Coupling solenoid valve
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsShinji Miyazoe, Katsuyuki Senba
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Abstract
A coupling solenoid valve, of which both side faces in the valve-width direction are coupling faces for coupling another solenoid valve, including a main valve unit for switching a fluid channel using a spool, and a solenoid operating unit for driving the spool, wherein a housing of the main valve unit is divided into plurality of blocks, a valve hole for accommodating the spool is formed in a center block, a bottom block is made up of a synthetic resin, plurality of coupling communication holes are formed in this bottom block, and also a connection tube is formed in an integrated manner.
Claims12
A coupling solenoid valve of which both side faces in the valve-width direction correspond to a first coupling face and a second coupling face for being coupled with another solenoid valve, said coupling solenoid valve comprising:
- a main valve unit including
- plurality of coupling communication holes passing through in the valve-width direction,
- a valve hole through which said coupling communication holes mutually communicate, and
- a spool for switching a channel accommodated within said valve hole;
- and
- a solenoid operating unit connected with said main valve unit;
- wherein the housing of said main valve unit is divided into plurality of blocks having essentially the equivalent horizontal width, and includes a center block positioned in the center, and a synthetic resin bottom block connected to the bottom of said center block;
- wherein said valve hole extending in the axial direction of said main valve unit is formed in said center block;
- and
- wherein said plurality of coupling communication holes are formed in said bottom block, and also a connection tube protruding from said respective coupling communication holes to one coupling face side is integrally formed in said bottom block, and further, circular seal members are applied on the position of the other coupling face side within said respective coupling communication holes, and said corresponding coupling communication holes are connected in an airtight manner by said connection tube and said seal members of the adjacent solenoid valves being fitted to each other when plurality of solenoid valves are coupled.
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