EP0082064B1 - Manostat de volume réduit, de mise en oeuvre et de montage aisés - Google Patents

Manostat de volume réduit, de mise en oeuvre et de montage aisés Download PDF

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EP0082064B1
EP0082064B1 EP82402231A EP82402231A EP0082064B1 EP 0082064 B1 EP0082064 B1 EP 0082064B1 EP 82402231 A EP82402231 A EP 82402231A EP 82402231 A EP82402231 A EP 82402231A EP 0082064 B1 EP0082064 B1 EP 0082064B1
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Jacques Maurin
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H35/00—Switches operated by change of a physical condition
    • H01H35/24—Switches operated by change of fluid pressure, by fluid pressure waves, or by change of fluid flow
    • H01H35/26—Details
    • H01H35/2607—Means for adjustment of "ON" or "OFF" operating pressure
    • H01H35/2614—Means for adjustment of "ON" or "OFF" operating pressure by varying the bias on the pressure sensitive element
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H35/00—Switches operated by change of a physical condition
    • H01H35/24—Switches operated by change of fluid pressure, by fluid pressure waves, or by change of fluid flow

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  • the invention relates to a pressure switch comprising in a housing, a device sensitive to a fluid pressure in which this causes the displacement of a movable control member, a compression spring having a first end which communicates a force to this member to balance the pressure and a second end cooperating with an adjustment device capable of modifying the compression of this spring, an electrical switch having a pusher and internal connection terminals for receiving ends of electrical conductors, a transmission lever which communicates the movements of the movable member to this pusher, an indicator member which is linked to the displacements of the second end of the spring or to the adjustment device and comprises an index moving opposite a set pressure scale, this housing having on its surface, on the one hand a pressure orifice connected internally to the sensitive device and externally to a source of pre ssion of fluid to be monitored, and a connection opening through which the electrical conductors pass, and on the other hand, a fixing face and a front face opposite thereto.
  • Such an apparatus is intended for example to start and stop a compressor group whose engine is controlled by the switch and whose air tank is connected to the sensitive device in order to maintain the pressure of this tank at a certain level.
  • patent FR 2380 590 there is known a control device capable of detecting pressure changes and comprising a support box, a switch carried by the box and comprising a movable control member urged by a return member, a device for pressure sensitive actuation and a lever system pivotally mounted on the housing and cooperating with the switch and actuation device, and a mechanism for adjusting the position of the lever according to the pressure detected.
  • patent FR 1 224 907 describes a pressure switch controlled by a fluid pressure, in which said pressure acts in a closed enclosure on a movable wall against a calibrated spring whose state of compression can be adjusted by screwing a screw.
  • This movable wall is, moreover, mechanically connected, by a lever, to a switch.
  • the invention therefore proposes to provide a compact pressure switch in which the measures taken will result in increasing robustness. to facilitate assembly in the factory, to reduce the space necessary for its installation and to facilitate the latter.
  • this pressure switch is more particularly characterized in that the fixing face is perpendicular to the median plane, while the front face has a movable indicator member parallel to the axis of movement, and that the associated balancing spring to a coaxial adjustment member accessible on said front face are placed in a region opposite to the connection face, the axis of rotation of this adjustment member being perpendicular to this fixing face.
  • the pressure switch 1 visible in Figure 1 has been broken down into a number of elementary volumes each receiving one of the elements or group of elements necessary for the performance of its function, and is shown in a position corresponding to that which will be recommended because of the direction in which a pressurized fluid line and an electrical connection cable will be connected later.
  • the pressure switch 1 comprises a prismatic housing 2 see also Figures 2 and 3, the width m, measured between two vertical parallel lateral faces 3, 4, is substantially less than the height h measured vertically.
  • a rear face 5, rectangular like a front face 13 which is opposite to it, is used for fixing the housing to a frame or a support 6 having a vertical plane Q which contains this face 5, see FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • a device 9 sensitive to the pressure in which the latter causes the displacement of a mobile control member 10; in a second volume 11 located in an upper region 12 of the housing, which extends from the fixing face 5 to the front face 13, are placed a compression spring 14 and an adjustment device 15, 15 'accessible on the front face; in a third intermediate volume 16, placed between the two preceding volumes, is disposed a transmission lever 17 which communicates the movements and the position of the control member 10 to the pusher 18 of a switch 19 which is itself located in a fourth volume 20 placed between the first volume 7 and the front face 13, finally, a fifth volume 21 placed between the second, third and fourth volumes on the one hand, and the front face 13 on the other hand, receives an indicator member 22 the index of which cooperates with a scale 23 visible from the side of the front face, see FIG. 3.
  • the fifth volume 21 extends to the second volume 12, because of the connections which will be established between the indicating member
  • a pneumatic connection orifice 25 accessible from the bottom up, which is placed in the vicinity of the fixing face 5 and must receive a pipe end 26 for driving a pressure external to the device sensitive 9, as well as a passage opening 27 through which a cable or electrical conductors 28 will have to be connected to terminals of the switch; the orifice 25 is, moreover, placed closer to the plane Q, and to the fixing face 5, than is the opening 27 which is itself closer to the front face 13.
  • control member 10 moves along an axis XX '
  • compression spring 14 which is constituted by a helical spring
  • the pusher 18 moves along an axis ZZ'
  • the index of the indicator member 22 moves along an axis TT '
  • the orifice 25 has an axis VV'
  • the opening 27 has an axis SS '.
  • the axis YY ' is substantially perpendicular to the plane Q, to the fixing face 5 and to the front face 13, and the axes XX', TT ', VV' and SS ', are substantially parallel to each other and to the front face , see figure 2; moreover, all of these axes are substantially contained in a median plane PP ', which passes equidistant from the parallel lateral faces 3 and 4 and which is perpendicular to the plane Q, see FIG. 3.
  • the housing 2 comprises a hollow body 29 which has an interior space closed by a substantially flat cover 30, placed at the front of the housing to form the front face 13 oppo-. attached to the fixing face 5.
  • the pressure-sensitive device 9 comprises a control member constituted by one end 10 of a cylindrical rod 31 sliding along the axis XX 'in a bore 32 of the body.
  • This rod is associated with a concentric pusher 33, a portion 34 of which passes through an opening 35 of an annular seat 36 which is placed in a second bore 37 of the body concentric with the first;
  • one end of the pusher, opposite to the control member 10 has a head 38 of revolution which is placed in a first chamber 39 of the annular seat; this chamber is closed by a flexible membrane 40, the periphery of which is applied to the seat by an annular surface 41 of a plug 42 having a second chamber 43 opposite the first and connected by a channel 44 to the pneumatic connection orifice 25 whose axis is VV '.
  • This plug 42 is fixed to the body 29, for example using screws such as 45.
  • this control member 10 is communicated to a support piece 47 belonging to a second lever 46, which is pivoted around a cylindrical pin 48 of axis WW ', perpendicular to the plane of the figure which is the median plane PP'; this lever also comprises, a lug 49 substantially parallel to the axis WW ', which is, in the rest position shown in this figure, supported on a boss 50 forming part of the bottom 51 of the body opposite the rear fixing face 5.
  • This boss has a threaded hole 52 into which is screwed and blocked a first end 53 of a threaded rod 54 whose axis YY 'is perpendicular to the rear faces 5 and front 13.
  • this threaded rod On the end 55 of this threaded rod opposite the first, is engaged a thread belonging to a nut 56 which also has a cylindrical housing 57 opposite the rod and an external shoulder 58.
  • This nut constitutes an adjustment piece which will be moved by an adjustment member identified by 15 'in Figures 2 and 3 and. described later.
  • a washer 60 which has a radial extension 61 and a diametrically opposite notch 62, see in particular FIG. 5.
  • This notch cooperates with an internal rib 98 of the body which is parallel to YY '.
  • a helical spring 14 is placed concentrically at YY 'around the threaded rod and in such a way that a first end 14' is supported on the tab (49) and that a second end 14 "is supported on the washer 60 .
  • This spring which is communicated via the first lever 46 to the control member 10, can therefore balance a force imparted to the latter by the fluid pressure.
  • This compression of the spring can be adjusted by communicating to the nut 56 a rotation in one direction or the other; during this rotation, the washer 60 moves parallel to the axis YY 'and without rotating on itself.
  • the rotation of this nut is obtained by virtue of the presence thereon of surfaces 63 parallel to the axis YY ', on which bear opposite ends of a pin 64 placed diametrically in one end 65 of a member adjustment 15 which enters the housing 57.
  • These surfaces 63 may for example be carried by a notch 66 which passes through the wall 67 of the nut surrounding the housing 57, the end 65 then being placed coaxially in the housing, see also figure 6.
  • the adjusting member 15 ′ has an external head 68 provided for example with a screwdriver slot 69 which will facilitate its operation, and a cylindrical surface 70 which is pivoted in a bearing 71 of the cover 30. Retaining means, such as 'a circlip, 72 make the adjustment member secured to the cover.
  • the nut 56 and the adjustment member together constitute the adjustment device 15, 15 '.
  • a flexible strip 85 is arranged in the corridor 83 in such a way that its end 86 which leaves the entry 84, is associated with the extension 61 of the washer 60 placed opposite, for example by virtue of an opening 87; the second end 88 of the ribbon which is placed in the first portion 79 carries an index 89 cooperating with the graduations 90 of a scale 23, see FIG. 7; this can either be engraved on the transparent portion, or preferably, carried by a self-adhesive label 91 which takes for example the shape of a rectangular frame whose periphery 92 covers the edges of the window and those of the portion transparent 76, thus ensuring sealing, see FIGS. 7 and 4.
  • a second lever 93 extending substantially parallel to the axis YY 'and pivoting around a pin 94 of axis RR' perpendicular to the median plane P, has a first fulcrum 95 applied to a shoulder 96 of the control member and a second support point 97 opposite the first.
  • This second movable fulcrum in a direction ZZ of the plane PP 'substantially parallel to the axis XX' is placed opposite a pusher 18 belonging to a switch 19 having connection terminals preferably directed towards the cover and suitable receiving ends of conductors 26.
  • the pneumatic connection orifice 25 is placed like the pressure-sensitive device, in the vicinity of the fixing face 5, while the passage opening 27 is placed, as the switch, in the vicinity of the cover 30, this orifice and this opening opening onto the lower face 24.
  • the transmission levers 104 respectively 105 must include a bent branch 106 respectively 107 to communicate to the pusher the movements of the control member; in order to obtain in FIG. 9 a movement of the branch 106 of the lever 104, capable of causing the push-button 100 to be pushed in, it may for example be necessary to place a pivot 108 of this lever 104 between the bottom 51 of the body and the control unit 10.
  • the adjusting nut could be extended outwards by a cylindrical rod passing through an opening in the cover; this embodiment would however deprive the device of the benefit provided by a substantially flat front face, since this rod would exceed, depending on the set pressure selected, by a greater or lesser amount.
  • a variant falls within the scope of the invention, as well as that where the flexible strip carries a movable ladder and where the fixed index is placed on the cover or on the window.

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EP82402231A 1981-12-15 1982-12-07 Manostat de volume réduit, de mise en oeuvre et de montage aisés Expired EP0082064B1 (fr)

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FR8123380A FR2518310A1 (fr) 1981-12-15 1981-12-15 Manostat de volume reduit, de mise en oeuvre et de montage aises
FR8123380 1981-12-15

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FR1224907A (fr) * 1959-02-03 1960-06-28 Telemecanique Electrique Perfectionnements aux commutateurs dits <<manostats>> commandés par la pression d'un fluide
US4103124A (en) * 1976-12-20 1978-07-25 United Electric Controls Company Plug-in pressure switch
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