Abstract:
Disclosed is a pressure-adjusting mechanism comprising a pressure-adjusting handle, a pressure-adjusting screw for adjusting resilient force of a spring member by making rotation integrally with the pressure-adjusting handle, and a pressure-setting scale for indicating a preset pressure value by rotating the pressure-adjusting handle in a predetermined direction. As a result, it is possible to obtain the pressure-adjusting mechanism which is constructed integrally with a pressure control valve owing to a simple structure and which makes it possible to easily adjust the pressure by an operator.
Abstract:
A pneumatic circuit prolongs a pneumatic valve opening time using an accumulator with two quick exhaust type valves in series while providing a rapid valve closing time. This structure and method is self-contained and amenable to retrofit in existing installations without any external connections. Slow opening is achieved by routing inlet gas pressure simultaneously to an accumulator and the operating cylinder of the valve to be opened. A tortuous piping path and increased volume to be pressurized due to the addition of the accumulator substantially reduces the isolation valve opening time, thereby eliminating problems associated with quick opening of a pneumatic valve. When the pneumatic valve needs to be closed quickly, slight venting toward the inlet valve immediately causes the quick exhaust valves to vent their downstream pressure. The accumulator then vents through its quick exhaust valve while separately the main quick exhaust valve quickly vents the air cylinder of the pneumatic valve. Closing times penalties of less than 50 milliseconds can be achieved using this configuration and opening times can be increased by adjusting the volume of the accumulator.
Abstract:
A flow rate control valve for use with an actuator, in which a fluid may be quickly discharged from a cylinder in the actuator on a return stroke of a piston which is slidingly fitted in the cylinder. The valve includes a casing defining a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port, a fluid passage interconnecting the two ports, a throttle valve for restricting the opening of the fluid passage, and a pressure-regulating valve which is adapted to be open at pressures over a given pressure level. In this flow rate control valve, the throttle valve and pressure adjusting valve may be combined into a composite valve. An externally adjustable pressure adjusting spring, resiliently biasses the pressure regulating valve.
Abstract:
Unidirectional flow limiter housed in a union between a pipe and a user apparatus, comprising a first channel, a second channel, a flow reduction member between the two channels, a third channel, and a non-return valve in the third channel constituted by a deformable annular member placed concentrically about one of the first or second channels.
Abstract:
The present invention pertains to an air cylinder (10) in which flow rate controllers (24, 24A) are built into a head cover (14) and a rod cover (16), said flow rate controllers (24, 24A) being provided with a first flow rate adjustment part (28) connected between a port (14a, 16a) and a cylinder chamber (12c), a second flow rate adjustment part (32) provided adjacent to the first flow rate adjustment part (28), and a pilot check valve (38) connected in series to the second flow rate adjustment part (32). In response to the pressure of pilot air, the pilot check valve (38) switches between a state in which the passage of exhaust air from the cylinder chamber (12c) is permitted and a state in which the passage of exhaust air is prevented.
Abstract:
In a flow rate controller and a drive device, a housing is provided therein with a first flow passage, a second flow passage adjacent to the first flow passage, a first throttle valve provided to the first flow passage, and a second throttle valve provided to the second flow passage. A pilot check valve is provided to the second flow passage and is connected in series to the second throttle valve. A pilot air flow passage communicates with a pilot port of the pilot check valve for supplying and discharging pilot air, and a third throttle valve is provided to the pilot air flow passage. In response to the pressure of the pilot air, the pilot check valve switches between a state in which the passage of exhaust air discharged from an air cylinder is permitted and a state in which passage of the exhaust air is prevented.
Abstract:
Inside a valve housing equipped with a first flow path and a second flow path that connect in parallel with a first port and a second port, there are provided a needle valve body that opens/closes a throttle hole in the first flow path, a check valve that opens/closes the second flow path, and a piston that performs an open/close control of the needle valve body through the interaction of the pressure of a fluid introduced into a pressure chamber and the spring force of a compression spring. The needle valve body is formed at the tip of a rod coupled to the piston. Inside the rod and the needle valve body there is formed a conduction hole connecting the throttle hole and the pressure chamber.
Abstract:
A valve system for use with a cylinder having an extensible rod. includes a first valve assembly including a first inlet/outlet port, a check valve biased toward a closed suite, the cheek valve having a check valve body at least partially receivable within a first port of the cylinder, a flow control valve positioned in series between the first inlet/outlet port and the check valve, and a first pilot port selectively communicable with a pressurized gas for opening the check valve. The valve system further include a second valve assembly including a second inlet/outlet port, a second pilot port through which the pressurized gas must flow before being introduced to the first pilot port, and a valve body at least partially receivable within a second port of the cylinder, wherein the second inlet/outlet port and the second pilot port are integrally formed as a portion of the valve body.
Abstract:
A valve system for use with a cylinder having an extensible rod, includes a first valve assembly including a first inlet/outlet port, a check valve biased toward a closed state, the check valve having a check valve body at least partially receivable within a first port of the cylinder, a flow control valve positioned in series between the first inlet/outlet port and the check valve, and a first pilot port selectively communicable with a pressurized gas for opening the check valve. The valve system further includes a second valve assembly including a second inlet/outlet port, a second pilot port through which the pressurized gas must flow before being introduced to the first pilot port, and a valve body at least partially receivable within a second port of the cylinder, wherein the second inlet/outlet port and the second pilot port are integrally formed as a portion of the valve body.
Abstract:
Inside a valve housing equipped with a first flow path and a second flow path that connect in parallel with a first port and a second port, there are provided a needle valve body that opens/closes a throttle hole in the first flow path, a check valve that opens/closes the second flow path, and a piston that performs an open/close control of the needle valve body through the interaction of the pressure of a fluid introduced into a pressure chamber and the spring force of a compression spring. The needle valve body is formed at the tip of a rod coupled to the piston. Inside the rod and the needle valve body there is formed a conduction hole connecting the throttle hole and the pressure chamber.