JP2010121752A - Vacuum valve - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum valve easy to disassemble even if an annular seal member is stuck to a part. <P>SOLUTION: This vacuum valve 1 includes: a body 40 having a valve seat 44; a valve element 19 abutting on or separating from the valve seat 44; a cylinder 10 for storing a piston 14 connected to the valve element 19 via a driving shaft 17; a bellows 25 for preventing leakage of fluid between the body 40 and a driving part 2; a connecting part 4 connecting the cylinder 10 and the body 40 so as to sandwich an upper end part 25a of the bellows 25; and an annular seal member 29 arranged between the connecting part 4 and the upper end part 25a of the bellows 25. The bellows 25 forms a hooking groove 31 in a part (a thick part 25d) projecting from the connecting part 4 by projecting the upper end part 25a to the cylinder 10 side from the connecting part 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum valve disposed between a processing chamber and a vacuum pump for adjusting the vacuum pressure in the processing chamber.

  For example, in a CVD apparatus of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, a material gas composed of elements constituting a thin film material is supplied from a reaction chamber inlet to a wafer in a reaction chamber which is a vacuum vessel, and a vacuum pump is supplied from the reaction chamber outlet. The reaction chamber is kept in a vacuum state by evacuating the gas. The exhaust speed of the material gas is controlled by, for example, a butterfly proportional valve, but the butterfly proportional valve cannot completely shut off the piping. Therefore, an ON-OFF type vacuum valve is arranged in series with the butterfly proportional valve to completely shut off the fluid in the pipe.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the vacuum valve 100 described in Patent Document 1. As shown in FIG.
For example, in the vacuum valve 100 described in Patent Document 1, a piston 111 is housed in a cylinder 110 and constitutes a drive unit. The piston 111 is connected to the valve body 113 via the drive shaft 112. The valve body 113 is provided in the valve chamber 123 of the body 120 so as to contact or separate from a valve seat 124 provided on the inner wall of the valve chamber 123. In the valve body 113, a holding member 114 is fixed to a lower end portion 115 b of the bellows 115 with a fixing screw 130, and an annular seal member 117 is elastically formed in a dovetail groove 116 formed between the lower end portion 115 b of the bellows 115 and the holding member 114. It is mounted so that it can be deformed. The bellows 115 has an upper end 115 a sandwiched between the cylinder adapter 141 of the cylinder 110 and the body 120, and a lower end 115 b connected to the drive shaft 112. The bellows 115 is moved in the valve chamber 123 according to the movement of the valve body 113. It expands and contracts.

  The piston 111 holds a belofram 118. The bellophram 118 divides the internal space of the cylinder 110 into a primary chamber 119A and a secondary chamber 119B in an airtight manner. The vacuum valve 100 obtains a valve closing force that presses the valve body 113 against the valve seat 124 by the compression spring 126 that is contracted in the primary chamber 119 </ b> A to bring the annular seal member 117 into close contact with the valve seat 124. The vacuum valve 100 supplies the operation air to the secondary chamber 119B from an operation port (not shown) and moves the piston 111 upward against the compression spring 126, thereby separating the valve body 113 from the valve seat 124, The 120 first port 121 and the second port 122 are connected as a flow path.

  In the vacuum valve 100, an annular seal member 125, an upper end 115a of a bellows 115, and a cylinder adapter 141 are stacked on a connecting portion 128 welded to the body 120, and the body 120 and the cylinder adapter 141 are connected by bolts (not shown). . The annular seal member 125 is crushed between the upper end portion 115 a and the connecting portion 128 to prevent outside air from entering the body 120.

  By the way, when the vacuum valve 100 is used in a CVD apparatus, the working gas is solidified to deposit a product in the flow path. When the film is formed on the wafer in the reaction chamber, the product may be mixed into the film as a foreign substance, which may deteriorate the product yield. Therefore, the vacuum valve 100 winds the heater 127 around the body 120 to warm the gas contact portion, and suppresses the generation of products.

  However, the vacuum valve 100 has a place where the working gas tends to stay, such as a gap between the dovetail groove 116 and the annular seal member 117 and a recessed portion of the bellows 115. In such a place, the product easily adheres even when heated by the heater 127. Therefore, the vacuum valve 100 needs to frequently perform maintenance such as cleaning the bellows 115, replacing the annular seal member 117, and replacing the heater 127.

  If the piston 111 rotates in the cylinder 110 during maintenance of the vacuum valve 100, the belofram 118 may be twisted to cause wrinkles. If wrinkles enter the belofram 118, there is a risk of breakage from that portion and leakage. The vacuum valve 100 is provided with a non-rotating pin 129 protruding outward from the piston 111, and is disposed with a predetermined clearance in a window 110a formed in the cylinder 110. The clearance is provided to prevent the rotation stop pin 129 from coming into contact with the cylinder 110 and causing sliding resistance during the operation of the vacuum valve 100. However, if the vacuum valve 100 is disassembled and assembled with the clearance provided, the piston 111 may rotate in the cylinder 110, and there is a risk that wrinkles will occur in the belofram 118. Therefore, when the vacuum valve 100 is disassembled and assembled, a clearance removing member 140 is attached between the rotation stop pin 129 and the window 110a to prevent the piston 111 from rotating.

JP 2000-163136 A

  However, in the vacuum valve 100, the annular seal members 117 and 125 are crushed with a strong force. Moreover, the annular seal members 117 and 125 are repeatedly softened by the heat of the heater 127 and the working gas when the vacuum valve 100 is operated, and are cooled and solidified when the vacuum valve 100 is not operated. Therefore, the vacuum valve 100 has a problem that the annular seal members 117 and 125 are fixed to the inner wall of the dovetail groove 116, the upper end portion 115a of the bellows 115, and the connecting portion 128, and are difficult to disassemble.

  For example, when cleaning the bellows 115, it is necessary to remove the connecting portion 128 from the bellows 115. However, if the annular seal member 125 is fixed to the connecting portion 128 and the upper end portion 115 a of the bellows 115, the connecting portion 128 cannot be separated from the bellows 115. In this case, even if the bellows 115 is pressed so that the upper end portion 115a is pushed out from the connecting portion 128, the bellows 115 expands and contracts and no force is applied, and the bellows 115 and the connecting portion 128 cannot be separated.

  Further, for example, when the annular seal member 117 is replaced, it is necessary to remove the fixing screw 130 and separate the holding member 114 from the lower end portion 115b of the bellows 115. However, if the annular seal member 117 is fixed to the holding member 114 and the bellows 115, the holding member 114 cannot be separated from the bellows 115. In this case, it is conceivable to insert a sharp tool into the dovetail groove 116 and pierce the annular seal member 117 to release the sticking. However, there is a possibility that the sealing surface of the holding member 114 or the lower end portion 115b of the bellows 115 may be damaged. is there.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum valve that can be easily disassembled even when an annular seal member is fixed to a component.

The vacuum valve according to the present invention has the following configuration.
(1) According to one aspect of the present invention, a body including a valve seat, a valve body that contacts or separates from the valve seat, a drive unit coupled to the valve body via a drive shaft, the body, A partition wall that prevents fluid leakage between the drive unit, a connection unit that connects the drive unit and the body so as to sandwich the partition wall, and a ring that is disposed between the connection unit and the partition wall In the vacuum valve having a seal member, the partition wall is formed with a recess in a portion protruding from the connecting portion toward the drive portion.
The connecting portion may be separate from the body or may be integrally formed with the body.

(2) In the invention described in (1), it is preferable that the concave portion is formed in an annular shape along the outer peripheral surface of the partition wall.

(3) According to another aspect of the present invention, in a vacuum valve having a body including a valve seat, a valve body that contacts or separates from the valve seat, and a drive unit that applies driving force to the valve body. The valve body is mounted on the dovetail body, a valve body main body connected to the drive unit, a holding member attached to the valve body main body to form an ant groove between the valve body and the valve body. An annular seal member, and an extrusion member that is disposed between the valve body main body and the holding member and pushes the holding member away from the valve body main body.

(4) In the invention described in (3), the push-out member is a push screw that is screwed into the valve body, and the holding member is formed with a through hole into which a tool for rotating the push screw is inserted. It is preferable that

(5) In the invention described in (3) or (4), the holding member has a plate shape and has a convex portion protruding toward the valve body main body, and the valve body is attached to the holding member. The surface to be formed is flat, a storage recess for storing the holding member is formed, and a positioning recess for positioning the holding member by fitting to the projection is formed on the inner wall of the storage recess. preferable.

  The vacuum valve according to the above aspect includes a body including a valve seat, a valve body that contacts or separates from the valve seat, a drive unit coupled to the valve body via a drive shaft, and a fluid between the body and the drive unit. In a vacuum valve having a partition wall that prevents leakage, a connection unit that connects the drive unit and the body so as to sandwich the partition wall, and an annular seal member that is disposed between the connection unit and the partition wall, A recess is formed in a portion protruding from the connecting portion toward the drive portion. Such a vacuum valve forms a recess at a location that does not affect the seal or the fitting. Therefore, when disassembling the vacuum valve for maintenance, etc., even if the annular seal member is fixed to the partition wall and the connecting portion, the partition wall is inserted by inserting a general-purpose tool (such as a flat-blade screwdriver) into the recess and utilizing the lever principle. By pulling up from the connecting portion, the sticking of the annular seal member can be released. Therefore, according to the vacuum valve of the said aspect, even if the cyclic | annular sealing member adheres to a partition and a connection part, a partition and a connection part can be isolate | separated easily and can be decomposed | disassembled.

  In the vacuum valve of the above aspect, since the recess is formed in an annular shape along the outer peripheral surface of the partition wall, the workability is good without being restricted in the direction in which the general-purpose tool is inserted into the recess.

  The vacuum valve according to the above aspect is a vacuum valve having a body including a valve seat, a valve body that contacts or separates from the valve seat, and a drive unit that applies a driving force to the valve body. A valve body main body connected to the valve body main body, a holding member attached to the valve body main body to form a dovetail groove, an annular seal member mounted in the dovetail groove, a valve body main body and the holding member, And an extruding member that pushes the holding member away from the valve body main body. In such a vacuum valve, when the holding member is removed from the valve body, when the annular seal member is fixed to the valve body and the holding member, the holding member is moved away from the valve body by the pushing member. Extrude and release the seal of the annular seal member. Therefore, according to the vacuum valve of the said aspect, even if the cyclic | annular seal member adheres to a holding member and a valve body main body, a holding member can be easily isolate | separated from a valve body main body, and can be decomposed | disassembled.

  The vacuum valve of the above aspect is an extrusion screw in which the extrusion member is screwed into the valve body main body, and a through-hole into which the holding member inserts a tool for rotating the extrusion screw is formed. Such a vacuum valve can release the sticking of the annular seal member only by rotating the extrusion screw so as to protrude from the valve body body with a tool inserted into the through hole.

  In the vacuum valve according to the aspect described above, the holding member has a plate shape and has a convex portion protruding toward the valve body main body, and the valve body has a flat surface on which the holding member is attached and accommodates the holding member. A storage recess is formed, and a positioning recess that fits the projection and positions the holding member is formed on the inner wall of the storage recess. In such a vacuum valve, since the fitting between the convex portion provided in the holding member and the positioning concave portion provided in the valve body is short, the holding member is easily tilted with respect to the valve body and is easily separated.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the vacuum valve according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
<Overall configuration of vacuum valve>
FIG. 1 is a bottom view of the vacuum valve 1. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
The vacuum valve 1 includes a drive unit 2 and a valve unit 3. The drive unit 2 and the valve unit 3 are connected by four bolts 5 to configure the appearance of the vacuum valve 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the valve portion 3 is provided in the body 40. In the body 40, a first port 41 and a second port 42 communicate with each other via a valve chamber 43. A valve seat 44 is formed on the inner surface of the valve chamber 43. The valve body 19 is provided in the valve chamber 43 so as to be in contact with or separated from the valve seat 44. A bellows 25, which is an example of a partition wall, is disposed in the valve chamber 43 of the body 40 so as to extend and contract according to the operation of the valve body 19. The connecting portion 4 is fixed to the outer periphery of the upper end opening portion of the body 40 by welding or the like, and connects the body 40 to the cylinder 10 of the driving portion 2 so as to sandwich the upper end portion 25a of the bellows 25.

  On the other hand, the drive unit 2 is connected to the valve body 19 via the drive shaft 17 and applies a driving force to the valve body 19. The drive shaft 17 is slidably held by a bearing 18 provided in the cylinder 10 and reciprocates in the vertical direction in the figure. In the cylinder 10, a piston chamber 13 is formed between a cap 11 and a cylinder adapter 12, and a piston 14 is accommodated in the piston chamber 13. The cap 11 and the cylinder adapter 12 sandwich the outer edge portion of the bellofram 15 via the bellophram presser 16. The belofram presser 16 also plays a role of bringing the cap 11 and the cylinder adapter 12 into a coaxial state. The belofram 15 is held by the piston 14 and divides the piston chamber 13 into a primary chamber 13A and a secondary chamber 13B. The primary chamber 13 </ b> A is open to the atmosphere through the upper end opening 11 a of the cap 11. The secondary chamber 13B communicates with an operation port 12b formed in the cylinder adapter 12, and is supplied and exhausted with operation air.

  The drive shaft 17 has an upper end portion disposed in the piston chamber 13 and connected to the piston 14, and a lower end portion disposed in the valve chamber 43 and connected to the valve body 19. A compression spring 20, which is an example of an urging member, is provided between the cylinder adapter 12 and the valve body 19, and the valve body 19 is constantly applied with a force in the valve seat direction. Therefore, the vacuum valve 1 moves the piston 14 according to the balance between the internal pressure of the secondary chamber 13 </ b> B and the elastic force of the compression spring 20, and causes the valve body 19 to contact or separate from the valve seat 44. In addition, the vacuum valve 1 has a heater (not shown) installed in the hollow portion of the drive shaft 17 and heats the gas contact portions such as the bellows 25, the valve body 19, and the body 40 with the heat of the heater to suppress the generation of products. To do.

<Specific configuration of piston>
The piston 14 includes a piston disk 21 and a piston body 22. The piston disk 21 includes a cylindrical portion 21b through which the drive shaft 17 is inserted. On the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 21b, a female screw that is screwed into a male screw formed on the outer periphery of the upper end portion of the drive shaft 17 is formed. The cylindrical portion 21 b is inserted through the bellophram 15 and the piston main body 22. The piston body 22 is fixed to the piston disk 21 using a fixing screw 23, and sandwiches the belofram 15 with the piston disk 21.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the drive unit 2 and the bellows 25 separated from the valve unit 3.
The piston 14 is provided with a protruding portion 21 a protruding in a direction in which the compression spring 20 biases the valve body 19. In this embodiment, since the vacuum valve 1 is a normally closed type, the protrusion 21a is provided on the end face of the piston disc 21 so as to protrude in the valve seat direction. In the present embodiment, the two protrusions 21 a are provided at positions facing each other with the drive shaft 17 interposed therebetween.

  In the cylinder 10, a non-rotating portion 12 a is formed on the inner wall (valve seat side inner wall) of the piston chamber 13 facing the protruding portion 21 a so as to fit the protruding portion 21 a and prevent the piston 14 from rotating. The number of rotation stoppers 12a is greater than the number of protrusions 21a, and is provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the cylinder adapter 12. The reason why the number of the rotation stoppers 12a is larger than the number of the protrusions 21a is to facilitate the assembly of the drive unit 2. The piston disk 21 has a mounting groove for mounting the O-ring 24 on the surface opposite to the surface on which the protrusion 21a is provided. The O-ring 24 is crushed in the mounting groove and seals between the piston disk 21 and the piston body 22.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the vacuum valve 1, the piston 14 is fixed to the drive shaft 17 so that the protrusion 21 a is not fitted to the rotation stopper 12 a when the valve body 19 is in contact with the valve seat 44. Has been.

<Specific configuration of valve body>
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the valve disc 19 is configured such that a valve disc 26, which is an example of a holding member, is fixed to a bellows disc 25 b (an example of a valve disc body) provided at a lower end portion of the bellows 25. 26 and a dovetail groove 27 formed between the bellows disk 25b and an annular seal member 28. The bellows 25 is made of metal, and is configured by connecting an upper end portion 25a and a bellows disc 25b with a bellows portion 25c.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion X in FIG.
The bellows 25 is positioned with respect to the body 40 with the upper end portion 25 a fitted into the fitting portion 4 a of the connecting portion 4 without a gap. The upper end portion 25a is formed with a seal groove 30 for mounting the annular seal member 29 on a surface facing the fitting portion 4a. The annular seal member 29 is in close contact with the inner wall of the seal groove 30 and the inner wall of the fitting portion 4a and seals to prevent the outside air from entering the body 40. A thick portion 25d is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the upper end portion 25a. The thick portion 25 d has a thickness that protrudes from the connecting portion 4 toward the cylinder 10 when the upper end portion 25 a is fitted to the connecting portion 4. The thick portion 25 d is fitted into a positioning step portion 12 c provided at the lower end portion of the cylinder adapter 12 and positions the bellows 25 with respect to the cylinder adapter 12. Therefore, the body 40 and the cylinder 10 are aligned via the connecting portion 4 and the bellows 25.

  A hooking groove 31, which is an example of a recess, is formed in a portion protruding from the connecting portion 4 of the thick portion 25 d. In order to pull up the upper end portion 25a from the connecting portion 4 with a small force using the lever principle with the tool fitted in the hooking groove 31, the hooking groove 31 is used when the upper end portion 25a is fitted into the fitting portion 4a. It is formed at a position corresponding to the upper end portion of the connecting portion 4. The hook groove 31 is formed in an annular shape along the outer peripheral surface of the thick portion 25d.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the bellows disk 25 b is screwed to the lower end portion of the drive shaft 17. The bellows 25 is disposed in the valve chamber 43 so as to cover the compression spring 20 with the bellows portion 25c, so that particles generated from the compression spring 20 and the sliding portion are not supplied into the flow path.

  The bellows disk 25b has a flat valve seat side end surface, and a storage recess 32 for storing the valve disk 26 is formed in a circular shape. The bellows disk 25b has a cylindrical portion 25e protruding from the end face on the side opposite to the valve seat, and is thickened so that a screw hole into which a fixing screw 27 and an extrusion screw 37 as an example of an extrusion member are screwed can be formed. A positioning recess 33 is formed in an annular shape on the inner wall of the storage recess 32. The screw holes into which the fixing screws 27 are screwed are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction so that the annular seal member 28 is uniformly crushed. The screw hole into which the extrusion screw 37 is screwed is formed eccentric to the bellows disk 25b. This is because the extrusion screw 37 lifts the valve disk 26 so as to incline with respect to the bellows disk 25b, so that the annular seal member 28 can be easily peeled off. In the present embodiment, the screw hole into which the fixing screw 27 and the extrusion screw 37 are screwed is formed on the positioning recess 33.

  The valve disk 26 has a disk shape having a thickness that can be stored in the storage recess 32. The valve disc 26 has a convex portion 34 that is fitted into the positioning concave portion 33 and positions the valve disc 26 with respect to the bellows disc 25b in a ring shape on the end surface of the bellows side.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a Y portion in FIG.
The valve disk 26 is formed with a recess 26a for storing the head of the extrusion screw 37 on the surface that contacts the bellows disk 25b. The valve disk 26 contacts the bottom surface of the storage recess 32 and the outer peripheral surface of the valve disk 26 and the storage recess 32. A dovetail groove 27 is formed between the inner peripheral surface of the first and second inner surfaces. In the valve disk 26, a through hole 26b for inserting a tool for applying a rotational force to the extrusion screw 37 is formed coaxially with the recess 26a. The through hole 26b is formed to have a smaller diameter than the inner diameter dimension of the recess 26a and the head outer dimension of the extrusion screw 37 so that the extrusion screw 37 can come into contact with the inner wall of the recess 26a.

<Maintenance method>
Next, a maintenance method for the vacuum valve 1 will be described.
First, operating air is applied to the operating port 12 b, and the bolt 5 is removed from the vacuum valve 1 with the valve body 19 being separated from the valve seat 44. As the operation air from the operation port 12b is discharged, the compression spring 20 expands, and the piston 14 moves to the valve seat side to automatically fit the protrusion 21a to the rotation stop 12a. As a result, the piston 14 cannot rotate with respect to the cylinder 10. Since the piston disk 21 is prevented from rotating, the rotation of the drive shaft 17 screwed into the piston disk 21 is prevented. After removing the body 40 and the valve disk 26, the bellows 25 is rotated with respect to the drive shaft 17, removed from the drive shaft 17, and cleaned. Further, the annular seal members 28 and 29 are exchanged.

When the maintenance is completed, the vacuum valve 1 is assembled in the reverse procedure to the above. Until the drive part 2 is attached to the body 40 by the connecting part 4, the protruding part 21a is fitted to the anti-rotation part 12a. Therefore, the belofram 15 is not subjected to torsional force at the time of disassembly or assembly, and is less likely to cause wrinkles.
When the assembly of the vacuum valve 1 is completed by attaching the drive unit 2 to the body 40 with the connecting unit 4, the valve body 19 is brought into contact with the valve seat 44 by the compression spring 20 and the valve is closed. At this time, the piston 14 is lifted from the inner wall of the piston chamber 13 so that the projection 21 a of the piston disk 21 does not fit into the rotation stopper 12 a of the cylinder 10. That is, the rotation stop of the piston 14 is automatically released.

By the way, when the vacuum valve 1 is disassembled, since the annular seal member 29 is sandwiched and fixed between the upper end portion 25a and the connecting portion 4 from above and below, the connecting portion 4 adheres to the upper end portion 25a even if the bolt 5 is removed. is doing. In this state, the bellows 25 cannot be washed and the annular seal member 29 cannot be replaced.
In such a case, a tool such as a flat-blade screwdriver is inserted into the catching groove 31, and the upper end 25a is lifted from the connecting portion 4 using the principle of leverage. Thereby, the annular seal member 29 is peeled off from the connecting portion 4 or the upper end portion 25a, and the connecting portion 4 and the bellows 25 are separated.

If the annular seal member 28 is fixed to the valve disc 26 and the bellows disc 25b, the annular seal member 28 cannot be replaced by separating the valve disc 26 from the bellows disc 25b even if the fixing screw 27 is removed. .
In this case, a general-purpose tool such as a hexagon wrench or a screwdriver is inserted into the through hole 26b of the valve disk 26 and fitted to the extrusion screw 37, and the extrusion screw 37 is rotated so as to protrude from the bellows disc 25b. Then, the valve disk 26 is pushed out by the propulsive force of the extrusion screw 37 so as to be lifted from the bellows disk 25b, and the sticking of the annular seal member 28 is eliminated.

<Effect>
As described above, the vacuum valve 1 of the present embodiment is connected to the body 40 including the valve seat 44, the valve body 19 that contacts or separates from the valve seat 44, and the valve body 19 via the drive shaft 17. A drive unit 2, a bellows 25 that prevents fluid leakage between the body 40 and the drive unit 2, and a connecting unit 4 that connects the drive unit 2 and the body 3 so as to sandwich an upper end portion 25 a of the bellows 25. In the vacuum valve 1 having the annular seal member 29 disposed between the connecting portion 4 and the upper end portion 25a, the bellows 25 has a thick portion 25d of the upper end portion 25a from the connecting portion 4 to the drive portion 2 side. A hooking groove 31 is formed at a portion protruding from the connecting portion 4. Such a vacuum valve 1 has a catching groove 31 at a location that does not affect the seal and the fitting. Therefore, when disassembling the vacuum valve 1 for maintenance or the like, even if the annular seal member 29 is fixed to the upper end portion 25a and the connecting portion 4, a general-purpose tool (such as a flat-blade screwdriver) is inserted into the hook portion 31 to If the upper end portion 25a is pulled up from the connecting portion 4 using the principle of the above, the fixation of the annular seal member 29 can be released. Therefore, according to the vacuum valve 1 of this embodiment, even if the annular seal member 29 is fixed to the upper end portion 25a and the connecting portion 4, the upper end portion 25a and the connecting portion 4 can be easily separated and disassembled. .

  In the vacuum valve 1 of the present embodiment, the hooking groove 31 is formed in an annular shape along the outer peripheral surface of the thick portion 25d, so that the direction in which the general-purpose tool is inserted into the hooking groove 31 is not restricted, and the workability is good. .

  The vacuum valve 1 according to this embodiment includes a body 40 including a valve seat 44, a valve body 19 that contacts or separates from the valve seat 44, and a drive unit 2 that applies a driving force to the valve body 19. The valve body 19 is attached to the bellows disk 25b connected to the drive unit 2, the valve disk 26 screwed to the bellows disk 25b and forming a dovetail groove 27 between the bellows disk 25b, and the dovetail groove 27. An annular seal member 28, and an extrusion screw 37 disposed between the bellows disk 25b and the valve disk 26 to push the valve disk 26 away from the bellows disk 25b. In such a vacuum valve, when the annular seal member 28 is fixed to the bellows disk 25b and the valve disk 26 when the valve disk 26 is removed from the bellows disk 25b, the valve disk 26 is attached to the bellows disk by an extrusion screw 37. It pushes away from 25b, and the adhering of the annular seal member 28 is released. Therefore, according to the vacuum valve 1 of this embodiment, even if the annular seal member 28 is fixed to the valve disc 26 and the bellows disc 25b, the valve disc 26 can be easily separated from the bellows disc 25b and disassembled.

  In the vacuum valve 1 of this embodiment, the extrusion screw 37 is screwed into the bellows disk 25b, and the through hole 26b into which the valve disk 26 inserts a tool for rotating the extrusion screw 37 is formed. Such a vacuum valve 1 can release the sticking of the annular seal member 28 only by rotating the extrusion screw 37 so as to protrude from the bellows disk 25b with a tool inserted into the through hole 26b.

  In the vacuum valve 1 of the present embodiment, the valve disc 26 has a plate shape and has a convex portion 34 that protrudes toward the bellows 25. The bellows disc 25b has a flat surface on which the valve disc 26 is attached. A storage recess 32 for storing the disk 26 is formed, and a positioning recess 33 for positioning the valve disk 26 by being fitted to the protrusion 34 is formed on the inner wall of the storage recess 32. In such a vacuum valve 1, since the fitting between the convex portion 34 provided on the valve disc 26 and the positioning concave portion 33 provided on the bellows disc 25 b is short, the valve disc 26 is tilted and separated from the bellows disc 25 b. It's easy to do.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a vacuum valve 1A according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
The vacuum valve 1A of the second embodiment is mainly different from the first embodiment in the connection structure of the drive unit 2 and the valve unit 3. Therefore, here, the points different from the first embodiment will be mainly described. In addition, the same code | symbol as 1st Embodiment is attached | subjected to drawing to the structure similar to 1st Embodiment, and description is abbreviate | omitted suitably.

  In the cylinder 10, a closing member 62 and a cap 63 are attached to a cylindrical cylinder body 61, and a piston 68 is loaded to form a piston chamber 13B. The cylinder body 61 is formed with an operation port 61a so as to communicate with the piston chamber 13B. The drive shaft 17 is fixed to the piston 68 with a screw 66. The drive shaft 17 protrudes into the body 64 and is connected to the valve body 19 to transmit the driving force of the drive unit 2 to the valve body 19. The sliding portion of the drive shaft 17 is covered with a bellows 65 so that particles are not supplied to the flow path.

  As for the body 64, the connection part 64a is integrally molded by the upper-end opening part. The bellows 65 includes an upper end portion 65a (an example of a partition wall), a bellows disk 65b (an example of a valve body main body), and a bellows portion 65c. The body 64 has an upper end portion 65a fitted to the connecting portion 64a via the annular seal member 29, and is connected to the driving portion 2 stacked on the upper end portion 65a by a bolt (not shown). A gap between the connecting portion 64a and the upper end portion 65a is sealed by an annular seal member 29 so that fluid does not leak inside and outside the body 64. The upper end portion 65a has an upper end portion that protrudes from the connecting portion 64a to the drive portion 2 side, and a hooking groove 31 is formed in an annular shape on the outer peripheral surface of the protruding portion.

  Such a vacuum valve 1A cannot be disassembled when the annular seal member 29 is fixed to the connecting portion 64a and the upper end portion 65a during maintenance. In this case, once the bolt (not shown) is removed and the drive unit 2 is removed from the body 65, a general-purpose tool is inserted into the catching groove 31 and the upper end 65a is lifted from the connecting portion 64a using the lever principle to release the sticking. it can. Therefore, according to the vacuum valve 1A, even if the annular seal member 29 is fixed to the partition wall 65a and the connection portion 64a, the partition wall 65a and the connection portion 64a can be easily separated and disassembled.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Various application is possible.
(1) For example, in the said embodiment, although the hooking groove 31 was formed cyclically | annularly, you may form the hooking groove 31 partially in the upper end part 25a, 65a of the bellows 25, 65 partially in one place or multiple places.
(2) For example, an annular convex portion 25g is provided in a portion where the thick portion 25d of the bellows 25 protrudes from the connecting portion 4, and the cylinder adapter 12 is fitted to the annular convex portion 25g at the lower end portion of the cylinder adapter 12. A positioning step portion 12e for positioning the adapter 12 may be formed. In this case, a concave portion 25h for hooking a tool is formed on a part of the annular convex portion 25g, and the bellows 25 and the body 40 fixed through the seal member 29 are separated in the same manner as the concave portion 31 of the above embodiment. It is good to do so.
(3) For example, in the said embodiment, the extrusion screw 37 was made into an example of an extrusion member. On the other hand, the pushing member is provided on the bellows disk 25b so as to be swingable, and when one end of the pushing member is pressed by the tip of the tool, the other end of the pressing member pushes the valve disk 26 from the bellows disk 25b. good. Also in this case, a through hole 26b into which a tool is inserted may be formed in a portion corresponding to one end of the pushing member of the valve disk 26.
(4) Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the recessed part 26a which accommodates an extrusion member was formed in the valve disc 26, you may form a recessed part in the bellows disk 25b.
(5) Further, for example, the valve disk 26 may be positioned with respect to the bellows disk 25b by fitting a convex part provided on the bellows disk 25b side with a concave part provided on the valve disk 26. Further, it is not necessary to form positioning irregularities on any of the bellows disk 25b and the valve disk 26.
(6) For example, in the above embodiment, the vacuum valves 1 and 1A are of the normally closed type, but may be of the normally open type.
(7) For example, in the said embodiment, although the drive part 2 is comprised by the piston structure, you may comprise by a motor. Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the drive part 2 accommodates only one piston 14,68, you may accommodate two or more pistons 14,68.
(8) For example, in the above embodiment, the valve element 19 is driven by the balance between the elastic force of the compression spring 20 and the internal pressure of the secondary chamber 13B. On the other hand, for example, the cap 63 shown in FIG. 6 has a closing function, and an operation port for supplying and exhausting operation air is provided in the cylinder 10 so as to communicate with the primary chamber 13A and the secondary chamber 13B. The valve body 19 may be driven by the pressure balance of the secondary chamber 13B, and the compression spring 20 may be omitted.
(9) For example, in the above embodiment, the bellows 25 is taken as an example of the partition wall, but the partition wall 51 that does not include the bellows portion 25c, as in the vacuum valve 1B shown in FIG. ). In this case, it is desirable to seal between the partition wall 51 and the drive shaft 17 with the seal member 52 to prevent fluid from leaking between the body 40 and the drive unit 2. Further, the valve body 19 may be configured by screwing the valve body main body 54 to the lower end portion of the drive shaft 17 and attaching the valve disk 26 to the storage recess 32 of the valve body main body 54.
(10) For example, in the above-described embodiment, the piston 14 is provided with the protrusion 21a, and the cylinder 10 is provided with the concave detent portion 12a. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, a recess 21d is provided in the piston disk 21A of the piston 14A, and a non-rotating portion 12d is provided at a position corresponding to the recess 21d of the cylinder adapter 12A constituting the cylinder 10A. Also good. Also in this case, when the drive unit 2 is removed from the body 40, the piston 14A is moved by the urging force of the compression spring 20, and the concave portion 21d is automatically fitted to the anti-rotation portion 12d, and the anti-rotation can be performed. .
(11) For example, in the above embodiment, the compression spring 20 is disposed in the body 40. However, as shown in FIG. 7, the compression spring 53 (an example of an urging member) is disposed in the primary chamber 13A of the cylinder 10. May be.
(12) For example, as shown in FIG. 9, a taper 34 a is provided on the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the convex portion 34 to taper the convex portion 34, and the convex portion 34 is formed on the surface in sliding contact with the convex portion 34 of the positioning concave portion 33. By providing the taper 33a corresponding to the convex portion 34, the convex portion 34 may be easily detached from the positioning concave portion 33. In this case, the valve disc 26 can be separated from the bellows disc 25b without being affected by the fitting length between the convex portion 34 and the positioning concave portion 33.
(13) For example, even if the arrangement of the fixing screw 27 and the extrusion screw 37 is changed from that in the above embodiment (for example, the extrusion screw 37 is arranged at the center of the bellows disk 25b), the extrusion screw 37 is the same as in the above embodiment. The valve disc 26 can be lifted and separated from the bellows disc 25b with the propulsive force.

It is a bottom view of the vacuum valve concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the drive part and bellows isolate | separated from the valve part. It is the X section enlarged sectional view of FIG. It is the Y section expanded sectional view of FIG. It is sectional drawing of the vacuum valve which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a modification of a vacuum valve. It is a figure which shows an example of a recessed part. It is a modification of a convex part and a positioning recessed part. It is sectional drawing of the vacuum valve described in patent document 1. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1, 1A, 1B Vacuum valve 2 Drive unit 4 Connection unit 10 Cylinder 14 Piston 17 Valve shaft 25, 65 Bellows (an example of a partition wall)
25a, 65a Upper end 25b Bellows disc (an example of valve body)
26 Valve disc (an example of a holding member)
28 Dovetail groove 28, 29 Annular seal member 31 Hook groove (an example of recess)
32 Housing recess 33 Positioning recess 34 Projection 37 Extrusion screw (an example of an extrusion member)
40 Body 44 Valve seat 51 Bulkhead 54 Valve body

Claims (5)

A body including a valve seat, a valve body that contacts or separates from the valve seat, a drive unit that is connected to the valve body via a drive shaft, and fluid leakage between the body and the drive unit are prevented. A vacuum valve having a partition wall, a connection portion that connects the drive unit and the body so as to sandwich the partition wall, and an annular seal member disposed between the connection portion and the partition wall,
The vacuum valve, wherein the partition wall is formed with a recess in a portion protruding from the connecting portion toward the drive portion. The vacuum valve according to claim 1,
The vacuum valve, wherein the recess is formed in an annular shape along the outer peripheral surface of the partition wall. In a vacuum valve having a body including a valve seat, a valve body that contacts or separates from the valve seat, and a drive unit that applies a driving force to the valve body,
The valve body includes a valve body main body connected to the drive unit, a holding member that is attached to the valve body main body and forms a dovetail groove between the valve body main body, and an annular body that is attached to the dovetail groove A vacuum valve, comprising: a seal member; and an extruding member disposed between the valve body main body and the holding member to push the holding member away from the valve body main body. The vacuum valve according to claim 3,
The extrusion member is an extrusion screw that is screwed into the valve body body,
The holding valve is formed with a through-hole into which a tool for rotating the push screw is inserted. In the vacuum valve according to claim 3 or claim 4,
The holding member has a plate shape, and has a convex portion protruding toward the valve body body side,
The valve body has a flat surface to which the holding member is attached, and has a storage recess for storing the holding member. The positioning recess for fitting the protrusion to position the holding member is A vacuum valve formed on the inner wall of the housing recess.

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