Flow passage switching valve and liquid chromatograph having the same
US12158452B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 2, 2019 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2030/328
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A liquid chromatograph has a long-life flow passage switching valve with reduced abrasion caused by sliding of flow passage end portions of a stator and flow passage end portions of a rotor seal. The flow passage switching valve includes: a stator; and a rotor seal connected with a rotor configured to rotate and slide on a circumference with respect to the stator. The stator has stator flow passages that open to the rotor seal. The rotor seal has a rotor seal flow passage for coupling two or more of the stator flow passages. A flow passage end portion that is positioned at a tip end in a sliding direction of the rotor seal flow passage is positioned in a direction opposite to the sliding direction of the stator flow passage end portion to be connected to the rotor seal flow passage, at least at the start of sliding.
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