Valve with a metal gasket
AssigneeKSB Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsDominique Duboy, Pascal Vinzio
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Abstract
A faucet includes an annular body (101), a throttle valve (102) constituting a seat and an annular metal gasket positioned therebetween while being accommodated in a recess, the movable sealing element being connected by a plate to a static sealing element gripped within the recess, the plate is flexible and there is play between the recess and the part of the main surfaces of the dynamic sealing element closest to the seat (102) when said element is remote from the seat (102).
Claims11
Valve comprising an annular body, a butterfly which is mounted therein in a manner rotating at 90°, and an annular metal gasket having an axis and a dynamic-sealing element with a lateral face and main faces, wherein the gasket is interposed between the body and the butterfly while being accommodated in a housing belonging to one of the body and the butterfly, whereas the other of the body and the butterfly forms a seat which is inclined in relation to the axis of the gasket and with which the free lateral face of the dynamic-sealing element of the gasket is in contact when the valve is in a closed position, said dynamic-sealing element being connected by a metal sheet to a spring static-sealing element which is clamped in the housing,
- wherein:
- the metal sheet is flexible;
- the dynamic-sealing element has a first part, on the same side as the static-sealing element, which is in contact with the housing, and a second part, on the same side as the seat, wherein there is a clearance between the housing and the main faces of the dynamic-sealing element, when the said dynamic-sealing element is at a distance from the seat;
- and
- the flexible metal sheet comprises two side-pieces and a ring is interposed between the two side-pieces with clearance between it and each of the side-pieces when the gasket is not subjected to a compressive force in the direction of its axis.
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