Directional-control-valve-connected body
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsShinji Miyazoe, Ryushiro Kaneko, Hideharu Sato
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Abstract
A relay surface formed on a supply-and-ejection block has opened therein a pilot supply channel and a pilot ejection channel both in communication with each directional control valve through a manifold block, a supply branch passage branching from a supply port, and an ejection branch passage branching from an ejection port. The pilot supply and ejection channels are connected to a port for supplying a pilot fluid and a port for ejecting a pilot fluid, respectively, via a relay member mounted on the relay surface.
Claims3
A directional-control-valve-connected body comprising at least one supply-and-ejection block including a supply port for introducing a control fluid and an ejection port for ejecting a control fluid;
- a plurality of separate manifold blocks that are connected to the supply-and-ejection blocks, on each of which a pilot-operated directional control valve is mounted, and which relays a control fluid between said supply-and-ejection block and the pilot-operated directional control valves;
- and said plurality of pilot-operated directional control valves that are switched by a pilot fluid supplied from said supply-and-ejection block through each manifold block, wherein:
- Each supply-and-ejection block includes a pilot supply channel and a pilot ejection channel both in communication with each of said manifold blocks, a relay surface into which the pilot supply and ejection channels are opened, a pilot supply branch passage and a pilot ejection branch passage that branch from said supply and ejection ports, respectively, and that are opened into the relay surface, and a relay member detachably mounted on said relay surface so that said pilot supply and ejection channels are connected via the relay member to a port for supplying a pilot fluid and a port for ejecting a pilot fluid, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.