Multiway Cock and Liquid Dispensing Circuit

• US 20100191106A1
• Filed: 03/26/2008
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Koyama, Shingo
• Granted Patent: US 8,356,629 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/431
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/223 Multiway valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/007 for contrast media
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/0856 having all the connecting conduits situated in more than one plane perpendicular to the axis of the plug
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86566 Rotary plug
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86871 Plug

Abstract

A multiway cock has a cock body, a cock member, and a cover. The cock body has a circular tube part that has a first portion and a second portion arranged parallel to each other along the axis of the circular tube part. A first port and a second port are formed in the outer periphery of the first portion, and a third port, a fourth port, a fifth port, and a sixth port are formed in the outer periphery of the second portion. The cock member has a barrel part in which a first flow passage and a second flow passage are formed, a lever installation part, and a lever. Opening or closing of the first to sixth ports formed in the first portion and the second portion can be selected by rotating the cock member.

Claims

1. A multiway cock comprising:

a cock body including a tubular part which has a first portion and a second portion juxtaposed to each other along an axis, at least two ports provided in an outer periphery of the first portion, and at least three ports provided in an outer periphery of the second portion; and

a cock member having a barrel part rotatably inserted in the tubular part, the barrel part being formed with a first flow passage for opening in a predetermined combination the ports provided in the first portion, and a second flow passage for opening in a predetermined combination the ports provided in the second portion, wherein

opening or closing of the ports provided in the first portion and the second portion is selected by rotating the cock member.

2. The multiway cock according to claim 1, wherein

the first flow passage is so formed that predetermined two of the ports provided in the first portion can simultaneously be put into an open state or a closed state, and that a rotating angle range of the cock member where the predetermined two ports are in the open state is wider than a rotating angle range of the cock member where the predetermined two ports are in the closed state.

3. The multiway cock according to claim 1, wherein

the second flow passage is so formed that predetermined three of the ports provided in the second portion can simultaneously be put into an open state or a closed state, and that a rotating angle range of the cock member where the predetermined three ports are in the closed state is wider than a rotating angle range of the cock member where the predetermined three ports are in the open state.

4. The multiway cock according to claim 1, wherein

the first flow passage is so formed that predetermined two of the ports provided in the first portion can simultaneously be put into a closed state,

the second flow passage is so formed that predetermined three of the ports provided in the second portion can simultaneously be put into an open state, and

the predetermined two ports in the first portion are in the closed state when the predetermined three ports in the second portion are in the open state.

5. The multiway cock according to claim 1, wherein

the first flow passage is so formed that predetermined two of the ports provided in the first portion can simultaneously be put into an open state or a closed state,

the second flow passage is so formed that predetermined three of the ports provided in the second portion can simultaneously be put into an open state or a closed state, and

in an operation of rotating the cook member, the timing of transition of the predetermined two ports in the first portion from the closed state to the open state and the timing of transition of the predetermined three ports in the second portion from the open state to the closed state are the same.

6. The multiway cock according to claim 1, wherein

the first flow passage is so formed that predetermined two of the ports provided in the first portion can simultaneously be put into an open state or a closed state,

the second flow passage is so formed that predetermined three of the ports provided in the second portion can simultaneously be put into an open state or a closed state, and

in an operation of rotating the cock member, the timing of transition of the predetermined two ports in the first portion from the closed state to the open state is close to the timing of transition of the predetermined three ports in the second portion from the open state to the closed state, and the predetermined two ports in the first portion transit from the closed state to the open state occurs after the predetermined three ports in the second portion transit from the open state to the closed state.

7. The multiway cock according to claim 1, wherein

the first flow passage has a first part provided in an outer peripheral surface of the barrel part and extended in the circumferential direction of the barrel part, a second part located on an opposite side of a center axis of the barrel part from the first part and extended in the circumferential direction of the barrel part, and a third part which penetrates the barrel part and connects the first part to the second part.

8. The multiway cock according to claim 1, wherein

the cock body has, in the outer periphery of the first portion, a first port and a second port arranged side by side along the circumferential direction thereof, and in the outer periphery of the second portion, a third port, a fourth port, a fifth port and a sixth port arranged sequentially side by side along a circumferential direction thereof,

the first port, the second port and the third port are each in a closed state whereas the fourth port, the fifth port and the sixth port are each in an open state when the cock member is positioned in a first position, and

the first port, the second port and the fifth port are each in the closed state whereas the third port, the fourth port and the sixth port are each in the open state when the cock body is positioned in the second position.

9. A liquid dispensing circuit comprising a multiway cock comprising:

a cock body including a tubular part which has a first portion and a second portion juxtaposed to each other along an axis, at least two ports provided in the outer periphery of the first portion, and at least three ports provided in an outer periphery of the second portion; and

a cock member having a barrel part rotatably inserted in the tubular part, the barrel part being formed with a first flow passage for opening in a predetermined combination the ports provided in the first portion, and a second flow passage for opening in a predetermined combination the ports provided in the second portion, wherein

opening or closing of the ports provided in the first portion and the second portion is selected by rotating the cock member.