Patent Document

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     a) Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a female screw member, a motor operated valve using the female screw member, and a method for producing the female screw member for the motor operated valve. 
     b) Description of the Conventional Art 
     As a motor operated valve used for controlling the flow rate of a refrigerant or the like in a refrigerating cycle system, Japanese unexamined patent publication No. 2006-70990 discloses the motor operated valve having a driving mechanism configured to contact/separate a valve body with/from a valve seat by utilizing rotation of a rotor of an electric motor. In such motor operated valve, when the valve is in fully closing, an upper stopper body fixed on a valve shaft holder collides with a lower stopper body fixed at a guide bush to stop rotation and downward movement of the valve shaft. The motor operated valve adopts such a screw removing structure that in a fully opening direction, the valve shaft holder is finally unscrewed from the guide bush fixed at the valve main body to stop upward movement of the valve shaft. 
     However, the screw removing structure in the fully opening direction like the above described motor operated valve cannot be adopted for a motor operated valve having a configuration that the valve shaft holder cannot be unscrewed from the guide bush. 
     On the other hand, Japanese examined patent publication No. H6-94910 discloses an electric control valve provided with a valve part including a valve seat and a valve body, a stepping motor part, which is positioned in the upper direction of the valve part and contacts/separates the valve body with/from the valve seat by a rotation of a rotor. This electric control valve includes a fully opening stopper for restricting the movement of valve body to a fully opening position of the valve, and a fully closing stopper for restricting the movement of valve body to a fully closed position of the valve, and these stoppers are provided in the upper direction of the rotor in a closed casing. 
     However, in the above-described electric control valve, since the fully opening and closing stoppers are positioned in the upper direction of the rotor, the entire length of the electric control valve comes to be long. In addition, since the number of parts used for the fully opening and closing stoppers increases, there is a problem that the operability for the assembly of the valve is degraded so that a manufacturing cost increases. Further, if such the fully opening and closing stoppers are to be provided in the rotor, it is necessary to decrease an outer diameter of the shaft valve holder in order to provide an installation space. Accordingly, it comes to be difficult to secure installation or setting space for a coil spring for urging the valve body. Therefore, it has been difficult to downsize the motor operated valve while maintaining a large valve aperture. 
     Thus, the applicant of the present application has proposed a motor operated valve with reduced number of parts, having an easily assembled structure, and capable of maintaining a large valve aperture even if downsizing, in Japanese patent application No. 2009-11549, which was published on Aug. 5, 2010, as Japanese unexamined patent publication No. 2010-169173. 
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 7A to 7E , the motor operated valve according to such prior proposed invention is provided with a valve main body  55  including two conduits  52  and  53  and a valve seat  54 , a can  56  connected with the valve main body  55 , and a rotor  57  arranged inside the can  56  and forming a part of an electric motor. The motor operated vale is further provided with a stator (not illustrated) fixed at an outer peripheral part of the can  56  and rotating/driving the rotor  57 , a male screw member (valve shaft)  60  connected integrally to the rotor  57  via a supporting ring  59 , and a female screw member (valve shaft holder)  61  whose lower end part is fixed at the valve main body  55  via a joint ring  65 , where the male screw member  60  is inserted into the female screw member  61 . The motor operated valve is further provided with a valve body  62  being locked at a lower end part of the male screw member  60  and contacting to/separating from a valve seat. In addition,  FIG. 7A  illustrates a cross-sectional view when fully closing, and  FIG. 7B  illustrates a cross-sectional view when fully opening. Furthermore,  FIGS. 7C to 7E  and  FIGS. 8A to 8C  illustrate the female screw member  61  integrally molded with the joint ring  65 . 
     With the aforementioned configuration, when an operator desires to close the motor operated valve  51 , an electric current is made to flow in the stator in one direction so as to magnetically excite the stator, in a state illustrated in  FIG. 7B , so that the rotor  57  rotates in a clockwise direction as viewed from an upper side. Simultaneously, the male screw member  60  rotates and goes down while threadedly connecting a male screw  60   a  to a female screw  61   a , and the valve body  62  sits down on the valve seat  54 . Then, the motor operated valve  51  is closed. 
     At a time when the valve body  62  sits down on the valve seat  54 , a fully closing upper stopper part  59   a  does not reach to a fully closing lower stopper part  61   d , and the rotor  57  is in a further rotatable state. The rotor  57  further rotates in a clockwise direction as viewed from an upper side, and when the fully closing upper stopper part (fully closing movable stopper for restricting the movement of valve body to a fully closing position of the valve)  59   a  is in contact with the fully closing lower stopper part (fully closing fixing stopper for restricting the movement of valve body to a fully closing position of the valve)  61   d , the rotation of the rotor  57  is forcibly stopped. 
     Further, when the valve body  62  sits down on the valve seat  54 , the male screw member  60  further goes down although the valve body  62  stops moving. Thus, the coil spring  64  is compressed to press the valve body  62  toward the valve seat  54 , and an operation ends with a state illustrated in  FIG. 7A . 
     On the other hand, when an operator desires to open the motor operated valve  51 , an electric current is made to follow in the stator in an opposite direction to the above mentioned direction so as to magnetically excite, in a state illustrated in  FIG. 7A , so that the rotor  57  rotates in the counterclockwise direction as viewed from upper direction. Then, the male screw member  60  also rotates and goes up while screwing the male screw  60   a  to the female screw  61   a , and the valve body  62  is separated from the valve seat  54 , so that the motor operated valve is opened. Further, the rotor  57  further rotates, and when the fully opening lower stopper part (fully opening movable stopper for restricting the movement of valve body to a fully opening position of the valve)  67  is in contact with the fully opening upper stopper part (fully opening fixing stopper for restricting the movement of valve body to a fully opening position of the valve)  61   f , the rotation of rotor  57  stops, and the up going of valve body  62  also stops. 
     As mentioned above, according to the motor operated valve  51  of the prior proposed invention by the applicant, the female screw member  61  is integrally molded with the two stopper parts  61   d  and  61   f  functioning at times of the fully opening and the fully closing of the motor operated valve  51 . Thus, the downsizing of the motor operated valve  51  comes to be possible, and the number of parts decreases. In addition, since the female screw member  61  is integrally molded with the two stopper parts  61   d  and  61   f , the positional relationship between the two stopper parts  61   d  and  61   f  can be stabilized, so that assembling can be improved. 
     However, in the motor operated valve  51  according to the prior proposed invention by the applicant, as illustrated in  FIG. 9 , when the joint ring  65  is insert-molded so as to produce the female screw member  61  and the joint ring  65  by using one core  70 , the stopper part  61   f  comes to be an undercut, so that the core  70  comes to be non-rotatable. In other words, although  FIG. 9  illustrates a state that the female screw member  61  is molded by using the core  70 , if the core  70  is rotated to be taken out downward after the female screw member  61  is molded, the core  70  cannot be rotated since the stopper part  61   f  exists, so that the core  70  cannot be taken out downward. 
     Therefore, as illustrated in  FIGS. 10A to 10B , two cores  73  and  74  (a core  73  to form a female screw  61   a , and a core  74  to form a cylindrical part with a large diameter which is formed continuously to the female screw member  6   a ) are used in addition to an upper mold  71  and a lower mold  72 . After the core  73  is fixed to the core  74 , these cores  73  and  74  are arranged inside the upper mold  71  and the lower mold  72 . After a joint ring  65  is insert-molded, the core  74  and the core  73  are taken out in this order, more specifically, after or while the core  74  is removed, the core  73  is rotated to be taken out. Accordingly, an inner wall face of the female screw member  61   a  can be molded while avoiding the undercut of the stopper part  61   f . However, in such a production method, it is difficult to completely align cores between the cores  73  and  74 . Thus, misalignment may occur between the female screw  61   a  of the female screw member  61  and the lower end part  61   c . Therefore, there is a problem that integrating the female screw member  61  with the male screw member  60  is difficult (refer to  FIGS. 7A to 7E ). 
     Further, a space may be formed between the cores  73  and  74 . When the space is formed, a burr is generated at the space portion, and an operation to remove the burr is necessary. So, there is a problem that the production cost of the motor operated valve  51  increases. Although the core  74  can be integrated with the lower mold  72 , there is a similar problem to the aforementioned problem in such a case. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Therefore, the present invention has been proposed to solve the aforementioned problems of the prior proposed invention by the applicant, and an objective of the present invention is to provide an improved female screw member, which includes a female screw part including a female screw formed therein, and a projection projecting in the direction of a center shaft of the female screw part and having a working face in a rotating direction centering on the center shaft. When the above female screw member is integrally molded with a resin, the above female screw part and the projection part can be molded by using only one core. The present invention is also directed to a motor operated valve using the female screw member, and a method for producing the female screw member for the motor operated valve. 
     According to a first aspect of the present invention to realize the aforementioned objectives, a female screw member includes a female screw part formed with a female screw, and a projection part projecting in the direction of a center shaft of the female screw part and having a working face in the rotating direction centering on the center shaft, wherein the female screw part and projection part are integrally molded with a resin. In the female screw member, the projection part has a spiral inclination face which spirally inclines by one round from the working face centering on the center shaft of the female screw. The height of the working face is equal to or smaller than a pitch of the female screw. 
     According to a second aspect of the present invention, a female screw member includes a female screw part formed with a female screw, and a projection part projecting in the direction of a center shaft of the female screw and having a working face in the rotating direction centering on the center shaft, wherein the female part and projection part are integrally molded with a resin. In the female screw member, the projection part has a spiral inclination face which spirally inclines from the working face centering on the center shaft of the female screw. The spiral inclination face is formed so that the female screw member is not interfered with the spiral inclination face when rotating in line with a thread of the female screw. 
     In the female screw member according to the present invention, it is preferable that the spiral inclination face includes at least one plane part vertical to the center shaft while rotating by one round from the working face and reaching again to the working face. 
     Further, according to the present invention, it is preferable that the spiral inclination face includes a linear part in development elevation at least a part thereof. 
     Further, according to the present invention, it is preferable that the female screw part includes a cylindrical part having a larger inner diameter than the female screw, and the projection part is formed at a bottom of the cylindrical part. 
     According to the present invention, since an inner wall part of the female screw member can be molded with one core, core misalignment does not occur between the female screw of the female screw member and a lower end part of the female screw. Furthermore, the occurrence of a burr can be prevented. 
     In the female screw member according to the present invention, it is preferable that the projection part is a fully opening fixing stopper in contact with a fully opening movable stopper provided at a valve shaft of a motor operated valve which is threadedly connected to the female screw. 
     Further, according to the present invention, it is preferable that a fully closing fixing stopper is further formed at an end part on the opposite side to the cylindrical part in the female screw part. 
     The female screw member having the aforementioned configuration can be used for a motor operated valve. 
     According to a third aspect of the present invention, a motor operated valve includes a valve main body having a valve seat, the above-mentioned female screw member attached to the valve main body, an electric motor having a rotor and a stator, and a valve shaft. The valve shaft is threadedly connected to a female screw of the female screw member, and rotated and driven by the rotor, and has a fully opening movable stopper capable of contacting to the fully opening fixing stopper. 
     According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a motor operated valve includes a valve main body having a valve seat, the above-mentioned female screw member attached to the valve main body, an electric motor having a rotor and a stator, and a valve shaft. The valve shaft is threadedly connected to a female screw of the female screw member, and is rotated and driven by the rotor. The valve shaft has a fully opening movable stopper capable of contacting to the fully opening fixing stopper, and has a fully closing movable stopper capable of contacting to the fully closing fixing stopper. 
     According to the motor operated valve of the present invention, since a female screw member can be molded by one core, core misalignment does not occur between a female screw part of the female screw member of the motor operated valve and a lower end part of the female screw member, and the occurrence of a burr can be prevented. Thus, the manufacturing cost of the motor operated valve can be reduced. 
     According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a method for producing a female screw member adapted to be used in a motor operated valve is provided. The motor operated valve includes a male screw member and a valve body. The male screw member rotates according to the rotation of a rotor of an electric motor and is threadedly connected to the female screw member fixed at a valve main body. The valve body contacts to/separates from a valve seat in the valve main body by rotating the male screw member. The female screw member includes a female screw part to be threadedly connected to a male screw part of the male screw member. The female screw member further includes a concave part which is provided more on the valve main body side than the female screw part, and has a cylindrical space having a larger diameter than a screw diameter of the female screw part. The female screw member yet further includes a fully opening stopper part in the concave part. The fully opening stopper part projects toward the valve main body, and is in contact with a stopper part rotating according to the rotation of a rotor of the electric motor when fully opening the motor operated valve, and regulates the rotation in the valve opening direction of the male screw member. When the female screw member is molded, a lower mold, an upper mold, and one core are used. The lower mold is provided to mold a valve main body side of the female screw member. The upper mold is provided to mold a female screw part side of the female screw member. The core is provided to simultaneously mold the female screw part and the concave part having the cylindrical space. The core is configured to be demoldable without interfering the fully opening stopper part. 
     Further, according to the present invention, since the female screw member can be molded with one core, core misalignment does not occur between a female screw part of the female screw member of the motor operated valve and a lower end part of the female screw member, and the occurrence of a burr can be prevented. Thus, the manufacturing cost of the motor operated valve can be reduced. 
     In the method for producing the female screw member adapted to be used in the motor operated valve, the fully opening stopper part includes a contact face in contact with a stopper part rotating according to the rotation of a rotor of the electric motor. The fully opening stopper part further includes a spiral inclination face which gradually approaches the female screw part side from a projecting edge part of the contact face. The fully opening stopper part yet further includes a circumferential inner face positioned on the axial line side of the female screw part. The core can mold the contact face, the spiral inclination face, and the circumferential inner face. 
     Furthermore, in the method for producing the female screw member adapted to be used in the motor operated valve, the female screw member has a disc-like joint ring on an outer surface of the concave part, and the disc-like joint ring is provided for fixing the female screw member at the valve main body. The female screw member can be insert-molded, holding the joint ring with the lower mold and the upper mold. 
     As mentioned above, the present invention can provide an improved female screw member capable of preventing the occurrence of core misalignment between a female screw of a female screw member and a lower end part of a female screw member, preventing the occurrence of a burr, and reducing the manufacturing cost of the motor operated valve. Furthermore, the present invention can provide a motor operated valve using the improved female screw member, and a method for producing the improved female screw member. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIGS. 1A to 1C  illustrate an example of a female screw member according to the present invention, wherein  FIG. 1A  is a top plan view,  FIG. 1B  is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in  FIG. 1A , and  FIG. 1C  is a bottom view. 
         FIGS. 2A to 2B  illustrate the female screw member shown in  FIGS. 1A to 1C , wherein  FIG. 2A  is a perspective illustration viewed from above, and  FIG. 2B  is a perspective illustration viewed from beneath. 
         FIGS. 3A to 3B  illustrate the female screw member shown in  FIGS. 1A to 1C , wherein  FIG. 3A  is a sectional perspective illustration viewed from beneath, and  FIG. 3B  is a partly sectional perspective illustration viewed from beneath. 
         FIGS. 4A to 4B  illustrate an example of metal molds used in a production of a female screw member according to the present invention, wherein  FIG. 4A  is a sectional front view, and  FIG. 4B  is a cut-away perspective view. 
         FIG. 5  is a partly sectional perspective view illustrating the female screw member shown in  FIGS. 1A to 1C  and a core of the metal mold shown in  FIGS. 4A to 4C . 
         FIGS. 6A to 6C  are explanatory diagrams illustrating a modified example of a spiral inclination face  1   e , describing a situation that the spiral inclination face  1   e  is pulled out (a core  13  is pulled out) by using development elevations developing the spiral inclination face  1   e  centering on a center shaft of a female screw  1   a.    
         FIGS. 7A to 7E  illustrate a motor operated valve according to the prior proposed invention by the applicant and a female screw member used for the motor operated valve, wherein  FIGS. 7A and 7B  each are cross-sectional views illustrating the motor operated valve when fully closing and when fully opening, respectively,  FIG. 7C  is a top plan view of the female screw member,  FIG. 7D  is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B in  FIG. 7C , and  FIG. 7E  is a bottom view. 
         FIGS. 8A to 8C  illustrate the female screw member shown in  FIGS. 7C to 7E , wherein  FIG. 8A  is a perspective illustration viewed from above,  FIG. 8B  is a cut-away perspective illustration viewed from beneath, and  FIG. 8C  is a perspective illustration viewed from beneath. 
         FIG. 9  is a partly sectional perspective illustration to explain that the female screw member in  FIGS. 7C to 7E  cannot be molded by one core. 
         FIGS. 10A to 10B  illustrate an example of metal molds used for producing the female screw member shown in  FIGS. 7C to 7E , wherein FIG.  10 A is a sectional front view, and  FIG. 10B  is a cutaway perspective view. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Then, the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 
       FIGS. 1A to 1C  to  FIGS. 3A to 3B  illustrate a female screw member according to the present invention. The female screw member (valve shaft holder)  1  has approximately similar configuration and function to the female screw member  61  illustrated in  FIGS. 7A to 7E . The female screw member  1  includes a female screw part  1   b  provided with a female screw  1   a , and a fully closing stopper part (fully closing fixing stopper for restricting the movement of valve body to a fully closing position of the valve)  1   d  projected on an upper face part of the female screw part  1   b . The female screw member  1  further includes a cylindrical part  1   c  having a cylindrical space  1   j  with a larger diameter than a screw diameter of the female screw  1   a  coaxially formed with the female screw part  1   b  at one end of the female screw part  1   b . The female screw member  1  yet further includes a fully opening stopper part (fully opening fixing stopper for restricting the movement of valve body to a fully opening position of the valve)  1   f  projected downward from a lower face of the female screw part  1   b  in the cylindrical space  1   j . A joint ring  2  is integrally provided with a lower end part  1   g  via a projection  1   h . In other words, the fully opening stopper part  1   f  is formed at a bottom part of the cylindrical part  1   c.    
     The fully opening stopper part  1   f  includes a contact face (working face)  1   k , which is formed in the rotating direction centering on a center shaft of the female screw  1   a , and is in contact with the fully opening lower stopper part  67  illustrated in  FIGS. 7A to 7B . The fully opening stopper part  1   f  further includes a spiral inclination face (a part of a ceiling face or bottom part of the cylindrical part  1   c )  1   e , which gradually approaches the female screw  1   a  side from a lower edge part of the contact face  1   k  as clearly illustrated in  FIG. 3B . The fully opening stopper part  1   f  yet further includes a circumferential inner face  1   m  positioned on the axial line side of the female screw part  1   a . The spiral inclination face  1   e  can be represented as a line in this embodiment if the spiral inclination face is developed centering on the center shaft of the female screw  1   a . The spiral inclination face  1   e  is continuously formed, until going in the rotating direction of the female screw from the lower edge part of the contact face  1   k  and reaching again an upper end of the contact face  1   k  (a contacting face with the bottom part of the cylindrical part  1   c ) (more specifically, until going by one round). A height T of the contact face  1   k  (a length in the center shaft direction of the contact face  1   k ) is set to be equal to or smaller than a pitch P of the female screw  1   a.    
     When the fully opening lower stopper part  67  is in contact with the fully opening stopper part  1   f , a rotation of the rotor  57  is forcibly stopped. 
     The female screw member  1  is different from the female screw member  61  in the following respect. Since an inner wall surface of the female screw member  1  is molded with one core, the fully opening stopper part  1   f  includes the spiral inclination face  1   e  and the circumferential inner face  1   m . In the other than this respect, the female screw member  1  has a similar configuration to the female screw member  61 . 
       FIGS. 4A to 4B  and  FIG. 5  illustrate metal molds for molding the female screw member  1 .  FIG. 4B  is a cut-away perspective view taken by cutting the core  13 , molds  11  and  12  etc. along the centerline of the core  13  by a predetermined angle. In  FIG. 4B , an area on the right side of the centerline and an area on the left side are illustrated with hatchings having different inclination angels even though these areas are within same parts, for easily understanding of the assembled state. Furthermore,  FIG. 4B  illustrates a state that a resin is injected into gaps  11   a  and  12   a  from an injection port  11   b  as described below. 
     The mold is configured with an upper mold  11 , a lower mold  12 , and one core  13 . 
     The upper mold  11  includes a gap  11   a  for molding the female screw part  1   b  side of the female screw member  1  and an upper part of the cylindrical part  1   c  between the upper mold  11  and the core  13 . The upper mold  11  further includes an injection port  11   b  of a resin R. 
     The lower mold  12  includes a gap  12   a  for molding the lower end part  1   g  side (a lower part of the cylindrical part  1   c ) of the female screw member  1  between the lower end  12  and the core  13 . The lower mold  12  further includes a ring-like housing part  12   b  for insert-molding the joint ring  2  on an upper face. 
     The core  13  includes the following parts so that the inner wall surface of the female screw member  1  can be formed by one core  13 . That is, the core  13  includes a male screw part  13   a  for molding the female screw  1   a  of the female screw member  1  at an upper part thereof, and a plane part  13   c  for molding the contact face  1   k  of the female screw member  1 . The core  13  further includes a spiral part  13   b  for molding the spiral inclination face  1   e , which inclines continuously from a top end of the contact face  1   k  and goes by one round, so that the fully opening stopper part  1   f  of the female screw member  1  does not come to be an undercut. The core  13  yet further includes a cylindrical part  13   e  for molding the cylindrical space  1   j  of the female screw member  1 , and a projection  13   f  extended at a lower end part. The projection  13   f  is provided to rotate and pull out the core  13  after molding the female screw member  1 . 
     After the joint ring  2  is housed in the housing part  12   b  of the lower mold  12  by using the mold as illustrated in  FIGS. 4A to 4B , the upper mold  11 , the lower mold  12 , and the core  13  are assembled, and the resin R is injected from the injection port  11   b  and is cured. Then, the lower mold  12  is removed at first, and then the core  13  is removed from the female screw member  1  by rotating using the projection  13   f . As mentioned above, the height T of the contact face  1   k  is set to be equal or smaller than the pitch P. Thus, when the core  13  is pulled out, the spiral part  13   b  of the core  13  is moved smoothly along the spiral inclination face  1   e  of the female screw member  1 , or is moved gradually separating from the spiral inclination face  1   e  according to the rotation of the core  13 . Therefore, the fully opening stopper part  1   f  does not come to be an undercut, and the core  13  can be pulled out easily. More specifically, when a portion on the downstream side in the rotating direction of the core  13  is set to be, for example, a vertical face (a face vertical to the rotating direction) in the fully opening stopper part  1   f  as illustrated in  FIGS. 10A to 10B , the fully opening stopper part  1   f  comes to be an undercut as mentioned above. However, the portion on the downstream side in the rotating direction of the core  13  in the fully opening stopper part  1   f  is formed spirally in the same way of the movement when taking out the core  13  (the movement of rotating and moving in the axial direction of the female screw). Thus, the undercut is not generated. In addition, the upper mold  11  can be removed anytime after the resin is cured. 
     In the female screw member  1  produced by the aforementioned method, the fully opening stopper  1   f  has the contact face  1   k  and the spiral inclination face  1   e  as illustrated in  FIGS. 1A to 1C . When the fully opening lower stopper part  67  illustrated in  FIGS. 7A to 7B  is in contact with the fully opening stopper part  1   f , the rotation of the rotor  57  is forcibly stopped, and the motor operated valve  51  comes to be in a fully opening state. 
     Meanwhile, in the above description, the spiral inclination face  1   e  is formed so that it goes around the center shaft of the female screw by one round from the lower edge part (top end) of the contact face  1   k  and reaches again the upper end (end part on the opposite side to the top end) of the contact face. However, the present invention is not limited to this shape of the spiral inclination face  1   e . As described below regarding  FIGS. 6A to 6C , a flat part (a plane face vertical to the center shaft of the female screw) can be formed at a top end and/or a rear end of the spiral inclination face  1   e.    
       FIGS. 6A to 6C  are explanatory diagrams illustrating a modified example of the spiral inclination face  1   e , explaining a state that the spiral inclination face  1   e  is pulled out by using a development elevation of the spiral inclination face  1   e  centering on the center shaft of the female screw  1   a . (In  FIGS. 6A to 6C , a horizontal axis indicates a rotation angle of the female screw  1   a , and a vertical axis indicates the direction of the center shaft of the female screw  1   a . An inclination angle of the inclination face  1   e  is illustrated with a little exaggeration.) 
       FIG. 6A  illustrates a modified example of the present invention. A flat part  1   x  is provided at the top end of the spiral inclination face  1   e  (a contact part with the top end of the contact face  1   k ). In this case, as illustrated in  FIG. 6A , when it is assumed that the female screw member  1  rotates according to a thread of the female screw  1   a  (a fully opening stopper before rotation is illustrated with a numerical symbol  1   f  and a fully opening stopper after rotation is illustrated with a numerical symbol  1   f ′), the inclination angle of the spiral inclination face  1   e , the height of the contact face  1   k , the distance of the flat part  1   x , and the like can be suitably set so that the rotating spiral inclination face  1   e  does not interfere with a spiral inclination face which is not rotating. In other word, if the core  13  is configured so as to obtain the inclination angle of the spiral inclination face  1   e , the height of the contact face  1   k , the distance of the flat part  1   x , and the like which are set as mentioned above, the core  13  can be taken out without interfering of the spiral part  13   b  of the core  13  with the spiral inclination face  1   e  of the female screw member when taking out the core  13 . 
       FIG. 6C  illustrates another modified example of the present invention. The flat part  1   x  is provided at the top end of the spiral inclination face  1   e  (the contact part with the top end of the contact face  1   k ). In addition, a flat part  1   y  is provided at a rear end of the spiral inclination face  1   e  (a contact with the lower end of the contact face  1   k ). In this example, when it is assumed that the female screw member  1  rotates according to the thread of the female screw  1   a , the fully opening stopper part  1   f  is formed so that the rotating spiral inclination face  1   e  does not interfere with a spiral inclination face which is not rotating. Accordingly, the core  13  can be pulled out. 
       FIG. 6B  illustrates an example in which the flat parts  1   x  and  1   y  are provided at the top and rear ends of the spiral inclination face  1   e  as shown in  FIG. 6C . In this example, when it assumed that the female screw member  1  rotates according to the thread of the female screw  1   a , the rotating spiral inclination face  1   e  interferes with a spiral inclination face which is not rotating. In this example, the core  13  interferes with the spiral inclination face  1   e  when pulling out the core  13 , so that the core  13  cannot be pulling out. 
     Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the aforementioned example in which the flat parts  1   x  and  1   y  are formed at the top end and/or the rear end of the spiral inclination face  1   e . The flat part can be formed at a middle part of the spiral inclination face  1   e . Further, the spiral inclination face  1   e  can have a plurality of inclination angles, or the development elevation can be formed so as not to be linear like the above examples but to be curved. 
     In any example, when it is assumed that the female screw member  1  rotates in line with the thread of the female screw  1   a , the inclination angle of the spiral inclination face  1   e , the height of the contact face  1   k , and the like can be suitably set so that the rotating spiral inclination face  1   e  does not interfere with a spiral inclination face which is not rotating. Accordingly, the core  13  can be pulled out. When the spiral inclination face  1   e  has a plurality of inclination angles or a continuous inclination angle, the core  13  can be pulled out by an angle equal to or larger than the maximum inclination angle. 
     Furthermore, the present invention is not applied to only the female screw member of the motor operated valve. If a female screw member includes a projection projecting in the direction of a center shaft of a female screw and having a working face in the rotating direction centering on the center shaft of the female screw, the present invention can be applied to any parts and products. In other words, the female screw member of the present invention is not limited to the screw member illustrated in  FIGS. 1A to 10 , and the female screw member can be a female screw member not having the cylindrical part  1   c  configuring the cylindrical space  1   j.

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