SHUTOFF VALVE UNIT - PANASONIC CORP

Title:

SHUTOFF VALVE UNIT

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/143382

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided is a shutoff valve unit whose housing is easy to attach to a press-worked metal plate gas meter, and which is resistant to foreign matters or water in the pipe line, misbehavior and inexpensive. The shutoff valve unit includes an inlet tube (51), a reducing chamber (52) disposed below and having a cross section larger than that of the inlet tube (51), a side passage (53) provided on a side and at a location higher than the bottom (52a) thereof in the horizontal direction, and a valve chamber (56) having a valve port (54) which expires downward to a gas inlet chamber (46) in the gas meter, that are all integrally formed with a synthetic resin. The shutoff valve unit further includes a shutoff valve (81) having a valve body (82) to open/close the valve port (54) and an air-tight main body. The configuration of the shutoff valve unit allows foreign matters or water in the pipe line to fall down in the reducing chamber (52) and prevents a finger or a stick to reach the valve body making it possible to provide a shutoff valve unit which is resistant to foreign matters or water in the pipe line, or misbehavior and yet inexpensive.

Inventors:

YAMAGUCHI MASAKI
NAGANUMA NAOTO

Application Number:

PCT/JP2010/003726

Publication Date:

December 16, 2010

Filing Date:

June 03, 2010

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

PANASONIC CORP (JP)
YAMAGUCHI MASAKI
NAGANUMA NAOTO

International Classes:

F16K27/00; F16K31/04; F23K5/00; G01F3/22

Foreign References:

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JP2008076114A	2008-04-03
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