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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1992
Yoshimi Shiroto, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuhiro Onda, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshiharu Kataoka, Yokohama, JP;
Hirotoshi Koga, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Fujimori, Yokohama, JP;
NKK Corporation, both of, JP;
Chiyoda Corporation, both of, JP;
Abstract
A selector valve used for distributing and combining process flow. This valve comprises an open-ended cylindrical casing, a valve seat secured to the casing, an inlet hole extending coaxially with the casing through the valve seat, a plurality of outlet holes extending through the valve seat and arranged in a circle concentrical with the casing, a valve body fitted in the casing and rotatable about its axis, a U-shaped passage formed in the valve body such that its one end opens at a position coinciding with the inlet hole and its other end opens at a position meeting the circle, a spring provided within the casing for urging the valve body toward the valve seat so that the valve body is maintained in pressure contact with the valve seat, a driving mechanism for rotating the valve body through a desired angle so that the inlet hole can be in fluid communication with selected one of the outlet holes through the U-shaped passage, an annular groove formed on the surface of the valve body to define an annular, close space between the valve seat and the valve body at a position inside of the circle and a discharge hole extending through the valve seat at such a position as to be in fluid communication with the space.