Mounting of a valve plate on a valve rod

• US 8,678,344 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2011
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VAT Holding AG (VAT Group AG)
• Original Assignee: VAT Holding AG (VAT Group AG)
• Inventors: Ehrne, Florian, Blecha, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Bastianelli, John
• Application Number:
  US13/009,147
• Publication Number:
  US 20110108750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,161 Days
• Field of Search: 251/84, 251/87, 251/193, 251326-329
• US Class Current: 251/87
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 3/188 by means of hydraulic forces
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 3/314 Forms or constructions of slides; Attachment of the slide to the spindle
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 51/02 specially adapted for high-vacuum installations

Abstract

A mounting of a valve plate (1) on a valve rod (2) using a cross member (3) extending transversely with respect to the valve rod (2) is provided. The cross member (3) is connected at a central connecting point (4) to the valve rod (2) and is connected at least two lateral connecting points (5, 6), which are situated on both sides of the central connecting point (4), to the valve plate (1). The cross member (3) has a spacing (a) from the valve plate (1) in a central section (17) which comprises the central connecting point (4) and sections of the cross member (3) adjacent to the central connecting point (4) at both sides. By a twisting of the cross member (3), the valve plate (1) can be pivoted relative to the valve rod (2) about a pivot axis (19) which is at right angles to the valve rod.

Claims

1. A valve plate suspension system comprising a valve plate supported on at least one valve rod by a crossbar extending transverse to the valve rod,

the crossbar is connected to the valve plate at lateral valve-plate connection points and the at least one valve rod is connected to the crossbar at at least one valve-rod connection point of the crossbar lying between the lateral valve-plate connection points, and the crossbar has a spacing (a) from the valve plate in a middle section of the crossbar, with the middle section encompassing the at least one valve-rod connection point and adjacent sections of the crossbar on both sides of the at least one valve-rod connection point, and

the valve plate is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends at a right angle to the valve rod relative to the at least one valve rod through a torsion of the crossbar that occurs when at least one end of the valve rod is fixed and the valve plate pivots relative to the at least one valve rod around the pivot axis so that the crossbar twists, a cross-section of the crossbar being progressively rotated with larger angles of rotation with increasing distance from the fixed end of the valve rod.

2. The valve plate suspension system according to

claim 1, wherein the crossbar has a single-material construction.

3. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve-rod connection point of the crossbar to the valve rod includes at least one connection screw.

4. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the crossbar and the valve plate have single-material constructions.

5. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the lateral valve-plate connection points of the crossbar to the valve plate are formed by connection screws.

6. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the crossbar is connected to the valve plate by two of the valve-plate connection points of which one lies on one side and the other lies on the other side of the at least one valve-rod connection point.

7. The valve plate suspension system according to

claim 1, wherein the crossbar is connected to the valve plate by four of the valve-plate connection points of which two of the valve-plate connection points lie on one side and the other two of the valve-plate connection points lie on the other side of the at least one valve-rod connection point.

8. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 1, wherein a pivoting of the valve plate is realized relative to the at least one valve rod about the pivot axis of at least 0.2°

by a torque of 80 Nm acting on the crossbar about the pivot axis.

9. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 8, wherein a pivoting about the pivot axis of at least 0.3°

is realized by a torque of 80 Nm acting on the crossbar about the pivot axis.

10. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the pivot axis has a distance (b) from a middle line that lies parallel to the pivot axis and extends, for an arrangement in which an elastic seal is located on the valve plate, centrally between intersecting points of the elastic seal with a longitudinal axis of the at least one valve rod or extends, for an arrangement in which a sealing face on the valve plate is provided for interacting with an elastic seal arranged on a valve seat, centrally between intersecting points that have sections of the sealing face provided for interacting with the elastic seal with the longitudinal axis of the at least one valve rod.

11. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve rod is a single valve rod and the valve-rod connection point is centrally located.

12. The valve plate suspension system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one valve rod comprises two parallel valve rods, each of which is connected to the crossbar at the valve-rod connection points.

13. Vacuum valve comprising a valve plate and at least one valve rod on which the valve plate is suspended and by which the valve plate can be adjusted between an open position in which the vacuum valve is opened and a closed position in which the vacuum valve is closed and the valve plate seals a valve opening, a crossbar is connected to the valve plate at lateral valve-plate connection points and the at least one valve rod is connected to the crossbar at at least one valve-rod connection point of the crossbar lying between the lateral valve-plate connection points, and the crossbar has a spacing (a) from the valve plate in a middle section that encompasses the at least one valve-rod connection point of the crossbar and adjacent sections of the crossbar on both sides of this connection point, and

the valve plate is pivotable relative to the at least one valve rod by a torsion of the crossbar that occurs when at least one end of the valve rod is fixed and the valve plate pivots relative to the at least one valve rod about a pivot axis that extends at a right angle to the valve rod so that the crossbar twists, a cross-section of the crossbar being progressively rotated with larger angles of rotation with increasing distance from the fixed end of the at least one valve rod.

14. The vacuum valve according to claim 13, wherein the valve plate can be moved starting from an open position in which it is located free of a valve opening by at least one first piston-cylinder unit shifting the at least one valve rod in an axial direction into an intermediate position in which it covers the valve opening but is lifted from a valve seat surrounding the valve opening, and the valve plate can be moved starting from the intermediate position by at least one second piston-cylinder unit by which the at least one valve rod can be pivoted about an axis or can be moved in a direction at a right angle to a longitudinal axis thereof into a closed position in which the valve plate is pressed onto the valve seat.