GB2243669B - Fail safe valve actuator - Google Patents

Fail safe valve actuator

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Publication number
GB2243669B
GB2243669B GB9107939A GB9107939A GB2243669B GB 2243669 B GB2243669 B GB 2243669B GB 9107939 A GB9107939 A GB 9107939A GB 9107939 A GB9107939 A GB 9107939A GB 2243669 B GB2243669 B GB 2243669B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
valve actuator
fail safe
safe valve
fail
actuator
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
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GB9107939A
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GB2243669A (en
GB9107939D0 (en
Inventor
Neil Hoover Akkerman
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AVA International Corp
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AVA International Corp
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Publication of GB9107939D0 publication Critical patent/GB9107939D0/en
Publication of GB2243669A publication Critical patent/GB2243669A/en
Priority to GB9310739A priority Critical patent/GB2266942B/en
Priority to GB9310740A priority patent/GB2266943B/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2243669B publication Critical patent/GB2243669B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
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Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K31/00—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices
    • F16K31/02—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices electric; magnetic
    • F16K31/04—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices electric; magnetic using a motor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D27/00—Magnetically- or electrically- actuated clutches; Control or electric circuits therefor
    • F16D27/10—Magnetically- or electrically- actuated clutches; Control or electric circuits therefor with an electromagnet not rotating with a clutching member, i.e. without collecting rings
    • F16D27/105—Magnetically- or electrically- actuated clutches; Control or electric circuits therefor with an electromagnet not rotating with a clutching member, i.e. without collecting rings with a helical band or equivalent member co-operating with a cylindrical coupling surface
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D41/00—Freewheels or freewheel clutches
    • F16D41/20—Freewheels or freewheel clutches with expandable or contractable clamping ring or band
    • F16D41/206—Freewheels or freewheel clutches with expandable or contractable clamping ring or band having axially adjacent coils, e.g. helical wrap-springs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D43/00—Automatic clutches
    • F16D43/02—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically
    • F16D43/04—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by angular speed
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D43/00—Automatic clutches
    • F16D43/02—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically
    • F16D43/20—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure
    • F16D43/202—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure of the ratchet type
    • F16D43/2022—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure of the ratchet type with at least one part moving axially between engagement and disengagement
    • F16D43/2024—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure of the ratchet type with at least one part moving axially between engagement and disengagement the axially moving part being coaxial with the rotation, e.g. a gear with face teeth
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D43/00—Automatic clutches
    • F16D43/02—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically
    • F16D43/20—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure
    • F16D43/202—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure of the ratchet type
    • F16D43/2028—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by torque, e.g. overload-release clutches, slip-clutches with means by which torque varies the clutching pressure of the ratchet type with at least one part moving radially between engagement and disengagement
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D43/00—Automatic clutches
    • F16D43/02—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically
    • F16D43/22—Automatic clutches actuated entirely mechanically controlled by both speed and torque
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16H—GEARING
    • F16H25/00—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms
    • F16H25/18—Gearings comprising primarily only cams, cam-followers and screw-and-nut mechanisms for conveying or interconverting oscillating or reciprocating motions
    • F16H25/20—Screw mechanisms
    • F16H2025/2062—Arrangements for driving the actuator
    • F16H2025/2068—Means for returning linear actuator to zero position, e.g. upon occurrence of failure by using a spring

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Electrically Driven Valve-Operating Means (AREA)
GB9107939A 1990-05-04 1991-04-15 Fail safe valve actuator Expired - Lifetime GB2243669B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9310739A GB2266942B (en) 1990-05-04 1993-05-24 Fail safe valve actuator
GB9310740A GB2266943B (en) 1990-05-04 1993-05-24 Fail safe valve actuator

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US51894290A 1990-05-04 1990-05-04

Publications (3)

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GB9107939D0 GB9107939D0 (en) 1991-05-29
GB2243669A GB2243669A (en) 1991-11-06
GB2243669B true GB2243669B (en) 1994-06-01

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Country Status (4)

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FR (1) FR2661727B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2243669B (en)
NL (1) NL9100775A (en)
NO (1) NO911738L (en)

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GB1125747A (en) * 1966-04-29 1968-08-28 Langley Alloys Ltd Improvements in electrical actuators
US3518891A (en) * 1966-10-26 1970-07-07 King Of Prussia Research & Dev Fail-safe valve operator
US4090589A (en) * 1975-10-23 1978-05-23 John Herman Fitzwater Fail safe valve actuator
US4273307A (en) * 1978-09-18 1981-06-16 Vapor Corporation Clutch for valve actuator
WO1986003276A1 (en) * 1984-11-29 1986-06-05 Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. Clamp valve
US4660428A (en) * 1986-05-13 1987-04-28 Honeywell Inc. Drive train system
US4741508A (en) * 1987-04-13 1988-05-03 Rikuo Fukamachi Actuator for valve
GB2211274A (en) * 1987-10-21 1989-06-28 Satchwell Control Systems Electro-mechanical actuators

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Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1125747A (en) * 1966-04-29 1968-08-28 Langley Alloys Ltd Improvements in electrical actuators
US3518891A (en) * 1966-10-26 1970-07-07 King Of Prussia Research & Dev Fail-safe valve operator
US4090589A (en) * 1975-10-23 1978-05-23 John Herman Fitzwater Fail safe valve actuator
US4273307A (en) * 1978-09-18 1981-06-16 Vapor Corporation Clutch for valve actuator
WO1986003276A1 (en) * 1984-11-29 1986-06-05 Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. Clamp valve
US4660428A (en) * 1986-05-13 1987-04-28 Honeywell Inc. Drive train system
US4741508A (en) * 1987-04-13 1988-05-03 Rikuo Fukamachi Actuator for valve
GB2211274A (en) * 1987-10-21 1989-06-28 Satchwell Control Systems Electro-mechanical actuators

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NO911738L (en) 1991-11-05
NL9100775A (en) 1991-12-02
GB2243669A (en) 1991-11-06
FR2661727A1 (en) 1991-11-08
FR2661727B1 (en) 1993-12-24
GB9107939D0 (en) 1991-05-29
NO911738D0 (en) 1991-05-03

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Expiry date: 20110414