Shut-off system for large conduit cross-sections, having a swing flap

• US 8,091,858 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2008
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Janich GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Janich GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Janich, Hans-Jürgen, Krüger, Matthias
• Primary Examiner(s): Hepperle, Stephen M
• Assistant Examiner(s): DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE
• Application Number:
  US12/060,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20080245431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 251/14, 251/56, 251/57, 251/58, 251/59, 251/60, 251/62, 251/77, 251/78, 251/81, 251/89.5, 251/190, 251/208, 251/228, 251/232, 251/235, 251/279, 251/280, 251/284, 251/285, 251/288, 251/356, 137/488, 137/875
• US Class Current: 251/58
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/052 with pivoted closure members, e.g. butterfly valves
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/521 comprising a pivoted disc or flap
• CPC Class Codes: F23L 11/00 Arrangements of valves or dampers after the fire
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87812 Pivoted valve or deflector

Abstract

The shut-off system according to the invention for large conduit cross-sections has a swing flap which can be swung to and fro between two end positions about a pivot axis by means of a drive device, wherein the drive device has a drive shaft which is connected to the swing flap via an elbow lever, and at least one lever arm rigidly connected to the drive shaft is provided which is in operative connection with at least one operating cylinder for rotation of the drive shaft. The drive device has a motion link which is fastened so as to be rotatable about a pivot bearing, wherein the operating cylinder is connected to the motion link to pivot the same, and a transmission element is provided between the lever arm and the motion link in order to transmit the pivoting motion of the motion link to the drive shaft.

Claims

1. A shut-off system for large conduit cross-sections, comprising:

a swing flap which can be swung to and fro between two end positions about a pivot axis by a drive device which moves the swing flap between the two end positions,

the drive device having

a drive shaft which is connected to the swing flap via an elbow lever system,

at least one lever arm rigidly connected to the drive shaft which is in operative connection with at least one operating cylinder for rotation of the drive shaft,

a motion link which is fastened so as to be rotatable about a pivot bearing, wherein the at least one operating cylinder comprises a first operating cylinder,

the first operating cylinder connected to the motion link to pivot the motion link about the pivot bearing,

a transmission element provided between the lever arm and the motion link in order to transmit the pivoting motion of the motion link to the drive shaft, and

the pivot bearing being longitudinally displaced toward and away from the drive shaft.

2. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein a rotational movement of the drive shaft between the two end positions of the swing flap is at least 160°

.

3. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein the swing flap executes a pivoting movement between the two end positions of approximately 90°

.

4. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein the motion link is supported by a first end to be rotatable about the pivot bearing and is connected by a second end to the lever arm via the transmission element, and wherein the first operating cylinder is coupled to a central region of the motion link.

5. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein the distance between the pivot axis of the swing flap and the rotation axis of the drive shaft is in the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 times the width of the swing flap.

6. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission element is formed by a linkage rod.

7. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein the pivot bearing is longitudinally displaced in a slot.

8. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein the motion link further has a stop which limits the pivoting movement of the motion link and, as the stroke of the first operating cylinder continues, causes displacement of the motion link and the longitudinal displacement of the pivot bearing.

9. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one operating cylinder comprises a secondary operating cylinder and the transmission element is formed by the second operating cylinder which increases the turning range of the drive shaft.

10. A shut-off system according to claim 9, wherein the first operating cylinder has a greater effective piston diameter than the second operating cylinder, and the two operating cylinders are arranged parallel to each other.

11. A shut-off system according to claim 10, wherein the two operating cylinders are fluidly connected to each other so that both operating cylinders are always acted upon simultaneously by the same pressure.

12. A shut-off system according to claim 1, wherein the first operating cylinder is connected by a first end to the motion link and is supported by a second end on a mounting bracket, which mounting bracket is held so as to be rotatable at a first end and is supported at a second end on a housing frame.

13. A shut-off system according to claim 12, wherein both the pivot bearing and the motion link and an end support bearing of the operating cylinder are provided on the mounting bracket.

14. A shut-off system according to claim 12, wherein the mounting bracket is supported on the housing frame via one of a linkage rod, a shock absorber or an energy storing device.

15. A shut-off system according to claim 13, wherein the mounting bracket is supported on the housing frame via one of a linkage rod, a shock absorber or an energy storing device.

16. A shut-off system according to claim 2, wherein the rotational movement of the drive shaft between the two end positions of the swing flap is between 160°

and 180°

.

17. A shut-off system according to claim 5, wherein the distance between the pivot axis of the swing flap and the rotation axis of the drive shaft is in the range of from 0.4 to 0.6 times the width of the swing flap.