EP1154085B1 - Taktweise bearbeitendes Spülventil - Google Patents

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EP1154085B1
EP1154085B1 EP01110148A EP01110148A EP1154085B1 EP 1154085 B1 EP1154085 B1 EP 1154085B1 EP 01110148 A EP01110148 A EP 01110148A EP 01110148 A EP01110148 A EP 01110148A EP 1154085 B1 EP1154085 B1 EP 1154085B1
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flushing valve
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03F—SEWERS; CESSPOOLS
    • E03F5/00—Sewerage structures
    • E03F5/10—Collecting-tanks; Equalising-tanks for regulating the run-off; Laying-up basins
    • E03F5/105—Accessories, e.g. flow regulators or cleaning devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03F—SEWERS; CESSPOOLS
    • E03F9/00—Arrangements or fixed installations methods or devices for cleaning or clearing sewer pipes, e.g. by flushing
    • E03F9/007—Devices providing a flushing surge

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  • the present invention relates to a flushing valve.
  • sump pits are placed at preset intervals along the extension of the pipes.
  • flushing valves are used which are immersed in said sump pits and are associated with a conventional submersed pump adapted to send the collected wastewater to the downstream piping, allow to automatically activate a jet of water which is adapted to keep under agitation the overall mass of water collected in the sump pits, thus greatly limiting deposition phenomena.
  • Conventional valves substantially consist of a body inside which there is provided a chamber in which a ball of heavy material, usually a metallic one, is placed by gravity; said ball is adapted to act as a flow control element for a Venturi tube-like forced passage formed in the piping that arrives from the pump and passes through said valve body.
  • said ball is first raised by an elastic membrane which is hermetically coupled on the bottom of the chamber that accommodates it and is gradually inflated by a flow of oil contained in a suitably provided reservoir embedded in the valve body; said oil flow is triggered by the suction generated on the membrane by the Venturi tube-like passage and the lifting of said membrane gradually moves the ball towards the mouth of the forced passage: when the position of the ball is such that it interferes with the flow of water arriving from the pump, it is pushed, as mentioned, so as to block the mouth of said passage.
  • Document EP 0 472 509 Al discloses a flushing valve for a waste water pump station according to the pre-characterizing portion of claim 1.
  • Document WO 99/54565 discloses a device for automatic circulation in waste water tank comprising a mixing valve having a housing that is provided with an inlet connected to a pump station and an outlet at which a seat for settling a floating valve element is defined.
  • the floating valve element is constituted by a ball that floats in a well that is connected to the valve housing.
  • the well is covered with a closure head that is equipped with at least one control conduit, which enables control of gas flow between the well and an outside gas source.
  • the floating valve element is moved down from an open position to a closed position, in which it is settled against the seat, under operation of a liquid level reduction inside the well.
  • the liquid level reduction is performed by means of the gas that is supplied from the outside source to the well in a controlled manner.
  • valves in fact entail fitting on the valve body bellows made of elastomeric material which constitute the oil containment chamber and which, in the long term, also due to their stable placement in an aggressive environment, deteriorate and have to be replaced, wasting time for their recovery from the sump pits, for their indispensable cleaning, for the repair operation and for their subsequent reinstallation.
  • the heavy metal balls can be easily deteriorated by the liquids present in the sump pits and can be damaged by the violent impacts to which they are subjected when the water passage is closed; their consequent fall also damages the membranes with which conventional valves are provided.
  • the aim of the present invention is to eliminate the above-noted drawbacks of the prior art by providing a flushing valve which has a simple structure, is durable, has a low cost and does not have elements made of materials which can deteriorate due to use and permanence in a particularly aggressive environment.
  • 1 designates a flushing valve which comprises a container valve body 2 which is internally hollow, forming a chamber 2b, and is provided with a valve 2c for venting the air that can accumulate therein and is arranged on top of, and connected at its base 2a to, a pipe 3 in which a stream of liquid flows; in this specific case, said liquid is water which arrives from a pumping means which is conventional and therefore not shown and is immersed in a sump pit for collecting the so-called storm sewage or wastewater.
  • the pipe 3 is provided with a choke or throttling 4 which shapes a Venturi tube and is arranged directly downstream of the valve body 2.
  • Said valve body has, in its inner upper portion, a first membrane 5 adapted to push on a flow control element 6 which controls said choke 4 and floats in the hollow body 2; the first membrane 5 is connected to at least one reservoir 7 for containing incompressible liquid, usually oil, which is connected to the internal chamber 2b of the valve body 2.
  • the flow control element 6 is composed of at least two bodies 8 and 9, both of which are preferably spherical, and which are interconnected by means of a wing 10: the first body 8 floats and the second body 9 acts as ballast and closes the Venturi tube-like choke 4; the diameters of the spherical bodies 8 and 9 are different one from the other and the diameter of the first body 8 is larger than the diameter of the second body 9.
  • the valve body 2 is connected to the pipe 3 by interposing a connecting first duct 3a having a calibrated diameter which is comprised between the diameters of the first spherical body 8 and of the second spherical body 9, so as to allow the passage only of the first spherical body 8 and retain the second body 9.
  • the reservoir 7 is connected to the internal chamber 2b of the valve body 2 by means of a corresponding second duct (not shown in the drawings) leading into an upper region for contact between the first membrane 5 and the top of the internal chamber 2b and whose cross-section passage is adjustable by way of corresponding throttling means 11 being substantially constituted by a cylindrical selector 12 which is mounted so as to rotate transversely and hermetically in said cross-section passage and has through holes having predefined diameters; the rotation of said selector aligns with said cross-section a hole having a selectable diameter.
  • the reservoir 7 is arranged externally with respect to the chamber 2b of the valve body 2; moreover, said reservoir 7 and the top of the chamber 2b of the valve body 2 are formed contiguously in an element 13 for the upper closure of said body.
  • the reservoir 7 is composed of a hemispherical cavity 7a which is formed in the upper closure element 13 and is closed hermetically in a downward region by means of a second elastically deformable membrane 14.
  • Both said first membrane 5 and said second membrane 14 are shaped like a spherical dome and in an alternative embodiment of the invention can also be formed as a single monolithic body.
  • At least the first membrane 5 has, on the face directed towards the flow control element 6, a tooth 15 for contact with the first floating spherical body 8.
  • the operation of the invention is as follows: in the initial condition, the submersion of the flushing valve 1 causes the inflow, into the chamber 2b of the valve body 2, of the liquid present in the sump pit, with automatic venting of the air that is present through the corresponding valve 2c and the consequent floating of the flow control element 6, thus making the passage through pipe 3 and choke 4 fully open.
  • the choke 4 being in practice a Venturi tube, produces a suction which diffuses inside said chamber 2b, drawing the first membrane 5 downward.
  • the second spherical body 9 When the second spherical body 9 has reached such a submersion level that it is influenced by the suction generated by the choke 4, it is drawn towards it until it arranges itself in front of it and closes it, interrupting the flow of water arriving from the pump and directed towards the sump pit.
  • the pressure created accordingly in the chamber 2b also acts on the membrane 5, which gradually returns the oil to the reservoir 7 until said membrane 5 is allowed to regain its initial position.
  • the spherical bodies 8 and 9 also tend to rise, being drawn by the flotation of the first body 8, up to the initial position.

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  1. Spülventil, welches ein Durchfluss-Steuerelement (6) und ein Behälter-Ventilkörper (2) umfasst, das im Innern hohl und mit einem Entlüftungsventil (2c) versehen ist, und welches an dessen unterer Seite (2a) mit einem Rohr (3) verbunden ist und in Einbaulage oberhalb eines Rohres (3) für den Durchlass eines Flüssigkeitsstroms angeordnet ist, der aus einer Pumpeneinrichtung kommt, wobei das Rohr (3) mit einer venturirohrartigen Düse (4) ausgebildet ist, die direkt stromabwärts vom Ventilkörper (2) angeordnet ist, wobei der Ventilkörper (2) in seinem oberen inneren Abschnitt eine erste Membran (5) zum Anschieben des besagten Durchfluss-Steuerelements (6) zum verschließen der Düse (4) umfasst, wobei das Durchfluss-Steuerelement (6) normalerweise in diesem hohlen Ventilkörper (2) schwimmt, wobei die erste Membran (5) mit mindestens einem Reservoir (7) verbunden ist, das eine inkompressible Flüssigkeit enthält, und das mit dem Innenhohlraum (2b) des innen hohlen Ventilkörpers (2) verbunden ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich das Durchfluss-Steuerelement (6) mindestens ein Paar aus Körpern (8, 9) aufweist, die über ein Flügelelement (10) miteinander verbunden sind, wobei ein erster Körper (8) als Schwimmer wirkt, und wobei ein zweiter, kugelförmiger Körper (9) als Ballast und als Verschluss für die venturirohrartige Düse (4) wirkt.
  2. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste als schwimmer wirkende Körper (8) kugelförmig ist.
  3. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Durchmesser der kugelförmigen Körper (8, 9) unterschiedlich sind, wobei der Durchmesser des ersten Körpers (8) größer als der Durchmesser des zweiten Körpers (9) ist.
  4. Spülventil gemäß den vorhergehenden Ansprüchen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Ventilkörper (2) und das Rohr (3) über einen dazwischen angeordneten, ersten Verbindungskanal (3a) verbunden ist, dessen Durchmesser kalibriert ist.
  5. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Durchmesser des ersten Verbindungskanals (3a) kleiner als der Durchmesser des ersten kugelförmigen Körpers (8) und größer als der Durchmesser des zweiten kugelförmigen Körpers (9) des Durchfluss-Steuerelements (6) ist.
  6. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Reservoir (7) mit dem Innenhohlraum (2b) des Ventilkörpers (2) über einen entsprechenden zweiten Verbindungskanal verbunden ist, der zu einem oberen Kontaktbereich zwischen der ersten Membran (5) und dem oberen Teil des Innenhohlraums (2b) des Ventilkörpers (2) führt.
  7. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Strömungsquerschnitt des zweiten Verbindungskanals mittels einer entsprechenden Drosseleinrichtung (11) einstellbar ist.
  8. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Drosseleinrichtung (11) zur Drosselung des Strömungsquerschnitts des zweiten Verbindungskanals aus einem zylindrischen Wählschalter (12) gebildet ist, der so eingebaut ist, dass er sich in dem Strömungsquerschnitt auf quer gerichtet und hermetisch drehen kann und Durchlassöffnungen mit bestimmten Durchmessern aufweist, wobei die Drehung des Wählschalters (12) den Strömungsquerschnitt und eine Öffnung mit einem wählbaren Durchmesser zueinander ausrichtet.
  9. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Reservoir (7) in Bezug auf den Innenhohlraum (2b) des Ventilkörpers (2) außen angeordnet ist.
  10. Spülventil gemäß den Ansprüchen 6 und 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Reservoir (7) und der obere Teil des Innenhohlraums (2b) des Ventilkörpers (2) in einem Element (13) für den oberen Verschluss des Ventilkörpers (2) ausgebildet sind.
  11. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Reservoir (7) einen halbkugelförmigen Hohlraum (7a) aufweist, der in dem oberen Verschlusselement (13) ausgebildet ist, und der in einem unteren Bereich durch eine zweite, elastisch verformbare Membran (14) hermetisch abgeschlossen wird.
  12. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Membran (5) und die zweite Membran (14) eine sphärische Kuppenform aufweisen.
  13. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zumindest die erste Membran (5) auf ihrer dem Durchfluss-Steuerelement (6) zugewandten Seine einen Zahn (15) für einen Kontakt mit dem ersten als Schwimmer wirkenden, kugelförmigen Körper (8) aufweist.
  14. Spülventil gemäß Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Membran (5) und die zweite Membran (14) als einzelner Monolichkörper ausgebildet sind.
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