U.S. patent number 3,809,123 [Application Number 05/233,052] was granted by the patent office on 1974-05-07 for one- and surplus-way magnetic valve with permanent magnet and controls by pulses.
Invention is credited to Georg Heimann.
United States Patent |
3,809,123 |
Heimann |
May 7, 1974 |
ONE- AND SURPLUS-WAY MAGNETIC VALVE WITH PERMANENT MAGNET AND
CONTROLS BY PULSES
Abstract
A magnet-valve device comprising a housing constructed of a
non-magnetic material, said housing having an outlet tube and a
pair of opposed inlet tubes, said housing containing at least one
armature comprising a pair of terminals disposed on either side of
a magnet, one of said terminals adapted to engage on opposed sides
one of said inlets, said housing having disposed therearound at
least one electricity-carrying coil whereby movement of the
terminal adapted to engage the opposed inlets opens and closes said
inlets in response to current passing through said coil.
Inventors: |
Heimann; Georg (Stetternich,
DT) |
Family
ID: |
25760806 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/233,052 |
Filed: |
March 14, 1972 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
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Mar 16, 1971 [DT] |
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2112614 |
Feb 22, 1972 [DT] |
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2208218 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
137/625.5;
251/129.05 |
Current CPC
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F16K
31/082 (20130101); Y10T 137/86895 (20150401) |
Current International
Class: |
F16K
31/08 (20060101); F16k 011/00 () |
Field of
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;137/625.5,625.48,81.5
;251/132,137,141 ;235/21ME |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Scott; Samuel
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Burgess, Dinklage & Sprung
Claims
1. In a magnet-valve-device for one and surplus operation having a
cylindrical housing having a lid and a bottom of a non-magnetic
material having three tubes entering therein, two of which are
opposed to one another the improvement which comprises a movable
permanent magnet disposed inside said cylindrical housing having a
pair of terminals wherein at least one terminal is provided with a
tightening member which is disposed in facing ralationship with one
of the opposed inlets and is adaptable to overlie said inlet, an
armature disposed in axial direction within said housing, a pair of
tension rings mounted at the outside of said housing, said rings
having on the inside thereof electrical coils so that by passage of
an electrical pulse drive said armature is moved from one fixed
position in said housing to another fixed position so that the
opposed tubes are opened or closed in response to movement of the
movable permanent magnet within said housing which can overlie the
opening of at least one tube said device having a pair of rings of
soft iron in said lid and in said bottom of said housing to give an
immediate short current of
2. A magnet-valve-device according to the claims 1 with slits in
the
3. A magnet-valve-device according to claim 1 wherein the permanent
magnet and the outer terminal are not movable in said housing and
the inner terminal disposed in axial direction is movable in
response to electrical pulses in said coils, and to diminish the
friction between the permanent magnet and the terminal provided
with tightening members there is mounted
4. A magnetic-valve-device according to claim 1 at which the coils
are flown through in series by an electric current-pulse to enlarge
the
5. A magnetic-valve-device according to the claim 1 with a
position-announcement corresponding to FIG. 6 and in a circuit
corresponding to FIG. 7 which by coupling of the coils shows
the
6. A magnet-valve-device according to claim 1 having leading
segments in the lid and in the bottom of the housing and steps in
the outer terminal of the armature to prevent a turning of the
armature and to have a safe position for slits in relation to the
opening of the tube which is not one
7. A magnet-valve-device according to claim 6 whose armature is
fitted out with bore-holes, to diminish the flow-resistance inside
of the valve for
8. A magnetic-valve-device comprising a cylindrical housing
constructive of a non-magnetic material, said housing having an
outlet tube and a pair of opposed inlet tubes, said housing
containing at least one armature comprising a pair of terminals
disposed over either side of a permanent magnet within said
cylindrical housing, one of said terminals adapted to engage on
opposed sides one of said inlets so as to overly at least one of
said inlets, said housing and said permanent magnet having disposed
therearound at least one electricity-carrying coil whereby movement
of the terminal, adapted to engage the opposed inlets and to overly
the same, opens and closes the said inlets in response to current
passing through
9. A magnetic-valve-device comprising a cylindrical housing
constructed of a non-magnetic material, said housing having an
outlet tube and a pair of opposed inlet tubes, said housing
containing at least one armature comprising a pair of terminals
disposed on either side of a permanent magnet within said
cylindrical housing, said permanent magnet disposed about a movable
terminal, movable independently of said magnet, said terminal
adapted to engage on opposed sides one of said inlets so as to
overly at least one of said inlets, said terminal being movable
while said magnet is stationary, said housing and said permanent
magnet having disposed therearound at least one electricity
carrying coil whereby movement of the terminal adapted to engage
the opposed inlet opens and closes said inlet in response to
current passing through said coil.
Description
THE STATE OF TECHNICAL SCIENCE TODAY
There are known a number of magnetic valves with a magnetic-coil
and armature for the moving of the thightening. The general mark of
all these valves is the working-armature inside of a magnetic coil
which is flown through by a direct current or an alternating
current. At a change of condition of the valve the magnetic-coil is
flown through by a current during the whole time of the changed
condition. This kind of operation has some disadvantages:
The magnetic coil becomes heated in a great measure. This heatening
in some cases leads to a destruction of the valve-coils.
The magnetic coil has great dimensions.
The valves can be used only in one determined built-in
position.
The valves only are to use for one direction of the flow because
the working armature is fixed in the resting-position by a
spring.
The valvw-thightening has the possibility to lift by changing
pressure or pressure shocks in opposite direction because the power
of the armature is small.
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION
It was the object of this development to constuct a new valve for
the use in pneumatic or hydraulic pipe-systems and in special a
magnetic valve without the disadvantages of the known magnetic
valves.
In the new valve the normal armature --an iron rod-- which most is
mounted outside of the valve is replaced by a permanent magnet
fitted inside of the valve-housing. The adhesive power of this
magnet, which is equivalent to the armature of the known magnetic
valves, is used to fix the "armature" in the positions "open" or
"closed" without an electric current in the magnetic coils and
without using a spring too. By the new valve only an electric pulse
is used for controls.
By constructing the new valve the magnetic coil was divided in two
symmetrical coils fitted at the outside of the valve-housing. Each
of this coils is built in an iron envelopment (yokes) to improve
the effect of the coils. The yokes --in the following called
"tension-rings"--have the same outer diameters as the
permanent-magnet and they are fitted in the manner that only a thin
wall separates magnet and tension rings. So a short electric pulse
in the coils is sufficient to bring the armature -- in this case
the magnet -- in the wanted position "open" or "closed." Afterwards
the magnet is fixed in its position by the adhesive power between
magnet and tension-ring.
The result of this development is a magnetical valve of very small
dimensions. This valve is to control by short electric pulses. It
can be used in each built-in position and for each direction of the
medium-flow.
A great advantage is the full-closed housing of the valve. There
are no bore-holes or thightenings for operation-elements. The
housing of the new valve can become adapted to respective
requirements.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE- AND SURPLUS-WAY MAGNETIC VALVE
WITH PERMANENT MAGNET AND CONTROLS BY PULSE
As example a symmetric constructed three-valve is chosen. FIG. 1
shows the arrangement. In this case the housing of the valve is a
little cylindrical vessel 1 and it consists of a non magnetic
material. It has the connection-tubes 2, 3 and 4. Inside of this
cylindrical vessel there is the permanent magnet, a ring 5 with the
terminals 6 and 7. The parts 5,6 and 7 together are the armature 8.
At the ends of the inner terminal 7 are fitted the thightenings 9
and 10. The corresponding valve-seats are the rings 11 and 12 at
the ends of the tubes 2 and 3 inside of the valve-housing.
The magnet 5 is magnetisized in radial direction corresponding to
the terminals 6 and 7. So the armature has two magnetic fields, one
on the side in direction to the tube 2 and the other in direction
to the tube 3. So the "tension-rings" 13 and 14 the material of
which is a soft iron are fitted on the top and the bottom of the
valve-housing. By this manner the tension-rings give a
short-circuit for the power-lines of the magnetic fields. Inside of
the tension-rings the working-coils 16 and 17 are mounted. To
prevent losses by whirl-currents the tension-rings 13 and 14 have a
slit.
It is assumed that in the case, shown in FIG. 1, the armature has
its upper position and touches the lid of the housing 1. By the
adhesive power between the tension-ring 13 and the armature 8 the
armature is fixed in its position. The elastic thightening 9 now
closes the tube 2. The way from tube 3 to tube 4 in this position
is opened.
When in this situation the coils 16 and 17 are flown through by a
short electrical current and the direction of the flow indicates in
the upper tension-ring 13 a magnetic field which is equal to that
of the armature and in the ring 14 a field in opposite to that of
the armature the armature moves downward. In this position the
armature is hold by the ring 14 by adhesive power too. Now the tube
3 is closed and the way from 2 to 4 is opened.
In a similar manner with an electric pulse of opposite direction it
is possible to bring the armature again in the upper position. Both
positions the armature 8 near 13 or near 14 are stable. They are
fixed by the adhesive power between the armature 8 and the rings 13
or 14. One of these positions only can become changed by an
electric pulse of respective direction of current-flow in the coils
16 and 17.
In opposite to the known magnetic valves no fields of any
electric-magnet-coil are needed to hold one of the two possible
positions of the armature. Springs are not needed too at this
construction. The electrical energy to move the armature is very
small and so there is no heating of the coils 16 and 17.
The adhesive power between the armature 8 and one of the rings 13
or 14 depends on the distance between armature and ring. For this
reason the wall of the housing 1 may not overcome a determined
limit.
Because for higher operation pressure of the valve the walls of the
housing must have a greater thickness another construction of the
valve-housing is necessary. This construction is shown in FIG. 2
(the upper half of the valve). In the lid and in the bottom of the
housing 1' too are enclosed iron-rings 18 and 19. These rings serve
for the leading of the magnetic power-lines (magnetical flow) from
the armature-magnet to the tension-rings 13 and 14. With a
sufficient wall-thickness of the housing 1' such a valve can be
used up to a pressure till to some hundreds of ata
(Kp/cm.sup.2).
To diminish the flow-resistance inside of the valve-housing 1 (or
1') it is possible and opportune to make a slit 29 in the ring 6 of
the armature 8. This is shown in FIG. 3. In this case it is
necessary to save the armature 8 against a turning. This is
possible by means of steps at the ring 6 and corresponding steps at
the tension-rings 13 and 14. Such an arrangement is shown in the
FIGS. 4a and 4b. The valve-construction for high pressure has for
this case only steps in the ring 6 and the leading-rings in the lid
and in the bottom of the housing are replaced by leading-segments.
This is shown in FIG. 4c. Another method to diminish the
flow-resistance in the housing is to make a grove in the inside of
the housing wall. This grove reaches from the top to the bottom and
passes the opening of the tube 4.
If the valve is used for liquid mediums for little flow-resistance
it is necessary to fit out the armature 8 with bore-holes 31, see
FIG. 5.
When the valve has greater dimensions and so the armature 8 has a
greater weight it is possible that mechanical shocks remove the
armature from its fixed position. In this case another construction
of the valve has advantages. As to be seen from FIG. 8 the magnet 5
and its ring 6 are stable mounted and only the part 7, the inner
iron-rod, is movable. To have no great friction between part 5 and
7 there a thin tube of a non-magnetic material is foreseen between
these parts. The function of the valve constructed in this manner
is the same as that of valves according to FIG. 1 or 2.
The one-way valve has the same construction as FIG. 1 or 2, only
the tube 3 is not present. The bottom of these valves is
full-closed.
As the valve according to the new construction for controls only
needs short current-pulses it is necessary to have a
position-announcement for the working-condition. An example for
such an arrangement shows FIG. 6. Parts of this arrangement are the
little magnetic rod 20, the iron yokes 21 and 22 and their coils 23
and 24. These coils are connected in series with the coils 16 and
17 of the valve. At each current-pulse the magnet 20 changes its
position between the yokes according to the position of the
armature 8 in the valve.
A possible circuit to operate the valve with the
position-announcement together is to be seen in FIG. 7. By pushing
the buttons 25 or 26 the capacitors 27 or 28 are discharged by a
current-flow through the coils 16, 17, 23 and 24. The induced
magnetic-fields in the yokes 13, 14 (tension-rings of the valve),
21 and 22 move the armature 8 and the announcement-magnet
respectively in the same manner.
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