CN209540091U - A kind of metering timing automatic closing valve - Google Patents

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CN209540091U
CN209540091U CN201920080070.0U CN201920080070U CN209540091U CN 209540091 U CN209540091 U CN 209540091U CN 201920080070 U CN201920080070 U CN 201920080070U CN 209540091 U CN209540091 U CN 209540091U
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蔡幼青
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The utility model discloses a kind of metering timing automatic closing valves, including valve housing, peep hole, spherical parts, control shell, valve rod, desiccant filling block, rubber seal partition, control button, miniature motor, digital display screen, timing module, microcomputer controller, motor control switch, seal pipe, condition prompting piece, urgent driving lever, sealing cotton block, sealing block, connection sheet, internal gear and driving gear.The utility model connects two different colors of condition prompting piece by the valve rod surface surrounding bonding in peep hole side, the corresponding condition prompting piece color in peep hole of the rotation angle difference of valve rod is different, convenient for observing the state turned on or off for determining valve, and urgent driving lever is set in the side of valve rod, in emergency situations can directly manual closing or open valve, it is slower to avoid passing through control button control speed, valve is caused to close not in time.

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A kind of metering timing automatic closing valve
Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of valve, specifically a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve belongs to valve application skill Art field.
Background technique
Valve is the pipeline fittings for being opened and closed pipeline, control flow direction, the parameter of regulation and control pumped (conveying) medium, according to it Function can be divided into shut-off valve, check-valves, regulating valve etc., and valve is the control unit in fluid delivery system, have cut-off, adjust Section, prevents the functions such as adverse current, pressure stabilizing, shunting or overflow pressure relief at water conservancy diversion.Existing metering timing automatic closing valve, is directly adopted With the opening and closing of motor control valve, to reach the function of the flow of timing controlled valve, attended operation personnel are difficult to from valve Shell learns that valve is in the state for opening either closure, to cause the inconvenience and open and close safeguarding and overhaul Be more troublesome, and due to valve surrounding air moisture is larger and valve rod at be easy leak out liquid, cause valve control member It is easily damaged, causes valve service life shorter.Therefore, a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve is proposed regarding to the issue above.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is that solve the above-mentioned problems and provides a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve.
The utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions above-mentioned purpose, a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve, packet Include valve body mechanism, control mechanism, condition prompting mechanism and element protection sealing mechanism;
The valve body mechanism includes valve housing, spherical parts, valve rod and sealing block, is turned in the middle part of the inner cavity of the valve housing It moves and is connected with spherical parts, the side of the two sides gluing, sealing block of the spherical parts, the sealing block bonding is connected to valve housing Inner cavity in, the top middle portion of the spherical parts is fixedly connected with the bottom end of valve rod, and the valve rod is rotatably connected on valve housing In top middle portion inner cavity, and the top of valve rod extends in the inner cavity bottom end of control shell;
The control mechanism includes control shell, control button, miniature motor, digital display screen, timing module, micro computer Controller, motor control switch, internal gear and driving gear, the top of the valve rod is fixedly connected with the bottom end of internal gear, described The inner cavity engagement connection driving gear of internal gear, the driving gear is fixedly attached to the output end of miniature motor, described small-sized Motor is fixedly connected on the inner cavity top of control shell, and the top side wall of the control shell is chimeric to be equipped with digital display screen, The sidewall surfaces of the bottom control shell of the digital display screen are fixedly connected with control button, and the digital display screen is electrically connected Microcomputer controller, the microcomputer controller are fixedly connected on the inner cavity top of control shell, the inner cavity of the control shell In timing module is installed, the inner cavity top of the control shell is fixedly installed with motor control switch, and the motor control is opened It closes and is electrically connected miniature motor, the both sides of the edge of the control shell are fixedly connected with connection sheet;
The condition prompting mechanism includes peep hole, condition prompting piece and urgent driving lever, and the peep hole is provided with control Shell side center bottom, uniformly bonding connection positioned at the valve rod surface of the peep hole side, there are four condition prompting piece, institutes The side for stating the top valve rod of condition prompting piece is fixedly connected with one end of urgent driving lever, and the other end of the urgent driving lever, which passes through, to be seen Examine the outside that hole extends to control shell;
The element protection sealing mechanism includes desiccant filling block, rubber seal partition, seal pipe and sealing cotton block, institute The edge bonding for stating rubber seal partition is connected to the inner cavity center edge portion of control shell, and the middle part of the rubber seal partition is solid Determine through there is seal pipe, the seal pipe is slidably socketed on the output end of miniature motor, and the lumen loading of the seal pipe has Cotton block is sealed, the top end surface of the rubber seal partition is fixedly connected with several desiccant filling blocks.
Preferably, the control button is electrically connected timing module, and the timing module is electrically connected microcomputer controller, The microcomputer controller is electrically connected motor control switch.
Preferably, the desiccant filling block entirety rectangular-blocklike, and to be evenly distributed on rubber close for desiccant filling block Insulate the top end surface of plate.
Preferably, the sealing cotton block in a tubular form, and seal cotton block be slidably socketed the output end surfaces in miniature motor, institute The cross section outer diameter for stating sealing cotton block is consistent with the lumenal cross-section diameter of seal pipe.
Preferably, color is identical two-by-two for four condition prompting pieces, and the condition prompting piece of same color is in same water On horizontal line.
Preferably, the peep hole is a kind of rectangular through-hole, and the middle part of peep hole and condition prompting piece are in same level On face.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are:
1, two different colors of condition prompting piece, valve rod are connected by the valve rod surface surrounding bonding in peep hole side The corresponding condition prompting piece color in peep hole of rotation angle difference it is different, convenient for observe determine valve beat on or off The state closed, and urgent driving lever is arranged in the side of valve rod directly manual closing or can open valve in emergency situations, It is slower to avoid passing through control button control speed, valve is caused to close not in time;
2, it by the way that rubber seal partition is arranged in the middle part of the inner cavity of control shell, and is fixed on the top of rubber seal partition Desiccant filling block is connected, and seal pipe is set at the middle part of rubber seal partition, miniature motor is socketed in by seal pipe Output end, avoid valve tip leak or the biggish air of valve surrounding aqueous amount enter control shell inner cavity top, make At the damage of electronic component, the normal use of valve is influenced.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to illustrate the embodiment of the utility model or the technical proposal in the existing technology more clearly, below will be to embodiment Or attached drawing needed to be used in the description of the prior art is briefly described, it should be apparent that, the accompanying drawings in the following description is only It is some embodiments of the utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, before not making the creative labor property It puts, can also be obtained according to these attached drawings other attached drawings.
Fig. 1 is the utility model integral perspective structural schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is the utility model integral outer structural schematic diagram;
Fig. 3 is the utility model rubber gasket sheet overlooking structure diagram;
Fig. 4 is the utility model internal gear and external gear attachment structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 5 is the utility model program principle structural schematic diagram.
In figure: 1, valve housing, 2, peep hole, 3, spherical parts, 4, control shell, 5, valve rod, 6, desiccant filling block, 7, Rubber seal partition, 8, control button, 9, miniature motor, 10, digital display screen, 11, timing module, 12, microcomputer controller, 13, motor control switch, 14, seal pipe, 15, condition prompting piece, 16, urgent driving lever, 17, sealing cotton block, 18, sealing block, 19, Connection sheet, 20, internal gear, 21, driving gear.
Specific embodiment
It, below will knot to enable the purpose of utility model, feature, advantage of the utility model more obvious and understandable The attached drawing in the utility model embodiment is closed, the technical scheme in the utility model embodiment is clearly and completely described, Obviously, the embodiments described below are only the utility model a part of the embodiment, and not all embodiment.Based on this reality It is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts all other with the embodiment in novel Embodiment is fallen within the protection scope of the utility model.
Further illustrate the technical solution of the utility model below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that term " on ", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outside" etc. The orientation or positional relationship of instruction is to be based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for convenience of description the utility model It is described with simplifying, rather than the device or element of indication or suggestion meaning must have a particular orientation, with specific orientation structure It makes and operates, therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.
It please refers to shown in Fig. 1-5, a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve, including valve body mechanism, control mechanism, state mention Show mechanism and element protection sealing mechanism;
The valve body mechanism includes valve housing 1, spherical parts 3, valve rod 5 and sealing block 18, the inner cavity of the valve housing 1 Middle part is rotatably connected to spherical parts 3, the side of the two sides gluing, sealing block 18 of the spherical parts 3, and the bonding of sealing block 18 connects It connects in the inner cavity of valve housing 1, the top middle portion of the spherical parts 3 is fixedly connected with the bottom end of valve rod 5, and the valve rod 5 rotates It is connected in the top middle portion inner cavity of valve housing 1, and the top of valve rod 5 extends in the inner cavity bottom end of control shell 4, realizes Fluid communication function;
The control mechanism includes control shell 4, control button 8, miniature motor 9, digital display screen 10, timing module 11, microcomputer controller 12, motor control switch 13, internal gear 20 and driving gear 21, the top of the valve rod 5 is fixedly connected The bottom end of internal gear 20, the inner cavity engagement connection driving gear 21 of the internal gear 20, the driving gear 21 are fixedly attached to The output end of miniature motor 9, the miniature motor 9 are fixedly connected on the inner cavity top of control shell 4, the control shell 4 Top side wall is chimeric to be equipped with digital display screen 10, and the sidewall surfaces of the bottom control shell 4 of the digital display screen 10 are fixed Control button 8 is connected, the digital display screen 10 is electrically connected microcomputer controller 12, and the microcomputer controller 12 is fixed to be connected It connects and timing module 11 is installed in the inner cavity top of control shell 4, the inner cavity of the control shell 4, the control shell 4 Inner cavity top is fixedly installed with motor control switch 13, and the motor control switch 13 is electrically connected miniature motor 9, the control The both sides of the edge of shell 4 processed are fixedly connected with connection sheet 19, realize clocking capability;
The condition prompting mechanism includes that peep hole 2, condition prompting piece 15 and urgent driving lever 16, the peep hole 2 open up In control 4 side center bottom of shell, uniformly bonding connection positioned at 5 surface of valve rod of 2 side of peep hole, there are four states Piece 15 is prompted, the side of the top valve rod 5 of the condition prompting piece 15 is fixedly connected with one end of urgent driving lever 16, described promptly to dial The other end of bar 16 passes through the outside that peep hole 2 extends to control shell 4, convenient for determining the open state of valve from outside;
The element protection sealing mechanism includes desiccant filling block 6, rubber seal partition 7, seal pipe 14 and sealing cotton Block 17, the rubber seal partition 7 edge bonding be connected to control shell 4 inner cavity center edge portion, the rubber seal every The middle part of plate 7 is fixed through there is seal pipe 14, and the seal pipe 14 is slidably socketed on the output end of miniature motor 9, described close The lumen loading of tube sealing 14 has sealing cotton block 17, and the top end surface of the rubber seal partition 7 is fixedly connected with several dryings Agent filling block 6.
The control button 8 is electrically connected timing module 11, and the timing module 11 is electrically connected microcomputer controller 12, The microcomputer controller 12 is electrically connected motor control switch 13, realizes the function of timing;The desiccant filling block 6 is whole Rectangular-blocklike, and desiccant filling block 6 is evenly distributed on the top end surface of rubber seal partition 7, is convenient for drying control shell 4 The air on inner cavity top;The sealing cotton block 17 in a tubular form, and seals cotton block 17 and is slidably socketed the output end table in miniature motor 9 The cross section outer diameter in face, the sealing cotton block 17 is consistent with the lumenal cross-section diameter of seal pipe 14, realizes from miniature motor 9 Output end completely cut off wet air;Color is identical two-by-two for four condition prompting pieces 15, and the condition prompting of same color Piece 15 in the same horizontal line, convenient for observe valve open state;The peep hole 2 is a kind of rectangular through-hole, and peep hole 2 Middle part and condition prompting piece 15 in same level, convenient for observe valve open state.
When the utility model is used, the electric elements occurred in the application external connection power supply and control when in use The both ends of valve housing 1 are connected to the both ends of controlled pipeline, and pass through the connection of control shell both sides of the edge by switch Piece 19 connects bolt, realizes and control shell 3 is fixed, and adjusts control timing module 11 by control control button 8, passes through Timing module 11 is electrically connected microcomputer controller 12 to motor control switch 13, controls to the rotation direction of miniature motor 9 System, is transmitted to digital display screen 10 for digital signal by microcomputer controller 12, controls convenient for the operation of operator;
Miniature motor 9 drives driving gear 21 to rotate, so that internal gear 20 be driven to rotate, internal gear 20 drives 5 turns of valve rod Dynamic, valve rod drives spherical parts 3 in the inner cavity of valve housing 1, so that the two of the interior bone connection valve housing 1 of spherical parts 3 End, realizes the fluid of liquid, and operator can observe the condition prompting piece of different colours on 5 surface of valve rod by observation through-hole 2 15, to judge that valve is in the turntable opened or be closed, guarantee that maintenance personnel directly carries out preservation & testing to pipeline path When be convenient for, the state of quick interpretation valve is needed to close immediately or when Open valve, can directly be stirred when emergency occurs Urgent driving lever 16 drives the rotation of valve rod 10, and spherical parts 3 is driven to rotate in the inner cavity of valve housing 1, outer in control by setting The humid airs of 7 pairs of rubber seal partition in the middle part of 4 inner cavity of shell control 4 inner cavity bottom ends of shell carry out partition avoid humid air into The inner cavity top for entering to control shell 4, influences the normal operation of control element, by being arranged in 7 top end surface of rubber seal partition 6 pairs of 4 inner cavity tops of control shell of desiccant filling block be dried, by being socketed in the close of 9 output end end of miniature motor It seals cotton block 17 and seals the sealing cotton block 17 in 17 inner cavity of cotton block, realize from the output end of miniature motor 9 and control shell 4 is isolated Both ends, prevent moisture from the input end of miniature motor 9 enter control shell 4 inner cavity top.
Miniature motor 9 is small using the GM12-10BY model deceleration direct current that Ke Shuo Electric Machine Co., Ltd, Shenzhen produces Type motor and its relevant mating power supply and circuit;
The PIC16F73-I/SO type that microcomputer controller 12 is produced using Xin Haina Industrial Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Number microcontroller and its relevant mating power supply and circuit;
Timing module 11 using Shenzhen become famous great achievement Science and Technology Ltd. production XH-M663 model timer mould Block and its relevant mating power supply and circuit;
JLLCD model LCD display that digital display screen 10 is produced using Jing Lei Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen and Its relevant mating power supply and circuit;
Control button 8 is switched using the HM-HH12-P.3 model patch that Yueqing City Huan Mao Electronics Co., Ltd. produces And its relevant mating power supply and circuit;
Stepper motor driving plate that motor control switch 13 is produced using Ke Shuo Electric Machine Co., Ltd, Shenzhen and its Relevant mating power supply and circuit;
It is related to circuit and electronic component and module is the prior art, those skilled in the art may be implemented completely, Without superfluous words, the content of the utility model protection is not related to the improvement for software and method yet.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, and And without departing substantially from the spirit or essential attributes of the utility model, it can realize that this is practical new in other specific forms Type.Therefore, in all respects, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, this is practical new The range of type is indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, it is intended that by fall in claim containing with important document All changes in justice and range are embraced therein.It should not treat any reference in the claims as limiting Related claim.The above, above embodiments are only to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model, rather than limit it System;Although the utility model is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should be managed Solution: it is still possible to modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or to part of technical characteristic into Row equivalent replacement;And these are modified or replaceed, various embodiments of the utility model that it does not separate the essence of the corresponding technical solution The spirit and scope of technical solution.

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1. a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve, it is characterised in that: including valve body mechanism, control mechanism, condition prompting mechanism With element protection sealing mechanism;
The valve body mechanism includes valve housing (1), spherical parts (3), valve rod (5) and sealing block (18), the valve housing (1) Inner cavity in the middle part of be rotatably connected to spherical parts (3), the side of the two sides gluing, sealing block (18) of the spherical parts (3) is described close Envelope block (18) bonding is connected in the inner cavity of valve housing (1), and the top middle portion of the spherical parts (3) is fixedly connected with valve rod (5) Bottom end, the valve rod (5) is rotatably connected in the top middle portion inner cavity of valve housing (1), and the top of valve rod (5) extends to In the inner cavity bottom end for controlling shell (4);
The control mechanism includes control shell (4), control button (8), miniature motor (9), digital display screen (10), timing mould Block (11), microcomputer controller (12), motor control switch (13), internal gear (20) and driving gear (21), the valve rod (5) Top be fixedly connected with the bottom ends of internal gear (20), inner cavity engagement connection driving gear (21) of the internal gear (20) is described Driving gear (21) is fixedly attached to the output end of miniature motor (9), and the miniature motor (9) is fixedly connected on control shell (4) inner cavity top, the top side wall of control shell (4) is chimeric to be equipped with digital display screen (10), the number display The sidewall surfaces of bottom control shell (4) of screen (10) are fixedly connected control button (8), and the digital display screen (10) electrically connects It connects microcomputer controller (12), the microcomputer controller (12) is fixedly connected on the inner cavity top of control shell (4), the control It is equipped with timing module (11) in the inner cavity of shell (4) processed, the inner cavity top of control shell (4) is fixedly installed with motor control System switch (13), the motor control switch (13) are electrically connected miniature motor (9), the both sides of the edge of control shell (4) It is fixedly connected with connection sheet (19);
The condition prompting mechanism includes peep hole (2), condition prompting piece (15) and urgent driving lever (16), the peep hole (2) It is provided with control shell (4) side center bottom, valve rod (5) surface for being located at the peep hole (2) side uniformly bonds connection There are four condition prompting piece (15), and the side of the top valve rod (5) of the condition prompting piece (15) is fixedly connected with urgent driving lever (16) one end, the other end of the urgent driving lever (16) pass through the outside that peep hole (2) extend to control shell (4);
The element protection sealing mechanism includes desiccant filling block (6), rubber seal partition (7), seal pipe (14) and sealing Cotton block (17), the edge bonding of the rubber seal partition (7) are connected to the inner cavity center edge portion of control shell (4), the rubber The middle part of glue sealing partition (7) is fixed through having seal pipe (14), and the seal pipe (14) is slidably socketed in miniature motor (9) On output end, the lumen loading of the seal pipe (14) has sealing cotton block (17), the top end surface of the rubber seal partition (7) It is fixedly connected with several desiccant filling blocks (6).
2. a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the control button (8) It is electrically connected timing module (11), the timing module (11) is electrically connected microcomputer controller (12), the micro computer control Device (12) is electrically connected motor control switch (13).
3. a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the desiccant filling block (6) whole rectangular-blocklike, and desiccant filling block (6) is evenly distributed on the top end surface of rubber seal partition (7).
4. a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the sealing cotton block (17) In a tubular form, and sealing cotton block (17) is slidably socketed the output end surfaces in miniature motor (9), described to seal the transversal of cotton block (17) Face outer diameter is consistent with the lumenal cross-section diameter of seal pipe (14).
5. a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: four condition promptings Color is identical two-by-two for piece (15), and the condition prompting piece (15) of same color is in the same horizontal line.
6. a kind of metering timing automatic closing valve according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the peep hole (2) is A kind of rectangular through-hole, and the middle part of peep hole (2) and condition prompting piece (15) are in same level.
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