Adjustable ball valve

By designing a ball valve with a rotating sleeve and regulating mechanism, the problems of easy damage to the switch handle and inaccurate flow regulation in traditional ball valves have been solved, enabling emergency shut-off and precise regulation, thus improving the reliability and safety of the ball valve.

CN223725495UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26WENZHOU ZHENSHUN VALVE CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520323459.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-27
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-27

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Technical Problem

Traditional ball valves are prone to damage to their handles, making it impossible to shut off the pipeline in emergencies. Furthermore, their flow regulation accuracy is insufficient, making them unsuitable for demanding application scenarios.

Method used

An adjustable ball valve was designed, which uses a rotating sleeve, an adjustment mechanism, and a positioning mechanism. The flow rate is adjusted by aligning the rotating sleeve with flow channels of different orifice diameters, and the pipeline can be shut off by manually rotating the rotating sleeve in an emergency.

Benefits of technology

This improves the reliability and safety of the ball valve, ensuring no fluid leakage in emergencies and enabling precise flow regulation and convenient operation.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of ball valves, in particular to an adjustable ball valve which comprises a ball valve body, a first connector and a second connector are arranged at the left end and the right end of the ball valve body respectively, and a third connector is arranged at the end, away from the ball valve body, of the second connector. A fourth connector is arranged at the other end of the third connector, and a rotating sleeve is movably arranged between the third connector and the fourth connector. An adjusting mechanism is arranged between the rotating sleeve and the third connector, and a positioning mechanism is arranged between the rotating sleeve and the fourth connector. According to the ball valve, under the emergency condition, even if a switch handle is not arranged, an operator can directly and manually rotate the rotating sleeve, so that the butt joint groove is not aligned with any flow channel, a pipeline is rapidly closed, fluid leakage is avoided, and the using reliability and safety of the ball valve are greatly improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to ball valve technical field, concretely is a kind of adjustable ball valve. BACKGROUND

[0002] In industrial production, building water supply and drainage, petroleum chemical industry and many other fields, ball valve is widely used in pipeline system as a common fluid control equipment, for controlling the on-off and flow regulation of fluid.

[0003] At present, the existing ball valve on the market mostly uses traditional switch handle to control the opening and closing and flow regulation of ball valve. The switch handle of this traditional ball valve is easy to be damaged due to frequent operation, mechanical wear and tear and other reasons in long-term use. Once the switch handle is damaged, the operator often cannot immediately close the pipeline in emergency, which may cause a large amount of fluid leakage, and further cause a series of serious problems, such as resource waste, environmental pollution, and even may pose a threat to production equipment and personnel safety.

[0004] In addition, the traditional ball valve can only realize simple full opening and full closing state in flow regulation, and has limited precise flow regulation capacity, which is difficult to meet the application scenarios with high flow control requirements. TECHNICAL SOLUTION

[0005] The utility model aims at providing a kind of adjustable ball valve to solve the problems raised in the above background.

[0006] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:

[0007] An adjustable ball valve, comprising

[0008] A ball valve body, left and right ends of the ball valve body are respectively provided with joint one and joint two, and the joint two is provided with joint three at one end away from the ball valve body;

[0009] A joint four is provided at the other end of the joint three, and a rotating sleeve is movably arranged between the joint three and the joint four;

[0010] An adjusting mechanism is arranged between the rotating sleeve and the joint three, and a positioning mechanism is arranged between the rotating sleeve and the joint four.

[0011] Preferably, the adjusting mechanism comprises an adjusting disc, the adjusting disc is fixedly installed on the inner side of one end of the joint three close to the rotating sleeve, three flow channels are provided on the adjusting disc, and a docking groove is penetrated and provided on one side of the middle part of the rotating sleeve;

[0012] Preferably, the hole diameters of the three flow channels decrease in turn in clockwise direction;

[0013] Preferably, a movable groove is arranged on the same side of the joint three and the joint four, and a movable ring is arranged on the outer wall of the rotating sleeve at both ends.

[0014] Preferably, the positioning mechanism comprises a pointer, and the pointer is arranged on the right side of the rotating sleeve.

[0015] Preferably, anti-skid diagonal lines are arranged on the outer wall of the rotating sleeve.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the ball valve has the advantages that:

[0017] In an emergency, even if the switch handle is not available, the operator can directly manually rotate the rotating sleeve to align the butt joint groove with no flow channel, so that the pipeline is quickly closed, fluid leakage is avoided, and the reliability and safety of the ball valve are greatly improved.

[0018] The ball valve adopts the rotating sleeve for flow regulation, the rotating sleeve and the joint three are provided with an adjusting mechanism, the adjusting disc in the adjusting mechanism is provided with three flow channels with different diameters, the butt joint groove is aligned with different flow channels by rotating the rotating sleeve, accurate flow regulation is realized, and in addition, the positioning mechanism enables the operator to intuitively understand the current flow regulation state, and the accuracy and convenience of flow regulation are further improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a whole front view structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 2 It is a rotating sleeve cross section structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 3 It is a adjusting disc front view structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 4 It is a Figure 1 It is an enlarged schematic diagram of A in the figure;

[0023] Figure 5 It is a Figure 2 It is an enlarged schematic diagram of B in the figure.

[0024] In the figure: 1, ball valve body; 2, joint one; 3, joint two; 4, joint three; 5, joint four; 6, rotating sleeve; 7, adjusting disc; 8, flow channel; 9, butt joint groove; 10, movable groove; 11, movable ring; 12, pointer; 13, positioning line. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of the present application.

[0026] As shown in Figures 1-5 The technical solutions provided by the present application are as follows:

[0027] The adjustable ball valve comprises a ball valve body 1, a joint one 2 and a joint two 3 arranged at the left and right ends of the ball valve body 1 respectively, a joint three 4 arranged at the end of the joint two 3 away from the ball valve body 1, a joint four 5 arranged at the other end of the joint three 4, a rotating sleeve 6 movably arranged between the joint three 4 and the joint four 5, an adjusting mechanism arranged between the rotating sleeve 6 and the joint three 4, the adjusting mechanism comprising an adjusting disc 7, the adjusting disc 7 being fixedly installed on the inner side of the end of the joint three 4 close to the rotating sleeve 6, three flow channels 8 arranged on the adjusting disc 7, a butt joint groove 9 penetratingly arranged on one side of the middle part of the rotating sleeve 6, the diameters of the three flow channels 8 gradually decreasing in the clockwise direction, a positioning mechanism arranged between the rotating sleeve 6 and the joint four 5, a movable groove 10 arranged on the same side of the joint three 4 and the joint four 5, a movable ring 11 movably connected with the movable groove 10 arranged at the outer wall of the two ends of the rotating sleeve 6, the positioning mechanism comprising a pointer 12, the pointer 12 being arranged on the right outer part of the rotating sleeve 6, four positioning lines 13 arranged on the left outer part of the joint four 5 at equal radian, and anti-skid diagonal lines arranged on the outer wall of the rotating sleeve 6.

[0028] In the embodiment, in addition to the switch handle, the rotating sleeve 6 is also used for flow adjustment, the adjusting mechanism is arranged between the rotating sleeve 6 and the joint three 4, the adjusting disc 7 in the adjusting mechanism has three flow channels 8 with different diameters, the butt joint groove 9 is aligned with different flow channels 8 by rotating the rotating sleeve 6, the accurate flow adjustment is realized, in addition, the positioning mechanism enables the operator to intuitively understand the current flow adjustment state, and the accuracy and convenience of the flow adjustment are further improved.

[0029] At the same time, in an emergency, even if there is no switch handle, the operator can directly manually rotate the rotating sleeve 6, so that the butt joint groove 9 is not aligned with any flow channel 8, so that the pipeline is quickly closed, fluid leakage is avoided, and the reliability and safety of the ball valve are greatly improved.

[0030] Working principle: fluid from the joint 2 into the ball valve body 1, when the need to adjust the flow, due to the rotating sleeve 6 both ends of the outer wall of the movable ring 11 and joint three 4, joint four 5 with the same side of the opening of the movable groove 10 active connection, and the rotating sleeve 6 outer wall is provided with anti-skid diagonal, users can easily manually rotate the rotating sleeve 6. Rotating sleeve 6 middle side of the butt joint groove 9 will be rotated with the fixed in the joint three 4 close to the rotating sleeve 6 one end of the inner side of the adjusting disc 7 on the flow channel 8 docking, adjusting disc 7 has three hole diameter along the clockwise direction in turn decreasing flow channel 8, butt joint groove 9 and different aperture flow channel 8 alignment, fluid through the cross-sectional area changes, so as to realize the size of the flow adjustment, butt joint groove 9 and the largest aperture flow channel 8 alignment when the flow is the largest, and the smallest aperture flow channel 8 alignment when the flow is the smallest. In the process of rotating the rotating sleeve 6 to adjust the flow, the pointer 12 on the right side of the rotating sleeve 6 will rotate, users can observe the pointer 12 pointing to the left side of the joint four 5 outside the equi-radian setting of the positioning line 13, to determine the current butt joint groove 9 and which flow channel 8 alignment, and then understand the flow adjustment state. When the ball valve switch handle can not be closed in an emergency pipeline, the adjustable ball valve does not need to rely on the switch handle, in an emergency, users directly manually rotate the rotating sleeve 6, so that the butt joint groove 9 is not aligned with any flow channel 8, can block the fluid through the adjusting disc 7, realize the purpose of closing the pipeline, improve the reliability and safety of use.

[0031] The basic principle, main features and advantages of the present application are shown and described above. Those skilled in the art should understand that the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, and the above embodiments and descriptions in the specification are only preferred examples of the present application and do not limit the present application. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, various changes and improvements can be made to the present application, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the claimed present application. The scope of protection of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An adjustable ball valve, characterized in that: include The ball valve body (1) is provided with connector one (2) and connector two (3) at its left and right ends respectively, and connector three (4) is provided at the end of connector two (3) away from the ball valve body (1). A fourth joint (5) is provided at the other end of the third joint (4), and a rotating sleeve (6) is movably provided between the third joint (4) and the fourth joint (5). An adjustment mechanism is provided between the rotating sleeve (6) and the connector three (4), and a positioning mechanism is provided between the rotating sleeve (6) and the connector four (5).

2. The adjustable ball valve according to claim 1, characterized in that: The adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment plate (7). The adjustment plate (7) is fixedly installed on the inner side of the end of the connector three (4) near the rotating sleeve (6). The adjustment plate (7) is provided with three flow channels (8). A docking groove (9) is provided through one side of the middle part of the rotating sleeve (6).

3. An adjustable ball valve according to claim 2, characterized in that: The apertures of the three flow channels (8) decrease sequentially in a clockwise direction.

4. An adjustable ball valve according to claim 2, characterized in that: A movable groove (10) is provided on the same side of the connector three (4) and connector four (5), and a movable ring (11) is provided on the outer wall of both ends of the rotating sleeve (6) to be movably connected to the movable groove (10).

5. An adjustable ball valve according to claim 4, characterized in that: The positioning mechanism includes a pointer (12), which is set on the outside of the right side of the rotating sleeve (6), and four positioning lines (13) are set on the outside of the left side of the connector (5) with equal arc.

6. An adjustable ball valve according to claim 5, characterized in that: Anti-slip twill is provided on the outer wall of the rotating sleeve (6).