Waterproof manifold electromagnetic valve
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsShinji Miyazoe, Toru Fujiwara, Takashi Murakami
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Abstract
A manifold includes multiple first valve mount portions, on each of which three electromagnetic valves are arranged side by side, or a plurality of second valve mount portions, on each of which two electromagnetic valves are arranged side by side, or includes at least one of the first valve mount portions and at least one of the second valve mount portions. Waterproof covers are attached to the valve mount portions of the manifold to each cover the three or two electromagnetic valves mounted on the valve mount portion. Thus, a waterproof manifold electromagnetic valve is formed.
Claims9
A waterproof manifold electromagnetic valve assembly, comprising:
- a manifold including a plurality of first valve mount portions, on each of which three electromagnetic valves are arranged side by side at a predetermined inter-valve distance apart from each other, or a plurality of second valve mount portions, on each of which two electromagnetic valves are arranged side by side at the inter-valve distance apart from each other, or including at least one of the first valve mount portions and at least one of the second valve mount portions, and electromagnetic valves at end portions of valve mount portions adjacent to each other being spaced apart from each other an inter-mount-portion distance that is larger than the inter-valve distance;
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- waterproof covers attached to the respective valve mount portions of the manifold to each collectively cover the three or two electromagnetic valves mounted on the corresponding valve mount portion,
- wherein a gap is formed between adjacent waterproof covers, and the gap has a size that is larger than the inter-valve distance and smaller than the inter-mount-portion distance, and that allows a surface of the manifold to be exposed to an outside through the gap.
The waterproof electromagnetic valve assembly according to Claim
- wherein the manifold is a single-unit manifold, and the manifold includes all the valve mount portions.
A method for manufacturing a waterproof manifold electromagnetic valve assembly in which at least four electromagnetic valves and at least two waterproof covers which cover the electromagnetic valves are mounted on an upper surface of one a manifold, the method comprising:
- dividing all the electromagnetic. valves mounted on the manifold into at least one of at least one first valve group including three electromagnetic valves and at least one second valve group including two electromagnetic valves to determine at least one of a quantity of the first valve group and a quantity of the second valve group;
- forming, on the upper surfuce of the manifold, at least one of at least one first mount area allowing three electromagnetic valves to be mounted thereon and at least one second mount area allowing two electromagnetic valves to be mounted thereon, at least one of a quantity of the first mount area and a quantity of the second mount area being equal to at least one of the quantity of the first valve group and the quantity of the second valve group;
- mounting three or two electromagnetic valves on each of the mount areas of the manifold to form a plurality of first valve mount portions on which three electromagnetic valves are mounted, or a plurality of second valve mount portions on which two electromagnetic valves are mounted, or at least one first valve mount portion and at least one second valve mount portion;
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- attaching, to each of the valve mor n portions of the manifold, a waterproof cover to cover the three or two electromagnetic valves mounted on the valve mount portion,
- wherein the three or two electromagnetic valves of each mount portion are arranged side by side at a predetermined inter-valve distance apart from each other, and electromagnetic valves at end portions of valve mount portions adjacent to each other are spaced apart from each other an inter-mount-portion distance that is larger than the inter-valve distance, and
- wherein a gap is formed between adjacent waterproof covers, and the has a size that is larger than the inter-valve distance, and smaller than the inter-mount-portion distance, and that allows a surface of the manifold to he exposed to an outside through the gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.