KR101504739B1 - A valve assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a valve assembly which includes a valve connected on the upper portion of a gas pipe between an indoor pipe and a gas range to open and close a fluid passage inside a body in order to block gas flow from the indoor pipe to the gas range or control the flow amount, and having a handle fixing portion to open and close the fluid passage and a supporting portion of the handle fixing portion exposed outside the valve body; a first socket supporting and fixing the valve from the upper portion, forming a supporting portion exposing groove capable of exposing the handle fixing portion and the supporting portion upward, and forming one or more protrusion portions to guide a rotary motion of the valve handle, stop the valve handle, or prevent the valve handle from being detached around the supporting groove exposing groove; a second socket supporting and fixing the valve from the lower portion; an elastic member fitted and inserted into the handle fixing portion of the valve, and having elastic restoration force capable of pushing up the valve handle upward; and a valve handle assembled to the handle fixing portion of the valve while having the elastic member interposed, and having one or more rotation guide pieces fixed by being locked to the protrusion portions formed around the supporting portion exposing groove on the first socket or guiding the rotary motion in the locked state formed on a lower end portion of the handle body, thereby opening and closing the valve by simply and stably operating a rotary mechanism structure of the valve handle, easily being detached from an electronic timer, and easily corresponding to various sizes of the valve.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a valve assembly, and more particularly, to a valve assembly capable of opening and closing a valve by simple and stable operation of a valve mechanism, Assembly.

Most households and businesses now use Liquefied Propane Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), or city gas (coal gas is mixed with oil gas, natural gas, and liquefied natural gas) as heating or cooking heat sources (Most of LPG) or city gas pipeline (most of LNG), it is possible to use this gaseous fuels in a special container (most of LPG) And is supplied to the boiler or the kitchen gas range through the indoor pipe installed in the use place.

In particular, a gas shutoff valve is installed in the indoor piping to which gas fuel is supplied, in order to supply and shut off the gaseous fuel according to the user's needs. Inside the cap of the gas shutoff valve, ), A spring having an elastic restoring force is built in, so that the handle can be arbitrarily rotated to prevent the valve from being opened.

Therefore, in order to open the valve with the valve closed, it is necessary to turn the knob 90 ° in one direction (counterclockwise, for example) while pressing the knob toward the valve, and conversely, closing the valve with the valve open In this case, the handle is protruded outward by the resilient restoring force of the spring provided in the valve cap so as to maintain the closed state of the valve (e.g., do.

However, since the conventional gas shutoff valve as described above is directly opened and closed by the user, there is a problem that it is always necessary to check whether the valve is opened or closed. If such a check operation is overlooked, there is a possibility of leading to a safety accident. That is, even if the flame of the gas range is extinguished due to food overflowing or other reasons during the cooking of the food using the gas range, the valve is not blocked and is maintained in the open state, so that the gas can be continuously supplied to the gas range Therefore, the gas is leaked indoors, causing an accident such as a gas explosion.

In order to solve such problems, conventionally, a valve assembly for automatically shutting off a gas after a set time has been used. 1, a conventional gas blocking valve assembly includes a timer 1, a cam 2 coupled to an output shaft of a timer 1, a cam 2 The stop 3 is a hinge-coupled lever 3, a spring 4 for biasing the lever 3 to one side, a handle 5a protruding from the front, A knob 5 including a knob 5b and a valve 6 opened and closed by rotation of the knob 5. [

However, since the conventional gas shutoff valve assembly uses a mechanical timer combined with a spring and a plurality of gears, the structure is very complicated, and when the valve is installed in a large volume, interference with a wall surface occurs, There were disadvantages.

In this connection, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2001-0084871 (hereinafter referred to as "Patent Document 1") discloses a valve assembly capable of precisely controlling the use time and the use state of a valve by means of an electronic timer Is known.

According to Patent Document 1, there are provided a timer that is set by an electronic operation time, a drive motor or a solenoid driven by sensing a signal of a timer, a lever member that rotates around a pivot shaft formed at an intermediate portion, The use of valves such as valve sensors and valves to predict the use time and amount of gas stove depending on food to be cooked and to prevent accidents caused by gas leakage by opening the gas pipe to supply gas to the gas stove only for the estimated time Time and use state can be more precisely controlled by an electronic timer.

In addition, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2003-0041654 (published May 23, 2003; hereinafter abbreviated as "Patent Document 2") discloses a technique relating to a gas valve assembly capable of adjusting the opening time.

According to Patent Document 2, a valve shaft member that receives a first direction driving force or a second direction driving force for rotating a valve from an outside to an open position or a lock position and transmits the valve driving force to a valve, An opening time setting means for setting an opening time of the valve and operating for a set opening time, a valve locking means for generating a second direction driving force to provide the valve opening to the valve shaft member, When the valve is closed, restricting the valve locking means and restraining the generation of the second direction driving force, and releasing the restraint to the valve locking means when the opening time is ended, so that it is easy to use and has a relatively large volume So that it can be used as a spark ignition switch for gas appliances such as a gas range.

In addition, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 20-2009-0008224 (published on Aug. 17, 2009, hereinafter abbreviated as "Patent Document 3") discloses a valve assembly for automatically shutting off a gas Technology is known.

According to Patent Document 3, there are provided a valve provided with piping and hose connection portions at both ends thereof, a valve provided with a knob for connecting and disconnecting gas to the stop, and a controller installed to surround the valve to set an opening time, A power source for outputting a constant voltage regardless of the power source, a drive unit electrically connected to the power source, an input unit for inputting data for setting the valve open time, an output unit for outputting the open / And a controller for controlling the operation of the driving unit according to the input data. Therefore, it is possible to operate regardless of the input voltage. The structure is simple and small in volume, so there is no interference with the wall during installation, .

However, in the above conventional techniques, the valve assembly and the timer device must be assembled together but it is difficult to assemble them. When the valve or the timer fails, the entire valve assembly or the timer must be changed. Also, It can be produced only in a form that is integrally joined, and therefore can not be easily handled.

KR 10-2001-0084871 A KR 10-2003-0041654 A 2003.05.27 Released KR 20-2009-0008224 A 2009.08.17 Released

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a valve mechanism capable of opening and closing a valve by simple and stable operation, And to provide a valve assembly that can be easily adapted even if the valve size is changed.

In order to accomplish the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for controlling a flow rate of a gas, which is connected to a gas pipe between an indoor pipe and a gas range to shut off the flow of gas from the indoor pipe to the gas range, A valve for opening and closing a fluid passage, a valve for holding a handle for fixing the valve and a support portion protruding to the outside of the valve body, a valve for supporting and fixing the valve at its upper portion, A second socket for supporting and fixing the valve at a lower portion thereof, a second socket for supporting and fixing the valve at the lower portion, at least one projection formed at the periphery of the new-support-portion-exposing groove for guiding the rotation operation of the valve handle, It is inserted into the handle of the valve for fixing the handle and has an elastic restoring force that can push up the valve handle. The elastic member, and the elastic member, and is guided by the at least one projecting portion formed in the periphery of the new groove supporting groove of the first socket, And a valve handle formed at the lower end of the handle body.

According to another aspect of the present invention for attaining the above object, there is provided a structure of an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a valve and at least one receptacle assembly in a state in which a valve is interposed so as to be accommodated in a housing body with an open top, And a main body connection socket detachably assembled to the main body of the gas timer.

The valve according to each of the embodiments of the present invention is characterized in that the handle for fixing the handle for opening and closing the fluid passage is formed so as to be rotatable outwardly protruded from the outer circumferential surface of the valve body through a vertically- do.

In each of the embodiments of the present invention, the first socket is formed with a valve securing groove having a shape and size corresponding to the valve body so as to be able to support and fix the valve while covering the valve from the top to the bottom, The first socket body is respectively bent in the radial direction of the valve fixing groove on both sides of the fixing groove so that the first socket fixing portion is formed and the first socket fixing groove is formed in the first socket fixing portion, The upper portion of the valve body is formed with an opening of the new lug supporting portion corresponding to the new lug supporting portion so as to expose the valve supporting portion of the valve to the upper portion of the first socket body. And at least one of the first to third protrusions for guiding the operation or for stopping or preventing departure is formed.

In the second socket of the present invention, the valve seat groove having a shape and size corresponding to the valve body is formed at the center of the second socket body so that the valve body can be supported and fixed from the bottom, And a second socket bolt groove for bolt assembly is formed on the second socket fixing portion, respectively.

The valve handle in each of the embodiments of the present invention is formed in the interior of the handle body and has a first guide groove for insertion and engagement of the elastic member from the lower portion to the upper portion of the valve handle, A stepped guide groove having an upper guide groove having a second inner diameter and having an elastic member interposed therebetween, the valve seat being assembled to a lower portion of the valve handle at a lower portion thereof and horizontally disposed at a lower end portion of the handle body, And one or more rotation guide pieces for guiding a rotation operation in a state of being hooked or caught by at least one of the first to third protrusions formed in the periphery of the new groove support exposed groove of the socket body are formed.

The elastic member in each of the above embodiments of the present invention is characterized in that the elastic member has an outer diameter of a size that can be inserted into the lower guide groove of the multi-stage guide groove formed in the handle body of the valve handle, And is inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the handle for fixing the valve, which is exposed upward through the exposed groove of the new socket support of the first socket.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the socket for body connection has a valve accommodating space in which an upper portion is opened, a first socket and a second socket, an elastic member, and a valve handle are seated and accommodated in the upper and lower valves respectively, And a semicircular valve mounting groove for mounting the body of the valve forward and rearward is formed on the front and rear side walls of the housing body, respectively, and valves are provided on the left and right side walls constituting the housing body And a detachable member having a predetermined length so that the housing body can be assembled with the gas timer main body in a state interposed therebetween.

In the gas timer main body to which the valve assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention is applied, a valve assembly groove for fitting and fitting each of the detachment members of the main body connection socket is spaced apart corresponding to the separation distance of the two detachment members, And a valve body receiving groove having a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the valve body is formed at a rear central portion of the housing of the gas timer main body formed on the rear surface of the housing of the main body and in which the valve mounting groove is formed.

The gas timer main body to which the valve assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention is applied includes a valve handle rotation mechanism for rotating the valve handle inside the main body housing in which the valve body receiving groove is formed .

According to the present invention, since the structure of the rotation mechanism of the valve handle can be easily and stably operated, there is an advantage that the opening and closing of the valve can be stably performed without malfunction, and the electronic timer is easy to attach and detach, So that the efficiency of operation can be improved, and even if the valve size is changed, there is an advantage that it can be dealt with easily.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a valve open state in a conventional open-time adjustable valve assembly. FIG.
2A and 2B are an assembled perspective view and an exploded perspective view illustrating an overall configuration of a valve assembly according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a valve assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a valve assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention. .
FIGS. 4A to 4E are views for explaining the process of connecting the valve assembly according to the present invention to the gas timer main body.
Figs. 5A to 5C are bottom views illustrating the state viewed from the lower portion of the printed circuit board by extracting the components of the valve handle rotation mechanism of Fig. 4E. Fig.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the valve assembly according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It is to be understood that the words or words used in the present specification and claims are not to be construed in a conventional or dictionary sense and that the inventor can properly define the concept of a term in order to describe its invention in the best possible way And should be construed in light of the meanings and concepts consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described herein and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and that various equivalents and modifications may be substituted for them at the time of the present application shall.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the valve assembly according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a valve assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention. The valve assembly according to the present invention includes a valve body and a valve body. The valve body is rotatably supported by a valve body, The first socket 20, the second socket 30, the elastic member 40 and the valve handle 50. When the valve assembly of the present invention is assembled to the gas timer main body The gas timer main body may further include a valve handle rotation mechanism.

The valve 10 is connected to the gas piping between the indoor piping and the gas range to open or close the fluid passages inside the body 11 to shut off the flow of gas from the indoor piping to the gas range or to control the flow rate, A handle 13 for holding the handle for opening and closing and a supporting portion 12 thereof are formed protruding outside the valve body 11. [ At this time, the valve 10 is formed by protruding outwardly from the outer circumferential surface of the valve body 11 through a vertically extending column support portion 12 for opening and closing the fluid passage, do.

The first socket 20 supports and fixes the valve 10 at an upper portion thereof and is provided with a handle holding fixture 13 of the valve 10 and a new lug supporting portion exposure groove 24 capable of exposing the supporting portion 12 upward, And one or more protrusions 25a-25c for guiding the rotation of the valve handle 50 or for preventing or stopping or releasing the valve handle 50 are formed in the periphery of the annular supporting portion exposure groove 24. The first socket 20 includes a valve socket 22 having a shape and a size corresponding to that of the valve body 11 so as to be able to support and fix the valve 10 from the top to the bottom, And the first socket body 21 is bent at both sides of the valve fixing groove 22 in the radial direction (outward) of the valve fixing groove 22 so that the first socket fixing portion 23 A first socket bolt groove 23a through which the bolt 26 and the like can be assembled is formed in the first socket fixing portion 23 and a first socket bolt groove 23b is formed in the upper portion of the valve fixing groove 22, A new socket supporting member exposure groove 24 having a shape corresponding to the new socket support member 12 is formed to expose the support member 12 to the upper portion of the first socket body 21, At least one of the first to third protrusions 25a-25 (not shown) for guiding the rotation of the valve handle 50, c are formed so as to protrude upward. At least two protrusions 25b and 25c out of the first to third protrusions 25a to 25c have a hook shape whose upper end is bent in a horizontal direction so that the valve handle 50 moves upward And is configured to prevent the escape.

The second socket 30 supports and fixes the valve 10 at the bottom. The second socket 30 has a valve seat groove 32 having a shape and a size corresponding to that of the valve body 11 so as to support and fix the valve body 11 from the bottom to the second socket body 31, And the second socket body 31 is horizontally extended to both sides of the valve seat groove 32 to form a second socket fixing portion 33. The second socket fixing portion 33 is formed with a bolt And a second socket bolt groove 33a into which the first and second socket bolt grooves 33a and 33a can be assembled.

The elastic member 40 is composed of an elastic spring having an elastic restoring force that is inserted into the handle 13 for fastening the valve 10 and can push up the valve handle 50 upward. The elastic member 40 has an outer diameter that is large enough to be inserted into the lower guide groove 52a of the multi-stage guide groove 52 formed in the handle body 51 of the valve handle 50, The handle 13 is formed with an inner diameter that can be inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the handle 13 and is exposed through the groove 24 of the first socket 20 to the upper portion of the handle 10, As shown in Fig.

The valve handle 50 includes a handle body 51 having a polygonal columnar shape and a multi-stage guide groove 52 is formed in the handle body 51. The valve handle 50 includes an elastic member 40, And is engaged with the one or more protrusions 25a-25c formed in the periphery of the new-socket-supporting-portion exposure groove 24 of the first socket 20, 53b are horizontally formed on the lower end of the handle body 51. The rotation guide pieces 53a, The multi-stage guide groove 52 in the handle body 51 is provided with a lower guide groove 52a having a first inner diameter r1 for insertion and engagement of the elastic member 40 from the lower part to the upper part of the valve handle 50, And an upper guide groove 52b having a second inner diameter r2 for insertion of the handle 13 for fastening the handle is provided in the body 51 of the valve handle 50. The elastic member 40 is inserted into the body 51 of the valve handle 50 So that it can be assembled from the upper part to the lower part of the handle for fixing the handle (13) of the valve (10).

One or more rotation guide pieces 53a and 53b horizontally extended from the lower end of the handle body 51 of the valve handle 50 are inserted into the hole 52 of the socket support body 24 of the first socket body 21 The first and second protrusions 25a-25c are formed in a curved shape so that the rotation of the first and second protrusions 25a-25c can be guided by the first and second protrusions 25a-25c. 53b are provided with two rotation guide pieces 53a, 53b which are engaged with the second projection 25b and the second projection 25b when the valve handle 50 is in the valve closing position, The body portions of the two rotation guide pieces 53a and 53b are removed so as to be released without being restrained by the third protrusion 25c so that the recesses 54a and 54b are positioned in the diagonal direction, So as to be lifted up by the restoring force of the elastic member 40, The. When any one of these two rotation guide members 53a and 53b reaches the valve closing position by the operation in which the valve handle 50 rotates clockwise at the valve opening position, And prevents further clockwise rotation by the first protrusion 25a when the valve handle 50 reaches the valve-open position by the operation of rotating counterclockwise in the valve-closing position And is formed by protruding from the side surface of the latching protrusion 53c.

The socket 60 for connecting the main body connects the valve and one or more socket assemblies to the gas timer main body 100 (see Fig. 4A) while the valve 10 is intervened so as to be accommodated in the housing body 61 with the top opened. As shown in FIG. The socket 60 for connecting the main body is provided with the upper portion opened and the first socket 20 and the second socket 30 and the elastic member 40 and the valve handle 50, The valve body 10 includes a housing body 61 defining a valve housing space in which the valve body 10 can be seated and accommodated. The body 10 of the valve 10 is fixed to the front and rear side walls of the housing body 61 And the housing body 61 is connected to the gas timer main body 100 with the valve 10 interposed therebetween on the left and right side walls constituting the housing body 61. [ 64 are formed to have a predetermined length so as to be able to be assembled with each other. The detachable members 63 and 64 are formed separately from the housing body 61 at the lower ends of the left and right side walls of the housing body 61 and are separated from the lower ends of the left and right side walls And the upper end of the body is continuously curved toward the upper side through the outer side, and is formed to have a certain length toward the upper side. The detachable members 63 and 64 of the main body connection socket 60 are assembled to the valve assembly recesses 101 and 102 of the gas timer main body 100 to be described later and then the hook- 63a, and 64a are formed at the end portions, respectively.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are a bottom perspective view of the gas timer main body and an assembled state of the valve assembly and the gas timer main body, respectively, for explaining a method of connecting the valve assembly according to the present invention to the gas timer main body. Are reference perspective views illustrating the assembly of the components of the valve handle rotation mechanism (the pinion handle member, the printed circuit board, and the push gear member) connected to the valve assembly according to the present invention and the cover of the gas timer main body , Figs. 5A to 5C illustrate the operation state between the pinion handle member and the push gear member attached to the printed circuit board of the gas timer main body by extracting the components of the valve handle rotation mechanism of Fig. 4E, Which illustrates the state in which the push spring and the tube gun are further assembled, They are shaved.

As illustrated in Figs. 4A to 4E and Figs. 5A to 5C, the gas timer main body 100 for detachment of the main body connection socket 60 is provided with a valve The valve assembly grooves 101 and 102 are formed on the rear surface of the housing of the gas timer main body 100 so as to be spaced apart from each other in correspondence to the distance between the two detachable members 63 and 64, A valve body receiving groove 103 having a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the valve body 11 is formed and a valve handle receiving groove 103 is formed in the body housing, A rotation mechanism is provided.

The valve handle rotation mechanism is constituted by a pinion handle member 71, a push gear member 72, a push elastic member 73, and a tube gun member 74.

The pinion handle member 71 has a pinion gear 71b formed on the outer peripheral surface of the lower end of the body and has a handle fixing groove 80a formed in the printed circuit board 80 of the gas timer main body 100, A handle body insertion groove 71a having a shape corresponding to the handle body 51 is inserted into the pinion handle member 71 so that the handle body 51 of the valve handle 50 can be inserted. And is integrally fitted to the lower portion of the handle body 51 so as to be rotatable integrally with the valve handle 50. As shown in FIG.

The push gear member 72 is formed with an elastic member guide portion 72a which can be fitted and fixed to the tip end portion of the body and is fixed to the printed circuit board And a rack gear 72b of a length and a size corresponding to the plurality of pinion gears 71b formed on the pinion handle member 71 so as to be engaged with the pinion gear 71b, Is disposed on the back surface of the substrate (80).

The pushing elastic member 73 is constituted by an elastic spring and is fitted and fixed to the elastic member guide portion 72a of the push gear member 72 to be compressed according to advancement of the push gear member 72 and to provide an elastic restoring force for backward movement .

The tube gun member 74 is a tube member that can insert the push resilient member 73 and the push gear member 72 in a state in which the gear engaging portion of the pinion handle member 71 and the push gear member 72 is exposed. Both ends of which are fixed to the printed circuit board 80 and the push resilient member 73 and the push gear member 72 are inserted therein to compress and restore the push resilient member 73, So that the forward and backward movement of the push gear member 72 can be guided.

Operation and effect of the valve assembly according to the present invention constructed as described above will be described below.

First, the assembling process of the present invention includes preparing a valve 10 formed by protruding a handle-fixing bracket 13 rotatably through a new-bracket support 12 so as to be able to open and close a fluid passage, The valve 10 is wrapped from the top to the bottom while the handle fixing base 13 and the supporting portion 12 are exposed through the new socket supporting portion exposure groove 24 of the first socket 20, The valve body 11 is fitted into the valve seat groove 32 of the second socket body 31 at the lower portion of the valve 10 and then the valve body 11 is fitted into the valve seat groove 32 of the second socket body 31, And then assembled to the first socket bolt groove 23a of the first socket fixing portion 23 and the second socket bolt groove 33a of the second socket fixing portion 33 using one or more bolts 26 .

The elastic member 40 is inserted from the top to the bottom of the handle 13 for the handle of the valve 10 which is exposed through the opening 24 of the socket support 20 of the first socket 20, When the handle 50 is again inserted from the upper part to the lower part, the elastic member 40 is inserted into the lower guide groove 52a of the multi-stage guide groove 52 formed in the polygonal columnar handle body 51 So that the handle 13 for the handle 10 of the valve 10 can be assembled successively to the upper guide groove 52a. At this time, the elastic member 40 is inserted and supported by the lower guide groove 52a of the first inner diameter r1 inside the multi-stage guide groove 52 formed in the handle body 51 of the valve handle 50 The handle 13 for the handle 10 can be inserted and supported and guided by the upper guide groove 52b of the second inner diameter r2.

At this time, the first protrusions 25a to the third protrusions 25c are formed around the circumference of the new socket support exposed groove 24 of the first socket 20. Among the protrusions, the second protrusions 25b and the third protrusions 25c 53b of the valve handle 50 at the time of assembling the valve handle 50 as described above because the valve handle 50 is positioned in the diagonal direction and its upper end is folded inward to form a hook shape. The grooves 54a and 54b formed in the diagonal direction are positioned on the second protrusion 25b and the third protrusion 25c so that the rotation guide pieces 53a and 53b are provided on the second protrusion 25b and the third protrusion 25c, The elastic member 40 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction while pressing the valve handle 50 to the bottom so that the elastic member 40 is compressed. The first protrusions 25a to the third protrusions 25c form the curved edges of the rotation guide pieces 53a and 53b The two rotation guide pieces 53a and 53b of the valve handle 50 are constrained by the shapes of the end hooks of the second protrusion 25b and the third protrusion 25c, 50 can be prevented from being separated and separated.

In this assembled state, the valve handle 50 rotates counterclockwise in a state in which the two rotation guide pieces 53a and 53b are constrained by the end hook shapes of the second and third protrusions 25b and 25c This rotation in the counterclockwise direction is performed until the engaging projection 53c formed on one side of the rotation guide piece 53b is restricted by the first projection 25a (the position rotated 90 ° counterclockwise, That is, the valve maximum opening position). The state in which the two rotation guide members 53a and 53b are restrained by the shapes of the end hooks of the second protrusion 25b and the third protrusion 25c remains unchanged even after 90 ° rotation in the counterclockwise direction is performed do.

The rotation of the valve handle 50 in the clockwise direction is started when the two rotation guide members 53a and 53b are constrained by the end hook shapes of the second projection 25b and the third projection 25c The rotation of the valve handle 50 in the clockwise direction can be achieved only by the operation of rotating the valve handle 50 without the pressing force of the valve handle 50. This rotation operation in the clockwise direction can be performed at one side of the rotation guide piece 53b (A position rotated 90 ° clockwise, that is, a valve closing position) until the engaging projection 53c formed on the first projection 25a is restricted by the second projection 25b. At this time, when the rotation operation is performed up to the point where the locking protrusion 53c of the rotation guide piece 53b is restricted by the second protrusion 25b, the rotation of the second protrusion 25b and the third protrusion 25c The two rotation guide pieces 53a and 53b are no longer constrained by the shapes of the end hooks of the second protrusion 25b and the third protrusion 25c because the grooves 54a and 54b of the guide pieces 53a and 53b correspond to each other. The valve handle 50 is separated from the valve 10 by a certain distance (for example, 1.6 mm as a distance maintained by the resilient spring) due to the elastic restoring force of the elastic member 40. [

In this assembled state, the latching protrusion 53c formed on the rotation guide piece 53b is engaged with the second protrusion 25b when the valve handle 50 reaches the valve closing position by the clockwise rotation of the valve handle 50 in the valve- When the valve handle 50 reaches the valve-open position by the operation of rotating the valve handle 50 in the counterclockwise direction at the valve-closing position, the first protrusion 25a can not rotate any more So that the valve handle 50 can be guided to rotate in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions by 90 degrees within a range defined by the respective protrusions 25a to 25c.

The valve 10 in a state in which the first socket 20, the second socket 30, the elastic member 40 and the valve handle 50 are assembled on the upper and lower sides, respectively, The valve 10 in the assembled state is seated in the semicircular valve mounting groove 62 so as to be seated on the front and rear sides of the front and rear side walls of the housing body 61, The valve body 50 is positioned in correspondence with the valve body receiving groove 103 on the rear surface of the main body 100 and the valve handle rotating mechanism 71-74 provided on the inside of the main body housing, 63 and 64 are fitted into the valve assembly grooves 101 and 102 of the gas timer main body 100, the assembly of the valve assembly and the gas timer main body according to the present invention can be completed.

The pushing elastic member 73 and the push gear member 72 constituting the valve handle rotation mechanism are inserted into the inside of the body of the tubular tubular member 74 to compress the pushing elastic member 73 The pinion handle member 71 and the gear engagement portion of the push gear member 72 are exposed so that the front and back of the push gear member 72 can be guided, Is fixed to the substrate (80).

The upper end of the body of the pinion handle member 71 is fitted into the handle fixing groove 80a formed in the printed circuit board 80 from the rear side to the front side of the printed circuit board 80 and the inside of the body of the pinion handle member 71 The handle body 51 of the valve handle 50 is fitted into the handle body insertion groove 71a formed in the handle body 50 and the valve handle 50 and the pinion handle member 71 are assembled so as to be integrally rotatable. At this time, the pinion gear 71b formed at the lower end of the pinion handle member 71 is rotatably engaged with the rack gear 72b of the push gear member 72.

Thus, when the pinion gear member 71 is rotated by turning the handle (not shown in the figure) attached to the cover of the gas timer main body 100 by the manual operation to the valve opening position (the bottom surface of Figs. 5A to 5C The rack gear 72b of the push gear member 72 engaged with the pinion gear 71b of the pinion gear member 71 moves forward (in the bottom view in Figs. 5A to 5C, The pushing elastic member 73 is simultaneously compressed with the advancement of the push gear member 72 in the body of the tube-shaped tubular key member 74. At the same time, the push gear member 72 is compressed, The tube gun member 74 is lifted by the edge advancing operation of the pushing member 72. When the pushing gear member 72 reaches the predetermined position, the tube gun member 74 is lowered again and a binding force is applied to the pushing elastic member 73, The elastic member (73) It will maintain its womb.

When the predetermined time set by the user has elapsed in the gas timer main body 100, the motor is operated, and the power provided by the motor is increased by pushing the tube gun member 74 up to a certain height so that the force applied to the pushing elastic member 73 The push gear member 72 is retracted by the restoring force of the push resilient member 73 inside the body of the tube-shaped tube spring member 74 in the tubular shape (in the bottom view of Figs. 5A to 5C, The pinion gear 71b of the pinion handle member 71 engaged with the rack gear 72b of the push gear member 72 is rotated (illustrated in the counterclockwise direction in the bottom view of Figs. 5a to 5c) So that the valve handle 50 is returned to the valve closing position. Accordingly, the valve automatic closing operation is performed by the operation of the timer mounted on the gas timer main body 100.

According to the present invention as described above, there is an advantage that the structure of the valve assembly is simple, the cause of failure can be reduced and stable operation is possible, and the merit of being easily attached to the gas timer main body .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Modification is possible. Accordingly, it is intended that the scope of the invention be defined solely by the claims appended hereto, and that all equivalent or equivalent variations thereof fall within the scope of the present invention.

10: valve 11: valve body
12: Hook for supporting new part 13: Hook for fixing handle
20: first socket 21: first socket body
22: valve fixing groove 23: first socket fixing portion
23a: first socket bolt groove 24:
25a-25c: first-third protrusion 26: bolt
30: second socket 31: second socket body
32: valve seat groove 33: second socket fixing portion
33a: second socket bolt groove 40: elastic member
50: valve handle 51: handle body
52: multi-stage guide groove 52a: lower guide groove
52b: upper guide groove 53a, 53b:
53c: locking projections 54a, 54b: groove
60: socket for connecting main body 61: housing body
62: valve mounting groove 63, 64:
63a, 64a: Disengaging piece 71: Pinion handle member
71a: Handle body insertion groove 71b: Pinion gear
72: push gear member 72a: elastic member guide portion
72b: rack gear 73: push resilient member
74: tube gun member 80: printed circuit board
80a: Handle fixing groove 100: Gas timer main body
101, 102: valve assembly groove 103: valve body receiving groove

Claims (16)

A handle for fixing a handle for opening and closing a fluid passage inside the body to shut off a flow of gas from an indoor pipe to a gas range or to control a flow rate, the valve being connected to a gas piping between an indoor pipe and a gas range, A valve having a support portion protruding outside the valve body;
A valve seat for holding the handle and an opening for exposing the valve seat to the upper portion of the valve seat are formed on the upper portion of the valve, A first socket formed at the periphery of the new groove supporting part exposed groove;
A second socket for supporting and fixing the valve at the bottom;
An elastic member having an elastic restoring force inserted into the handle for fixing the handle of the valve and capable of pushing up the valve handle upward; And
And a second socket for holding a valve seat of the valve, wherein the valve seat is assembled to a handle for fixing a handle of the valve with the elastic member interposed therebetween, and is guided by the at least one protrusion formed in the periphery of the socket- And a valve handle having at least one rotation guide formed at a lower end of the handle body. The method according to claim 1,
And a main body connection socket detachably assembling the valve and at least one socket assembly to the main body of the gas timer in a state in which the valve is interposed so as to be accommodated in the housing body with the top opened. Lt; / RTI > 2. The valve according to claim 1,
Wherein the handle for fixing the handle for opening and closing the fluid passage is formed so as to be rotatable outwardly protruded from the outer circumferential surface of the valve body through a vertically supported vertically supporting portion. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the first socket comprises:
A valve securing groove of a shape and size corresponding to the valve body is formed at a central portion of the first socket body so that the valve can be supported and fixed while being wrapped from top to bottom,
The first socket body is bent in the radial direction of the valve fixing groove at both sides of the valve fixing groove,
A first socket bolt groove for bolt assembly is formed on the first socket fixing portion,
The valve seat is formed with an opening for receiving a new part of the valve seat corresponding to the valve seat for exposing the valve seat of the valve to the upper portion of the first socket body.
Wherein at least one of the first to third protrusions for guiding the rotation of the valve handle or for preventing the stop or release of the valve handle is formed in the periphery of the new groove support exposed groove formed in the first socket body. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein at least two protrusions of the first to third protrusions are formed in a hook shape so that an upper end of the protrusion is horizontally bent so that the valve handle can be prevented from departing upward when the valve is rotated. 2. The socket according to claim 1,
A valve seat having a shape and size corresponding to that of the valve body is formed at a central portion of the second socket body so that the valve body can be supported and fixed from the bottom,
The second socket body is horizontally extended to both sides of the valve seat, thereby forming a second socket fixing portion,
And a second socket bolt groove for bolt assembly is formed on the second socket fixing portion. 2. The valve according to claim 1,
A stepped guide groove formed in the handle body and having an upper guide groove of a first inner diameter for insertion and engagement of the elastic member and an upper guide groove of a second inner diameter for insertion of the handle- And is assembled in the upper part of the valve seat of the valve with the elastic member interposed therebetween,
And at least one first to third protrusions formed horizontally at a lower end of the handle body and formed at the periphery of the new socket support exposed groove of the first socket body, Wherein a rotation guide piece is formed. 8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the at least one rotation guide piece
The edge is curved so as to be guided by the at least one first to third protrusions formed around the exposed circumferential groove of the first socket body of the first socket body when the handle body is rotated, ,
Each of the rotation guide pieces is formed with a groove by removing a part of the body of the two rotation guide pieces so that the two rotation guide pieces can be released without being restrained by the second projection and the third projection when the valve handle is in the valve closing position Lt; / RTI > 8. The rotary guide according to claim 7,
When the valve handle reaches the valve closing position by an operation of rotating clockwise at the valve opening position, the second projection prevents further clockwise rotation or the valve handle rotates counterclockwise at the valve closing position Is formed by protruding a latching protrusion protruding sideways which can prevent further rotation in the counterclockwise direction by the first protrusion when reaching the valve-opening position by the first protrusion. 8. The elastic member according to claim 7,
Wherein the valve handle is formed with an outer diameter large enough to be inserted into the lower guide groove of the multi-step guide groove formed in the handle body of the valve handle, and an inner diameter sized to be inserted into the outer peripheral surface of the valve seat,
Wherein the valve seat is inserted into the outer circumferential surface of the handle for fixing the valve, which is exposed upward through the opening of the new socket support of the first socket. The connector according to claim 2,
And a housing body which forms a valve accommodating space in which an upper portion is opened and a first and second sockets, an elastic member, and a valve handle can seat and accommodate valves respectively assembled on the upper and lower sides,
A semicircular valve mounting groove for mounting the body of the valve forward and rearward is formed on the front and rear side walls of the housing body,
Wherein the housing body is formed with left and right side walls having a predetermined length so that the housing body can be assembled with the gas timer main body with the valve interposed therebetween. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11,
The front end portions of the body separated from the lower ends of the left and right side walls for imparting elasticity are separated from the housing body at the lower end portions of the left and right side walls constituting the housing body, And is formed to have a predetermined length toward the upper side. The gas turbine according to claim 11, wherein the gas-
A valve assembly groove for fitting each of the detachment members of the main body connection socket is formed on the rear surface of the housing of the gas timer main body so as to be spaced apart from the spacing distance of the two detachment members,
Wherein a valve body receiving groove having a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the valve body is formed at a center rear portion of the housing of the gas timer main body in which the valve assembly groove is formed. 14. The apparatus according to claim 13,
Wherein a hook-shaped detachable piece is formed at each end so as to prevent the detachment member from being separated from the valve assembly groove after the end of the detachment member is fitted into the valve assembly groove formed in the housing of the gas timer main body, Assembly. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the gas-
And a valve handle rotation mechanism for rotating the valve handle inside the main body housing in which the valve body receiving groove is formed. 16. The valve operating mechanism according to claim 15,
The upper end portion of the body is fitted into the handle fixing groove formed in the printed circuit board of the gas timer main body from the back side to the front side and the handle body of the valve handle is inserted into the body, A pinion handle member fitted into the handle body from the upper portion to the lower portion so as to be rotatable integrally with the valve handle to form a groove and forming a pinion gear on an outer peripheral surface of a lower end portion of the body;
And an elastic member guide portion capable of being fitted and fixed to a pushing elastic member is formed on the tip end portion of the body and is installed to be able to move back and forth on the printed circuit board by the power provided by the gas timer main body, A push gear member having rack gears of a length and a size corresponding to the gears and arranged to engage with the pinion gears;
A push resilient member fitted and fixed to the elastic member guide portion of the push gear member so as to be compressed according to advancement of the push gear member and to provide elastic restoring force for backward movement; And
And a tube-shaped tubular member which covers the push-elastic member and the push-gear member in a state in which the pinion handle member and the gear engaging portion of the push-gear member are exposed, and has both ends fixed to the printed circuit board ≪ / RTI >

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