Patent ID: 9732860
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: F16K

Claim:
1. A valve, comprising: a valve seat which surrounds an opening; a closure member that is movable between a closed position, pressed against the valve seat in which the closure member closes the opening, an intermediate position, raised from the valve seat and arranged aligned with the opening, and a maximum open position, in which the opening is completely or at least in part released; at least one first valve drive for moving the closure member along a first movement path at least one of back or forth between the maximum open position and the intermediate position; at least one second valve drive for moving the closure member along a second movement path at least one of back or forth between the intermediate position and the closed position; the first movement path and the second movement path being arranged in an angled manner with respect to one another; and at least one locking device that locks the closure member in the closed position, the locking device comprises at least one locking body which comprises at least one inclined surface, the locking body being movable relative to the closure member along a third movement path between a locking position, in which the closure member is locked in the closed position, and a releasing position, in which the closure member is movable out of the closed position into the intermediate position, wherein the locking body acts on the closure member indirectly with or by use of the inclined surface, and wherein the closure member is connected to a yoke by at least one valve rod and the locking body acts on the yoke directly with or by use of the inclined surface, wherein the third movement path is arranged at an acute angle relative to the inclined surface.