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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2005
Sven Baumgarten, Freinsheim, DE;
Stephen Bross, Erpolzheim, DE;
Bernhard Brecht, Neustadt/Weinstrasse, DE;
Uwe Bruhns, Osthofen, DE;
Mogens Ellegaard, Greve, DK;
Stefan Flak, Frankenthal, DE;
Christoph Jaeger, Gerolsheim, DE;
Wolfgang Kochanowski, Windesheim, DE;
Wiltrud Knoebl, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Sven Baumgarten, Freinsheim, DE;
Stephen Bross, Erpolzheim, DE;
Bernhard Brecht, Neustadt/Weinstrasse, DE;
Uwe Bruhns, Osthofen, DE;
Mogens Ellegaard, Greve, DK;
Stefan Flak, Frankenthal, DE;
Christoph Jaeger, Gerolsheim, DE;
Wolfgang Kochanowski, Windesheim, DE;
Wiltrud Knoebl, Ludwigshafen, DE;
KSB Aktiengesellschaft, Frankenthal, DE;
Abstract
A valve for switching fluid paths, particularly for pressure exchanger installations with tubular chambers through which fluid flows in an alternating manner, including a rotatable closing element () provided with a motorized drive shaft () and arranged inside a housing () having a plurality of connections () for connecting lines leading to a pipe system and to a respective end of at least one pressure exchanger. Another end of each pressure exchanger is connected through a valve arrangement to a second pipe system. A splitter () provided with a plurality of overflow paths () is arranged inside the housing (); mouths of the overflow paths are located on two axial end faces () and on the circumference of the splitter (), and a rotatable, disk-shaped control element () is arranged in a sealing manner at each end face of the splitter ().