Control valve

• US 9,360,127 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2011
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Protego (USA), Inc.
• Original Assignee: Protego (USA), Inc.
• Inventors: Helmsen, Frank, Kirchner, Tobias
• Primary Examiner(s): Fristoe, Jr., John K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Venkatesan, Umashankar
• Application Number:
  US13/883,299
• Publication Number:
  US 20130213497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,687 Days
• Field of Search: 137/469, 137/471
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 1/36 Valve members for double-seat valves F16K1/44 ; for butterfly valves F16K1/222, F16K1/223
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 1/44 Details of seats or valve members of double-seat valves
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 17/12 weight-loaded
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7909 Valve body is the weight

Abstract

The invention relates to a control valve having a valve seat and a valve disk (1), which can be moved from a closed position, in which the valve disk (1) rests on the valve seat and the relief valve is closed, into a through-flow position, in which the relief valve is open, wherein the valve disk (1) comprises a valve disk surface (2) having a peripheral surface rim (4) and a normal which is perpendicular to the valve disk surface (2), runs through the center of gravity of the latter and defines a longitudinal axis L. A brim is arranged on the surface rim (4), wherein said brim has a first part (6) which projects beyond the valve disk surface (2) in the axial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis L and has a second part (8) which adjoins the first part (6) and comprises a section that is radial with respect to the longitudinal axis L.

Claims

1. A switch valve with a valve seat and a valve plate that can be moved from a closed position, in which the valve plate is in contact with the valve seat and the switch valve is closed, into a through-flow position, in which the switch valve is open,

wherein the valve plate comprises

a valve plate surface with a circumferential surface edge, wherein said valve plate surface is the surface by means of which the valve plate lies on top of the valve seat when the valve is closed, and

a perpendicular, which runs vertically to the valve plate surface and through a center of gravity of the valve plate surface, said perpendicular defining a longitudinal axis L, and

wherein a brim is arranged at the circumferential surface edge, wherein the brim comprises

a first part which protrudes from the circumferential surface edge in a downward direction from the valve plate surface and

a second part comprising a radial section extending in the radial direction that extends from the first part, the second part further comprising a brim edge extending in the axial direction from the radial section relative to the longitudinal axis L, wherein the radial section has a larger proportion extending in the radial direction than the brim edge extending in the axial direction, the entire radial section being larger than the valve seat diameter.

2. The switch valve according to claim 1 wherein the first part of the brim stretches at an angle towards the longitudinal axis L.

3. The switch valve according to claim 1 wherein the first part of the brim has at least one gap.

5. The switch valve according to claim 1 wherein the valve plate surface is circular.

6. The switch valve according to claim 1 wherein the switch valve is configured so that the valve plate is only held in the closed position by the weight force acting on it and is only moved out of the closed position by pressure acting on the valve plate surface.

7. The switch valve according to claim 2 wherein the angle ranges from 10 to 15 degrees.

8. The switch valve according to claim 2 wherein the angle ranges from 5 to 25 degrees.

9. The switch valve according to claim 1, wherein the switch valve is configured so that at a first stroke height the second part of the brim is not struck by process medium while the first part of the brim is struck by process medium, and at a second stroke height the second part of the brim is struck by process medium, wherein the second stroke height is larger than the first stroke height.

10. The switch valve according to claim 1, wherein the switch valve is configured so that process medium strikes the second part of the brim exerting a force thereon for 15 to 30% of a full stroke, wherein the full stroke is a maximum deviation of the valve plate away from the valve seat.

11. The switch valve according to claim 1, wherein a tangent line at any point of the first part of the brim as applied to a cross-sectional profile of the switch valve has an angle of at least 0 degrees and no more than 25 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis L.

12. The switch valve according to claim 1, wherein the radial section has a non-zero angle of 30 degrees or less with respect to the valve plate surface.

13. The switch valve according to claim 1, wherein the radial section is horizontal.

14. The switch valve according to claim 1, wherein the brim edge arches downwards with a negative concavity.

4. A switch valve with a valve seat and a valve plate that can be moved from a closed position, in which the valve plate is in contact with the valve seat and the switch valve is closed, into a through-flow position, in which the switch valve is open,

wherein the valve plate comprises

a valve plate surface with a circumferential surface edge, wherein said valve plate surface is the surface by means of which the valve plate lies on top of the valve seat when the valve is closed, and

a perpendicular, which runs vertically to the valve plate surface and through a centre of gravity of the valve plate surface, said perpendicular defining a longitudinal axis L, and

wherein a brim is arranged at the circumferential surface edge, wherein the brim comprises

a first part which protrudes from the valve plate surface towards the valve seat in an axial direction relative to the longitudinal axis L, and

a second part that extends from the first part, the second part comprising a radial section relative to the longitudinal axis L,

wherein the first part of the brim has at least one gap, and

wherein the second part of the brim has a cross section in the shape of a wing panel with respect to a radial section relative to the longitudinal axis L, wherein said shape of a wing panel is a shape sufficient to create a vacuum above said second part of the brim.