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US 5,529,088 AGranted
Rail-mounted aggregate valve
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorYoshio Asou
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Abstract
On a bottom cover 18, which is mounted on bottom surface of a valve body 6 of selector valves 1A and 1B for the purpose of covering unnecessary holes, engaging sectors 28 are formed, and by engaging the engaging sectors 28 with engaging edges 4b and 4b of a rail 4, the selector valves 1A and 1B are mounted on the rail 4 via the bottom cover 18.
Claims6
A rail-mounted aggregate valve, comprising a plurality of selector valves aggregated by connecting in lateral direction and a rail for mounting the selector valves, whereby:
- said rail has a groove-shaped cross-section and is provided with a pair of flange-shaped engaging edges projecting in directions opposite to each other and in lateral direction of the rail on upper end of walls of the groove;
- each of said selector valves comprises at least one common passage penetrating a valve body in lateral direction and communicatable with a passage of the other selector valve, output ports for connecting output pipes, holes communicated with the common passages and opened on the bottom surface of the valve body, and a bottom cover mounted on the bottom surface of the valve body to block the holes;
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- said bottom cover has engaging sectors removably engaged with engaging edges of the rail, and the selector valves are mounted on the rail via the bottom cover when the engaging sectors are engaged with the engaging edges.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.