# US 10,865,909 B2 · Vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,865,909 B2 - Document ID: US10865909B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/164,772 - Filed: 2018-10-18 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Granted: 2020-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-16 - Assignees: Taiwan Chelic Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Taiwan Chelic Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ping-Cheng Yu; Wei-Huan Yu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865909B2 ## CPC - F16K 51/02: specially adapted for high-vacuum installations - F04F 5/20: for evacuating - F04F 5/22: of multi-stage type - F15B 13/0839: {Stacked plate type valves} - F15B 2211/89: Control specific for achieving vacuum or "negative pressure" - F16K 27/003: {Housing formed from a plurality of the same valve elements} - Y10T 137/86083: Vacuum pump - Y10T 137/8667: Reciprocating valve - F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)} - F04F: PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED {(evacuating by sorption F04B)}; SIPHONS {(conveying materials in bulk by flows of gas, liquid of foam B65G53/00)} - F15B: SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve includes a main body, which includes an introduction port, a vacuum port, a discharge port, and a vacuum-generating valve, in combination with a vacuum-destructing valve. The vacuum-destructing valve is arranged in combination with a flow conducting passage formed in the main body and connected to the vacuum port to allow a pressure fluid received through the introduction port to partly flow through the vacuum-destructing valve, and a vacuum-destructing two-port two-position valve is arranged in the flow conducting passage to increase flow rate of the pressure fluid passing therethrough to make a response of the vacuum port more sensitive in switching to a vacuum-destructing state. The ports of the main body are arranged in a detachable manner to increase service efficiency and ease part replacement. Two side seats are arranged to couple multiple such main bodies together to cope with complicated automatic processing operations. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve, comprising: a main body, which comprises an introduction port to which a pressure fluid is connected, a vacuum port adapted to connect to a suction mechanism, a discharge port through which the pressure fluid supplied through the introduction port is discharged to outside, and a vacuum-generating valve that when opened allows a negative pressure to be generated through the pressure fluid being supplied through the introduction port, wherein a vacuum-destructing valve is operable in combination with a flow conducting passage formed in the main body and connected to the vacuum port to allow the pressure fluid supplied through the introduction port to partly flow through the vacuum-destructing valve, and a vacuum-destructing two-port two-position valve is arranged in the flow conducting passage to increase flow rate of the pressure fluid passing therethrough to make a response of the vacuum port more sensitive in switching to a vacuum-destructing state; a reversal preventing valve is arranged between the vacuum port and the discharge port, which, when the vacuum port is in a condition of generating suction through vacuum, is closed when the vacuum-generating valve is closed, to allow the vacuum port to be full of negative pressure maintaining a vacuum-keeping state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve according to claim 1, wherein the flow conducting passage further comprises a destruction adjusting knob, which operates the vacuum-destructing two-port two-position valve to control flow rate through the valve. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve according to claim 1, wherein the main body further comprises a vacuum filter, which is arranged in the vacuum port, the vacuum filter being operable to remove dust powders contained in the fluid flowing into the vacuum port. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve according to claim 1, wherein the main body further comprises a plurality of troughs, the troughs each having an inside wall in which insertion holes are formed and extend to a side surface of the main body; and a connection plug, which is combined with a connection plug clip seat to create a unitary structure with the body, the connection plug clip seat having a circumference in which a clip groove is formed, so that the connection plug is disposable in the trough to have the insertion holes and the clip groove in alignment with each other, a clip being insertable and fixed in the insertion holes to fix the connection plug in the main body, the clip being selectively removable from the insertion holes to allow for detachment of the connection plug. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve according to claim 4, wherein the insertion holes are symmetrically arranged and are spaced from each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve according to claim 1, further comprising two side seats, which are each provided with a side seat fluid introduction channel and a side seat discharge channel and are arranged to allow multiple units of the main body to be coupled and installed, the multiple main bodies being each further provided with an introduction channel, a discharge channel, and a plurality of through holes, the introduction channel and the discharge channel each having two ends that are provided with a raised face and a recessed face, respectively, wherein the introduction channels and the discharge channels are connectable and expandable through coupling between the recessed faces and the raised faces, respectively, so that the pressure fluid is receivable through the side seat fluid introduction channel to flow through the introduction channels and the discharge channels into the side seat discharge channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve according to claim 6, wherein the two side seats further comprise a plurality of bolt holes, through which fixing bolts are receivable and extending through the through holes to fix the main bodies and the two side seats together. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The vacuum-keeping multistage vacuum-generating and vacuum-destructing valve according to claim 6, wherein the two side seats further comprise a connection port provided on a surface of the two side seats and adapted to electrically connect with an external device for transmission of data.