Valve slide

• US 4,921,213 A
• Filed: 09/08/1989
• Issued: 05/01/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: VAT Holding AG (VAT Group AG)
• Original Assignee: VAT Holding AG (VAT Group AG)
• Inventors: Geiser, Friedrich
• Primary Examiner(s): Rivell, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEO, LEONARD R
• Application Number:
  US07/404,897
• Time in Patent Office: 235 Days
• Field of Search: 251/333, 251/326, 251/328
• US Class Current: 251/328
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 3/0218 with only one sealing face
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 3/12 with wedge-shaped arrangements of sealing faces
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 3/184 by means of cams
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 51/02 specially adapted for high-vacuum installations

Abstract

A valve slide includes a slide housing and defines a slide passage opening. The slide passage opening is closable by a closing member which is slidable in the plane of the slide. A sealing surface surrounds the slide passage opening. In the closed position of the closing member, a circumferentially closed sealing member rests against the sealing surface. Imaginary straight generatrices of the sealing surface extend at a right angle to the plane in which the axis of the slide and the sliding direction of the closing member are located. In the direction of the generatrices of the sealing surfaces, the sealing surface has an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion. The upper portion and the lower portion each include an obtuse angle with the middle portion. The planes of the upper portion and the lower extend approximately perpendicularly to the sliding direction of the closing member. At least the components of the sealing member which interact with the middle portion of the sealing surface extend along straight lines and parallel to that plane which includes the axis of the slide and the direction of sliding of the closing member.

Claims

1. In a valve slide including a slide housing and defining a slide passage opening, a closing member slidable in the plane of the slide into a closed position for closing the slide passage opening, a sealing surface being provided surrounding the slide passage opening, wherein, in the closed position of the closing member, a circumferentially closed sealing member whose shape corresponds to the sealing surface rests against the sealing surface, imaginary straight generatrices of the sealing surface extending at a right angle to the plane in which the axis of the slide and the sliding direction of the closing member are located, wherein the improvement comprises that, in the direction of the generatrices of the sealing surface, the sealing surface has an upper portion, a middle portion and a lower portion, each portion defining a plane, the upper portion and the lower portion each including an obtuse angle with the middle portion, the planes of the upper portion and of the lower portion of the sealing surface extending approximately perpendicularly to the sliding direction of the closing member, the circumferentially closed sealing member having components which interact with the sealing surface, wherein at least the components of the sealing member which interact with the middle portion of the sealing surface extend along straight lines and parallel to that plane which includes the axis of the slide and the direction of sliding of the closing member.

2. The valve slide according to claim 1, wherein the upper portion and the lower portion of the sealing surface extend parallel to each other.

3. The valve slide according to claim 1, wherein the upper portion and the lower portion of the sealing surface extend parallel to the axis of the slide.

4. The valve slide according to claim 1, wherein, relative to a plane including the sliding direction of the closing member and located parallel to the straight generatrices of the sealing surface, the sealing surface, the sealing member and the closing member are constructed essentially symmetrically.

5. The valve slide according to claim 1, wherein the slide passage opening is a slot-like opening having a long axis, the long axis of the opening extending perpendicularly to the sliding direction of the closing member.

6. The valve slide according to claim 1, wherein the upper portion, the middle portion and the lower portion of the sealing surface have different lengths in a direction transversely to the straight generatrices of the sealing surface, wherein the middle portion is longer than the upper and lower portions.

7. The valve slide according to claim 1, wherein the middle portion of the sealing surface is arranged perpendicularly relative to the axis of the slide.

8. The valve slide according to claim 1, wherein the valve housing is an extruded section.

9. The valve slide according to claim 1, wherein the closing member is an extruded section.