Patent GB-1069509-A (GB)
Title: Automatically responsive shut-off valve
IPC: F16K3/314
Filed: 1966-03-15
Abstract: 1,069,509. Automatically responsive shut-off valves. P. ROSENBERG. March 15, 1966 [March 25, 1965], No. 11361/66. Heading F2V. [Also in Division G3] An automatically responsive shut-off valve comprising a valve housing 2 having two sections 4, 6 attached together and sealed by a washer 8; a valve seat 14 located between inlet port 10 and outlet port 12; a valve member 16, movable from the illustrated open position where it rests against a seat 18 formed on housing section 6, to a closed position against valve seat 14; spring means 44 biasing the valve member to its closed position; the valve member being retained in the open position, against the action of the spring, by means of the inlet pressure applied to the front face of the member; a chamber 30 delimited by wall 32 and plug 34 and divided into first and second compartments 40, 42, respectively, by means of a piston 38 carried on a valve stem 36; a bore 70 in the valve stem communicating the pressure at the front face to compartment 42; which in turn communicates with compartment 40 by means of a bridge 72; a third communication path is provided between compartment 40 and the rear face of valve member 16 by means of a duct 74 and recess 76; and means, located in housing 80, for controlling the communicating path 72 and the force on the rear face of valve member 16, which when added to the force of the spring means, is sufficient to move the member to its closed position. The valve is opened from its closed position by rotating a handle 64 whence the threaded portion 56 on a screw bolt 58 engages the threaded end 54 of piston stern 36. The valve member is then drawn on to seat 18 by rotation of a nut 60 with handle 62 and is retained in this position, after disengagement of the retraction device, by means of the inlet pressure. During the opening operation fluid flows into recess 76 and through duct 74 into compartment 40 and is maintained at atmospheric pressure owing to vent 46. Communication between compartments 42 and 40 is established through duct 72 when valve 86 is raised from opening 88. The applied force on the front face of piston 38 cancels that on the rear face but the pressure applied from compartment 40, to the rear face of valve member 16, by means of duct 74 and recess 76, and the action of spring 44 overcome the force on the front face of the valve member and move it toward its closed position. As the valve moves, piston 38 traverses the opening into compartment 40 from duct 72. The pressure from compartment 42 now acts on the rear face of the piston and assists closing. The movement of the valve is braked by the fluid in compartment 40 which is expressed through vent 46. The means 80 for controlling duct 72 is provided with a chamber 82 which is spaced by space 85 from a movable plunger 84 carrying valves 86, 90. A spring 94 biases the plunger downwards to close opening 88. Opening 92 communicates with connections 95 and 96 which are attached through valves 99, 101 respectively, to a timer 98 and flow control device 100. Fluid seeps through space 85 and around plunger 84. When connections 95, 96 are closed the fluid pressure on either side of the plunger 84 is equal and spring 94 closes opening 88 by means of valve 86. On opening connections 95 or 96 the pressure above plunger 84 is released and the pressure in compartment 42, applied through duct 72, lifts the plunger and establishes communication between compartment 40 and 42. The control valve produces an intermittent hammering effect since as valve 86 is unseated, valve 90 closes opening 92 and fluid seeps above the plunger which then moves downward to close opening 88 and releases the fluid pressure above the plunger. The valve 16 is also responsive to drops in inlet pressure.