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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1998
Yoshihiro Fukano, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Tetsuro Maruyama, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
SMC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A suck back valve includes a fitting having a fluid passage formed with a first port at one end thereof and a second port at another end, a valve actuator having a suck back mechanism for sucking a fluid from inside the fluid passage according to a negative pressure action of a diaphragm displaced by a pilot pressure, and first and second electromagnetic valves which increase/reduce the pilot pressure supplied to a diaphragm chamber in accordance with supply and discharge actions. A controller is provided for energizing and deenergizing the first and second electromagnetic valves, wherein said fitting, said actuator and said controller are assembled together as an integral unit.