Flow rate control valve
US5406975A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/7782
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A flow rate control valve reduced in size and improved in mountability has a structure comprising a communicating passage which has openings on opposite ends and includes valve seats which surround the respective openings, an outflow port which communicates with an intermediate portion of the communicating passage, a first valve disk disposed at a corresponding position to one of the valve seats, a diaphragm connected to the first valve disk, a diaphragm chamber formed on one side of the diaphragm, a spring which urges the first valve disk in the valve closing direction, a second valve disk disposed at a corresponding position to the other valve seat, an electromagnetic solenoid which opens/closes the second valve disk, a valve chamber formed around the second valve disk, and an inflow port which communicates with the diaphragm chamber and the valve chamber.
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