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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Morio Kaneko, Saitama, JP;
Akira Kasai, Saitama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Saginomiya Seisakusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to realize higher compatibility of high-performability and energy saving of a refrigerator-freezer, a valve housing having one inlet port normally communicating with a valve chamber and first and second outlet ports B, C opening on a bottom face of the valve chamber, a valve body rotatably provided in the valve chamber and having a partition wall portion on its end face facing a bottom face of the valve chamber, to partition the end face into an opening area communicated with the valve chamber and a non-opening area not communicating with the valve chamber, and an electric actuator to steppingly turn the valve body are provided for an electrically operated selector valve used in a refrigerating cycle unit for the refrigerator-freezer, and the position of the valve body is changed by four positions A-D.