Valve

• US 7,178,551 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2002
• Issued: 02/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hans Wiederkehr, Kurt Wiederkehr
• Original Assignee: Hans Wiederkehr, Kurt Wiederkehr
• Inventors: Wiederkehr, Kurt, Wiederkehr, Hans
• Primary Examiner(s): Hepperle; Stephen M.
• Application Number:
  US10/472,373
• Publication Number:
  US 20040149336A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,800 Days
• Field of Search: 137/505.18, 137/505.25, 137/505.42, 137/116.5, 137/507, 251/144
• US Class Current: 137/505.18
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 1/306 with a valve member, e.g. stem or shaft, passing through the seat
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7794 With relief valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7801 Balanced valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7808 Apertured reactor surface surrounds flow line
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7826 With valve closing bias

Abstract

A valve for fitting to a container, in particular a bottle, in which a pressure has accrued, comprising a valve housing in which at least one valve seat is provided. A valve seat, independent of the bottle pressure is located between a piston and the bottle contents and connected to the piston, whereby the other side of the piston is pressurized by an energy store, the force of which is adjustable.

Claims

1. A valve for placing onto a container in which a pressure is built up, comprising a valve housing (1) having at least one valve seat (23, 24), wherein the valve seat (23, 24) is situated between a piston (28) and the container and is connected to one side of the piston (28), and a force accumulator (39) which can be changed in its force pressing on the piston (28) on the other side, wherein the valve seat is formed by a valve cone (23) which sits in a hole opening (24) of the valve housing (1), the valve cone (23) is connected to a thrust-transmitting component (30) which slides in the piston (28) and the thrust-transmitting component (30) closes an oblique hole (32) which is connected to a relief hole (33) in the valve housing (1) or to a spring housing (34).

2. The valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the valve cone (23) is supported against a force accumulator (22) in a guide housing (15) which is inserted into the valve housing (1).

3. The valve as claimed in claim 2, wherein the valve cone (23) is placed on a ram (19) which is surrounded by a helical spring (22) as the force accumulator and which slides in an O-ring (20) which has the same inside diameter as the hole opening (24).

4. The valve as claimed in claim 3, wherein the guide housing (15) has at least one opening (17) to the interior of the cylinder.

5. The valve as claimed in claim 4, wherein the opening (17) is covered by a filter (18).

6. The valve as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piston (28) slides in a cylinder space (27) in the valve housing (1).

7. The valve as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cylinder space (27) is closed by the spring housing (34).

8. The valve as claimed in claim 7, wherein the spring housing (34) has an axial stepped hole (35) in which, in particular, the force accumulator (39) which can be changed in its force is held.

9. The valve as claimed in claim 8, wherein the force accumulator (39), as a helical spring, encompasses an intermediate component (36) and is supported at one end against a head (37) of the intermediate component (36) and at the other end against the piston (28).

10. The valve as claimed in claim 8, wherein an actuating pin (48) is inserted into the head (37) of the intermediate component (36).

11. The valve as claimed in claim 10, wherein the actuating pin (48) encloses, in the intermediate component (36), a valve space (44) in which a nonreturn valve (45, 46) is situated.

12. The valve as claimed in claim 11, wherein a compression spring (46) is supported in the valve space (44) against a nonreturn-valve cone (45) which closes a hole (42) in the intermediate component (36).

13. The valve as claimed in claim 12, wherein the intermediate component (36) slides in a sealed manner in an annular space (41) which is formed by an annular wall (40) protruding from the piston (28).

14. The valve as claimed in claim 13, wherein the hole (42) leads from the nonreturn valve into the annular space (41) and also into an oblique hole (49) which connects the annular space (41) to a piston space (26) into which the hole (25), which forms the valve seat (24) with the valve cone (23), also leads.

15. The valve as claimed in claim 14, wherein a filling valve is also provided in the valve housing (1).

16. The valve as claimed in claim 15, wherein the filling valve is designed as a nonreturn valve (7).