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Rotary valve

US6537451B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 2000
Grant dateMar 25, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 13, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/86863
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed is a rotary valve that makes it possible to link several groups of hoses referenced group G1, group G2, and group G3. The valve includes a stator (40) that is provided with means (E, F, R, S) for circulating fluid or fluids of group 1, means (45, 46) for passing at least two fluids F1, F2 that belong to group G3, and a rotor (47) that is equipped with means (9) for passing fluids of group G3 and also means (50) that make possible the linking either of fluids of G1 with group G3 or fluids of group G3 with G3.

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