lines including an outlet on-off valve as one of the fluid control devices, and a single-line block joint and an plural-line block joint both as the joint members supporting the outlet on-off valve,

the outlet on-off valve having an inlet channel and an outlet channel both being open through a lower surface of the outlet on-off valve,

the single-line block joint having an inlet channel and an outlet channel both being open through an upper surface of the single-line block joint, and each of the single-line block joints being provided for each line,

the plural-line block joint, in the fluid control apparatus as a whole, having: a fluid draw-off channel extending in a direction orthogonal to the lines; and a plurality of bifurcated channels being open through an upper surface of the plural-line block joint, and the plural-line block joint being common to the plurality of lines,

the fluid control apparatus joint,

being block-shaped, and

being disposed such that an upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint butts against the lower surface of the outlet on-off valve, and a lower surface of the fluid control apparatus joint contacts the upper surface of the single-line block joint and the upper surface of the plural-line block joint,

the fluid control apparatus joint including:

an inlet channel having a first end being open through the lower surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicating with the outlet channel of the single-line block joint, and a second end being open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicating with the inlet channel of the outlet on-off valve;

an outlet channel having a first end being open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicating with the outlet channel of the outlet on-off valve, and a second end being open in a line exit direction; and

a closure portion closing an opening of the bifurcated channel of the plural-line block joint.

2. The fluid control apparatus joint according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet channel of the fluid control apparatus joint has a first end that is open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicates with the outlet channel of the outlet on-off valve, and a second end that is open through a side surface of the fluid control apparatus joint.

3. The fluid control apparatus joint according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet channel of the fluid control apparatus joint has a first end that is open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicates with the outlet channel of the outlet on-off valve, and a second end that is open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint, with the first end being flush with the second end.

4. A fluid control apparatus including a plurality of lines arranged in parallel, with inlets of all the lines being oriented in a same direction and outlets of all the lines being oriented in a same direction, each of the lines having a plurality of fluid control devices arranged on an upper stage and a plurality of joint members arranged on a lower stage,

each of the lines including an outlet on-off valve as one of the fluid control devices, and a single-line block joint and an plural-line block joint both as the joint members supporting the outlet on-off valve,

the outlet on-off valve having an inlet channel and an outlet channel both being open through a lower surface of the outlet on-off valve,

the single-line block joint having an inlet channel and an outlet channel both being open through an upper surface of the single-line block joint, and each of the single-line block joints being provided for each line,

the plural-line block joint, in the fluid control apparatus as a whole, having: a fluid draw-off channel extending in a direction orthogonal to the lines; and a plurality of bifurcated channels being open through an upper surface of the plural-line block joint, and the plural-line block joint being common to the plurality of lines,

the fluid control apparatus further including a fluid control apparatus joint being block-shaped, and being disposed such that an upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint butts against the lower surface of the outlet on-off valve, and a lower surface of the fluid control apparatus joint contacts the upper surface of the single-line block joint and the upper surface of the plural-line block joint,

the fluid control apparatus joint including:

an inlet channel having a first end being open through the lower surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicating with the outlet channel of the single-line block joint, and a second end being open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicating with the inlet channel of the outlet on-off valve;

an outlet channel having a first end being open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicating with the outlet channel of the outlet on-off valve, and a second end being open in a line exit direction; and

a closure portion closing an opening of the bifurcated channel of the plural-line block joint.

5. The fluid control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the outlet channel of the fluid control apparatus joint has a first end that is open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicates with the outlet channel of the outlet on-off valve, and a second end that is open through a side surface of the fluid control apparatus joint.

6. The fluid control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the outlet channel of the fluid control apparatus joint has a first end that is open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint and communicates with the outlet channel of the outlet on-off valve, and a second end that is open through the upper surface of the fluid control apparatus joint, with the first end being flush with the second end.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2015
From: YOGO, RYUJI; MATSUDA, TAKAHIRO; SHIKATA, IZURU; NOJIMA, SHINYA
To: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 035502/0230 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-134447 · Jun 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150000773A1 · Jan 1, 2015