Apparatus for and method of designing fluid control devices
US6704696B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16K27/003
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A designing apparatus comprises symbol mark memory for storing fluid controllers usable in fluid control devices in terms of symbol marks representing the functions, fluid channels and contours of the controllers, and a flowchart preparing device for preparing a flowchart of a fluid control device represented by symbol marks. The flowchart preparing device successively selects controllers, such as valves and massflow controllers, from a symbol mark file in the memory, arranges the selected controllers on a screen as suitably positioned, automatically selects a suitable coupling member for interconnecting adjacent two of the controllers from a coupling member data file and automatically arranges te controllers and the coupling members thus selected to prepare a flowchart.
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