# US 10,309,561 B2 · Flow passage sealing structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,309,561 B2 - Document ID: US10309561B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/107,044 - Filed: 2014-12-22 - Published: 2017-02-09 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2013-12-26 - Assignees: Fujikin Incorporated - Applicants: Fujikin Incorporated - Inventors: Ryousuke Dohi; Naofumi Yasumoto; Kouji Nishino; Nobukazu Ikeda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309561B2 ## CPC - F16L 15/008: {with sealing rings} - F16L 55/027: Throttle passages - G01F 1/42: Orifices or nozzles - G01F 15/005: {Valves (valves in general F16K)} - G05D 7/0635: {by action on throttling means (G05D7/0688, G05D7/0694 take precedence)} - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES ## Abstract A flow passage sealing structure for omitting a process of welding or caulking an orifice plate and a filter plate to an orifice base and a filter base as base materials and allowing further miniaturization, includes a main block (1) including main flow passages (1a, 1b), recessed portions (12, 13) provided in side surfaces of the main block and having female screws in inner peripheral surfaces, thin plates (6, 8) abutting against the bottom surfaces of the recessed portions and having through holes, gasket rings (16, 17) abutting against the thin plates (6, 8), pressing pipelines (20, 21) having large-diameter portions and internal flow passages communicable with the main flow passages (1a, 1b) and abutting against the gasket rings, and fastening screws (22) abutting against the large-diameter portions and pressing the pressing pipelines by being inserted around the outside of the pressing pipelines and screwed into the female screws. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A flow passage sealing structure comprising: a main block having a main flow passage; a recessed portion provided in the main block, with the main flow passage being open at a bottom of the recessed portion, and a female screw being provided in an inner peripheral surface of the recessed portion; a thin plate that abuts against the bottom of the recessed portion and has a through hole; a gasket ring that abuts against the thin plate; a pressing pipeline that has an internal flow passage and a large-diameter portion and abuts against the gasket ring, the inner flow passage being communicable with the main flow passage; and a fastening screw that has an insertion hole in an axial direction and abuts against the large-diameter portion and presses the pressing pipeline by being inserted around an outside of the pressing pipeline via the insertion hole and screwed into the female screw; and wherein the bottom of the recessed portion has a gasket-ring recess in which an end of the gasket ring fits. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 1, wherein the pressing pipeline further comprises an anti-corotation mechanism that prevents the pressing pipe from corotating with the fastening screw. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 2, wherein the anti-corotation mechanism includes an engaged portion that is provided in the large-diameter portion, and an engaging portion that is provided in the main block and engages the engaged portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 3, wherein the engaged portion is a detent surface that is formed by cutting away an outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion into a flat surface, and the engaging portion is a dowel pin that press-fits in the main block. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 2, wherein the anti-corotation mechanism includes a sliding member provided between the large-diameter portion and the fastening screw. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 1, wherein the large-diameter portion has a pressing surface that presses the gasket ring. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the bottom of the recessed portion and the gasket ring has a thin-plate recess in which the thin plate is fittable. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the recessed portion has an annular bearing surface against which the thin plate abuts, and an annular groove that is provided in an outer peripheral edge of the bearing surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 8, wherein the bearing surface is a flat surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The flow passage sealing structure according to claim 1, wherein the thin plate is an orifice plate, and an inner surface of the main flow passage that faces onto the orifice plate widens in a tapered shape. ### Claim 11 A flow passage sealing structure comprising: a main block having a main flow passage; a recessed portion provided in the main block, with the main flow passage being open at a bottom of the recessed portion, and a female screw being provided in an inner peripheral surface of the recessed portion; a thin plate that abuts against the bottom of the recessed portion and has a through hole; a gasket ring that abuts against the thin plate; a pressing pipeline that has an internal flow passage and a large-diameter portion and abuts against the gasket ring, the inner flow passage being communicable with the main flow passage; and a fastening screw that has an insertion hole in an axial direction and abuts against the large-diameter portion and presses the pressing pipeline by being inserted around an outside of the pressing pipeline via the insertion hole and screwed into the female screw; wherein the pressing pipeline further comprises an anti-corotation mechanism that prevents the pressing pipe from co-rotating with the fastening screw; wherein the anti-corotation mechanism includes an engaged portion that is provided in the large-diameter portion, and an engaging portion that is provided in the main block and engages the engaged portion; and wherein the engaged portion is a detent surface that is formed by cutting away an outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion into a flat surface, and the engaging portion is a dowel pin that press-fits in the main block. ### Claim 12 A flow passage sealing structure comprising: a main block having a main flow passage; a recessed portion provided in the main block, with the main flow passage being open at a bottom of the recessed portion, and a female screw being provided in an inner peripheral surface of the recessed portion; a thin plate that abuts against the bottom of the recessed portion and has a through hole; a gasket ring that abuts against the thin plate; a pressing pipeline that has an internal flow passage and a large-diameter portion and abuts against the gasket ring, the inner flow passage being communicable with the main flow passage; and a fastening screw that has an insertion hole in an axial direction and abuts against the large-diameter portion and presses the pressing pipeline by being inserted around an outside of the pressing pipeline via the insertion hole and screwed into the female screw; and wherein at least one of the bottom of the recessed portion and the gasket ring has a thin-plate recess in which the thin plate is fittable.