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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ayano Otsubo, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Tsukada, Tokyo, JP;
Hisao Inami, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Tomida, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiko Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Akieda, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Nishiki, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flowpath switch valve is configured for extended service life by spreading the region, of the sliding surfaces of a stator and a rotor, that is subject to wear over the entirety of the sliding surfaces. The stator has fixed stator flowpaths, and the rotor has rotor flowpaths. A flowpath switch valve, depending on the rotor rotation state, realizes connection patterns that include: a first connection pattern wherein a rotor flowpathconnects a fixed stator flowpathand a fixed stator flowpath; a second connection pattern wherein the rotor flowpathconnects the fixed stator flowpathand a fixed stator flowpath; a third connection pattern wherein a rotor flowpathconnects the fixed stator flowpathand the fixed stator flowpath; and a fourth connection pattern wherein the rotor flowpathconnects the fixed stator flowpathand the fixed stator flowpath