Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above problems in the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide an anti-settling check valve, which solves the problem of poor sealing performance caused by settling phenomenon inside the check valve.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an anti-settling check valve, at least comprising: the upper flange is provided with a first opening, and a chamfer ring surface is formed on one side of the first opening of the upper flange; a lower flange having a second opening; the middle partition frame is arranged between the upper flange and the lower flange; and the top side of the sealing element is a conical plate, the sealing element is axially movably arranged on the middle bulkhead frame, and the annular joint area of the conical plate of the sealing element is constantly kept to be substantially parallel and is far away from or abutted against the chamfer ring surface, wherein the sealing element correspondingly opens or closes the first opening of the upper flange by moving to an opening position or a closing position, so that the first opening of the upper flange is communicated or not communicated with the second opening of the lower flange.
Wherein an angle of a central angle of the annular region of the conical plate of the sealing element is substantially the same as an angle of a chamfer of the chamfered annulus.
Wherein the angle of the central angle of the annular joint region of the conical plate of the sealing element is less than 90 degrees.
The bottom side of the sealing element is provided with a guide rod, and when the sealing element is switched between the closed position and the open position, the guide rod is movably limited in the guide groove of the middle partition frame.
The middle partition frame includes one ring hollow frame and one transverse connecting rod connected to two sides of the ring hollow frame, and the sealing element is axially set on the middle partition frame movably and has axis parallel to that of the conic plate.
Wherein, this conical plate is connected to this guide arm integral type.
Wherein, the guide rod is detachably connected with the tapered plate.
When the air extractor is switched between the air extracting state and the air extracting stopping state, the sealing element is correspondingly displaced between the opening position and the closing position, so that the air extractor is correspondingly allowed to extract the gas in the processing chamber or prevent the gas from flowing back to the processing chamber.
The chamfered ring surface of the upper flange is provided with a first airtight gasket, and when the sealing element is in the closed position, the ring joint area of the conical plate is abutted to the first airtight gasket on the chamfered ring surface of the upper flange.
When the sealing element is located at the opening position, a top end of the conical plate of the sealing element is located adjacent to the first side of the first opening of the upper flange.
Wherein, when the sealing element is in the closed position, the position of the top end of the tapered plate of the sealing element is located in the first opening of the upper flange.
Wherein, when the sealing element is in the closed position, the top end of the tapered plate of the sealing element is positioned adjacent to a second side of the first opening of the upper flange, the second side being opposite the first side.
Wherein the surface of the conical plate of the top side of the sealing element is further provided with a covering element.
Wherein the covering element is a fluorine-containing material layer.
Wherein, the top end of the conical plate of the sealing element is conical, planar or circular arc-shaped.
Wherein, the diameter of the conical plate of the sealing element is larger than or equal to the inner diameter of the first opening of the upper flange.
Wherein, the middle partition frame is screwed between the upper flange and the lower flange.
Wherein, be equipped with second air-tight packing ring respectively between this upper flange and this well septum frame and between this lower flange and this well septum frame.
The anti-settling check valve further comprises an elastic element arranged between the conical plate and the middle partition frame, and the guide rod penetrates through the elastic element.
Wherein, the diameter of the elastic element is between the diameter of the conical plate and the diameter of the guide rod.
As mentioned above, compared to the conventional flat plate design, the anti-settling check valve of the present invention uses the tapered plate as the sealing element, so as to reduce the areas of the low velocity zone and the recirculation zone in the check valve, and prevent solid particles carried by the gas reactant or gas from settling and accumulating on the first airtight gasket and the sealing element. Therefore, the problem of poor sealing performance of the first airtight gasket due to deposition can be avoided. In addition, the surface of the conical plate can be selectively provided with a fluorine-containing material coating so as to improve the surface smoothness and reduce the friction.
So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present invention can be understood and appreciated, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is an external view schematically showing an anti-settling check valve according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the anti-settling check valve of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an anti-settling check valve of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional exploded view of the anti-settling check valve of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a side view of a sealing member of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another aspect of the tapered plate of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of yet another aspect of the tapered plate of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the deposition prevention check valve, the process chamber and the pumping device of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is an exploded cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the tapered plate and the middle frame of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is an exploded cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the tapered plate and the middle frame of the present invention.
Description of reference numerals:
100: anti-settling check valve 42: tapered plate
10: upper flange 44: guide rod
12: first opening 51: first airtight gasket
14: chamfered annular surface 52: second airtight gasket
20: lower flange θ: centre angle
22: second opening α: chamfering
30: middle spacer frame 60: covering element
31: annular hollow frame 70: bolt
32: guide groove 200: process chamber
33: the transverse connecting rod 300: air extractor
40: sealing element 80: elastic element
41: loop regions r, r1, r 2: diameter of
Detailed Description
In order to facilitate understanding of the technical features, contents and advantages of the present invention and the effects achieved thereby, the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the drawings are used for illustration and assistance of the specification, and are not necessarily true to scale and precise arrangement after the implementation of the present invention, and therefore, the scope of the present invention in practical implementation should not be read and limited by the scale and arrangement of the attached drawings. Moreover, for ease of understanding, like elements in the following embodiments are illustrated with like reference numerals.
Furthermore, the words used throughout the specification and claims have the ordinary meaning as is usually accorded to each word described herein, including any words which have been commonly referred to in the art, in the context of this disclosure, and in any other specific context. Certain terms used to describe the invention are discussed below or elsewhere in this specification to provide additional guidance to those skilled in the art in describing the invention.
The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like, as used herein, are not intended to be limited to the specific order or sequence presented, nor are they intended to be limiting, but rather are intended to distinguish one element from another or from another element or operation described by the same technical term.
Furthermore, as used herein, the terms "comprising," "including," "having," "containing," and the like are open-ended terms that mean including, but not limited to.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, fig. 1 is an external view of an anti-settling check valve of the present invention, fig. 2 is a side view of the anti-settling check valve of the present invention, fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the anti-settling check valve of the present invention, and fig. 4 is a cross-sectional exploded view of the anti-settling check valve of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the anti-settling check valve 100 of the present invention at least comprises an upper flange 10, a lower flange 20 and a middle partition frame 30. The upper flange 10 has a first opening 12, and a chamfered annular surface 14 is formed at one side of the first opening 12. The lower flange 20 has a second opening 22. The middle bulkhead 30 is arranged between the upper flange 10 and the lower flange 20. The top side of the sealing element 40 is a tapered plate 42, the sealing element 40 is axially movably disposed on the middle bulkhead 30, and the annular joint region 41 of the tapered plate 42 of the sealing element 40 is constantly kept substantially parallel away from or abutting against the chamfered annular surface 14, wherein the sealing element 40 correspondingly opens or closes the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10 by moving to the open position or the closed position, so that the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10 is communicated or not communicated with the second opening 22 of the lower flange 20.
As shown in FIG. 8, the anti-settling check valve 100 of the present invention can be installed between the process chamber 200 and the pumping device 300. The evacuation device 300 may be, for example, but not limited to, a vacuum pump, and the vacuum pump may be, for example, but not limited to, a pre-pump or a turbo-vacuum pump. When the gas-exhausting apparatus 300 is activated to perform the gas-exhausting operation, the annular region 41 of the tapered plate 42 of the sealing member 40 is away from the chamfered annular surface 14 of the upper flange 10, and the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10 is not closed by the sealing member 40 (the sealing member 40 is in the open position), so that the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10 is connected to the second opening 22 of the lower flange 20, so that the gas in the process chamber 200 can be exhausted by the gas-exhausting apparatus 300. When the gas-extracting device 300 is closed, the sealing element 40 will move towards the upper flange 10 until the annular region 41 of the tapered plate 42 abuts against the chamfered annular surface 14 of the upper flange 10 due to the fluid pressure difference (at this time, the sealing element 40 closes the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10, and the sealing element 40 is in the closed position), so that the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10 will not be communicated with the second opening 22 of the lower flange 20, and the fluid can be prevented from flowing back to the process chamber 200. Therefore, when the pumping device 300 is switched between the pumping state and the pumping-stopped state, the sealing element 40 is correspondingly displaced between the open position and the closed position, thereby correspondingly allowing the pumping device 300 to pump the gas out of the process chamber 200 or preventing the gas from flowing back into the process chamber 200.
In the present invention, when the sealing member 40 is located at the open position, the top end of the tapered plate 42 of the sealing member 40 is located adjacent to the first side of the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10. In addition, the position of the top end of the tapered plate 42 of the sealing member 40 may be, for example, inside or outside the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10.
And when the sealing member 40 is in the closed position, the position of the top end of the tapered plate 42 of the sealing member 40 is located inside the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10. At this time, the top end of the tapered plate 42 is positioned adjacent to the second side of the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10, and the second side is opposite to the first side. The first side of the first opening 12 faces the middle bulkhead 30, and the second side of the first opening 12 faces away from the middle bulkhead 30.
In the present invention, the tip of the tapered plate 42 of the sealing member 40 may be, for example, tapered (see fig. 3 to 5), flat (see fig. 6), or rounded (see fig. 7). The shape of the top end of the tapered plate 42 is merely exemplary and not limiting. In addition, in the present invention, regardless of the shape of the top end of the tapered plate 42, the angle of the central angle θ of the annular joint 41 (i.e., the contact area with the chamfered annular surface 14) of the tapered plate 42 is substantially the same as the angle of the chamfer α of the chamfered annular surface 14, and the tolerable error is about 10 degrees. For example, the angle of the central angle θ of the annular joint region 41 and the angle of the chamfer α of the chamfer annulus 14 may have the following relationship, for example: α ± 10, i.e. the angle of α is between the angle of θ plus 10 degrees and the angle of θ minus 10 degrees. Thus, during displacement of the sealing element 40, the land 41 of the conical plate 42 will remain substantially parallel to the chamfered annulus 14. In addition, the angle of the central angle θ of the annular land 41 of the conical plate 42 of the sealing element 40 is less than 90 degrees. For example, the central angle θ is preferably between 45 degrees and 60 degrees. More preferably, the angle of the central angle θ may be 60 degrees. The angle of the central angle θ is merely an example and is not limited.
As previously described, the top side of the sealing member 40 is the tapered plate 42, while the bottom side of the sealing member 40 is the guide bar 44. The number of the guide rods 44 and the guide grooves 32 may be one or more, respectively. When the sealing element 40 is switched between the closed position and the open position, the guide rod 44 is movably limited in the guide groove 32 on the middle bulkhead 30, wherein the guide groove 32 may be a groove body with holes on one side or a groove body with holes on both sides. Taking the guide groove 32 as a groove body with a hole opened on one side as an example, when the sealing element 40 is located at the closed position, the length of the bottom end of the guide rod 44 penetrating through the guide groove 32 is smaller; when the sealing member 40 is in the open position, the bottom end of the guide rod 44 is inserted into the guide groove 32 for a long distance. Through such a design, the sealing element 40 can be moved up and down freely by the operation of the air-extracting device 300, so as to open and close the first opening 12. In addition, the length of the guide bar 44 corresponds to the depth of the guide slot 32, and the length of the guide bar 44 is greater than or equal to the longitudinal distance of the sealing element 40 between the open position and the closed position. Taking the guide groove 32 as a groove body with openings on both sides as an example, the guide rod 44 penetrates through the guide groove 32, and the length of the guide rod 44 is, for example, greater than or equal to the longitudinal distance between the opening position and the closing position of the sealing element 40.
The middle partition frame 30 includes a ring-shaped hollow frame 31 and a horizontal connecting rod 33, the horizontal connecting rod 33 is connected to two sides of the ring-shaped hollow frame 31, the above-mentioned guiding groove 32 is provided on the horizontal connecting rod 33, and when the sealing element 40 is axially movably provided on the middle partition frame 30, the axis of the guiding groove 32 is parallel to the axis of the conical plate 42 of the sealing element 40. Taking the numbers of the guide rods 44 and the guide grooves 32 as an example, the axes of the guide grooves 32 overlap and are parallel to the axis of the tapered plate 42 of the sealing member 40. Taking the number of the guide rods 44 and the guide grooves 32 as an example, the axis of the guide grooves 32 is parallel to the axis of the tapered plate 42 of the sealing member 40. Preferably, the horizontal bar 33 can be, for example, a straight line, a Y-shape or a cross shape, so as to divide the annular hollow frame 31 into two, three or four equal parts. And the guide groove 32 is located at the center of the transverse rod 33, so that the guide rod 44 located at the center of the bottom end of the tapered plate 42 penetrates through the guide groove 32, and the tapered plate 42 can move along the axis of the first opening 12.
In addition, an elastic element 80 may be further disposed between the tapered plate 42 and the septum frame 30, and the guide rod 44 penetrates the elastic element 80. The elastic element 80 may be, for example, a spring, but is not limited thereto. By providing the resilient member 80, an additional function may be provided to enhance the sealing effect when the sealing member 40 is displaced towards the closed position. The diameter r of the elastic element 80 is between the diameter r1 of the tapered plate 42 and the diameter r2 of the guide rod 44, and the diameter r of the elastic element 80, the diameter r1 of the tapered plate 42 and the diameter r2 of the guide rod 44 may have the following relationships: r2< r < r1, i.e., the diameter r of the resilient member 80 is between the diameter r1 of the tapered plate 42 and the diameter r2 of the guide rod 44. The diameter r2 of the guide rod 44 is preferably an outer diameter. The elastic member 80 may be provided outside the guide groove 32 or in the guide groove 32. As shown in fig. 9, the elastic element 80 is disposed outside the guiding groove 32, and two ends of the elastic element 80 are respectively configured to abut against the bottom side of the tapered plate 42 and the transverse rod 33 of the septum housing 30. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 10, the elastic element 80 is disposed in the guide groove 32, two ends of the elastic element 80 are respectively used for abutting against the bottom side of the tapered plate 42 or the inner walls of the guide rod 44 and the guide groove 32, and the diameter r of the elastic element 80 is between the diameter r2 (outer diameter) of the guide rod 44 and the inner diameter of the guide groove 32.
The material of the sealing element 40 may be, for example, stainless steel, aluminum, or an aluminum alloy, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the surface of the conical plate 42 of the top side of the sealing element 40 may be further provided with a covering element 60. As shown in fig. 5, a covering member 60 may be provided on the entire surface or a part of the surface of the tapered plate 42. The cover member 60 may be a coating of a fluorine-containing material or a nickel layer, for example, to improve the smoothness of the surface of the sealing member 40, thereby reducing the deposition phenomenon by reducing the friction. In addition, the guide rods 44 may be integrally connected to the tapered plate 42, for example. Alternatively, the guide rods 44 may be detachably connected to the tapered plate 42, for example. The material of the guide rod 44 and the tapered plate 42 may be the same or different, for example. The guide rod 44 can be detachably connected to the tapered plate 42, for example, but not limited to, by screwing, locking, clipping, or magnetic attraction. For example, the tapered plate 42 and the guide bar 44 have bolts and screw holes that can be screwed into each other, respectively, so that the tapered plate 42 can be detachably connected to the guide bar 44. For example, the tapered plate 42 and the guide bar 44 may have screw holes, respectively, and a single bolt may be screwed into the screw holes of the tapered plate 42 and the guide bar 44, so that the tapered plate 42 is detachably connected to the guide bar 44.
The chamfered annular surface 14 of the upper flange 10 may, for example, have a first airtight gasket 51, and the annular land 41 of the conical plate 42 abuts the first airtight gasket 51 on the chamfered annular surface 14 of the upper flange 10 when the sealing element 40 is in the closed position. In addition, second airtight gaskets 52 may be respectively disposed between the upper flange 10 and the middle partition frame 30 and between the lower flange 20 and the middle partition frame 30. The first and second airtight gaskets 51 and 52 are made of rubber, for example, and the airtight effect of the anti-settling check valve 100 can be improved by the first and second airtight gaskets 51 and 52.
The diameter of the conical plate 42 of the sealing element 40 may be, for example, greater than or equal to the inner diameter of the first opening 12 of the upper flange 10, so as to completely seal the first opening 12.
The intermediate frame 30 can be screwed, for example, between the upper flange 10 and the lower flange 20. For example, the upper flange 10 and the middle partition frame 30, and the lower flange 20 and the middle partition frame 30 may be screwed together by using connecting elements such as bolts 70. The above-mentioned connection method is only an example, and other connection methods such as a snap or a welding may be used to connect the upper flange 10 and the middle partition frame 30, and the lower flange 20 and the middle partition frame 30 together.
If deposits continue to form on the first airtight gasket 51 or the sealing element 40, the airtight effect will be poor, which will affect the efficacy of the check valve. Therefore, the present invention can reduce the area of the low velocity region (and the recirculation region) at the first opening 12 by improving the structural design of the sealing element 40, so as to prevent the solid particles carried by the gas reactant or gas from depositing and accumulating on the first hermetic gasket 51, and also prevent the solid particles from depositing on the sealing element 40, thereby achieving the effect of long-term use.
In summary, compared to the conventional flat plate design, the anti-settling check valve of the present invention employs a tapered plate as the sealing element, so as to reduce the areas of the low velocity region and the recirculation region in the check valve, and prevent solid particles carried by the gas reactant or gas from settling and accumulating on the first airtight gasket and the sealing element. Therefore, the problem of poor sealing performance of the first airtight gasket due to deposition can be avoided. In addition, the surface of the conical plate can be provided with a coating layer made of fluorine-containing materials and the like so as to improve the surface smoothness and reduce the friction.
The foregoing is by way of example only, and not limiting. It is intended that all equivalent modifications or variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention shall be included in the appended claims.