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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 05, 2008
Randi J. Young, Randolph, NJ (US);
Nathanael S. Murphy, Hellertown, PA (US);
Randi J. Young, Randolph, NJ (US);
Nathanael S. Murphy, Hellertown, PA (US);
Ingersoll-Rand Company, Montvale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A valve arrangement includes an inlet conduit defining an inlet passage adapted for communication with a supply of pressurized motive fluid, a first planar surface spaced radially from the inlet conduit, first and second supply passages communicating through the first planar surface, and a rotary valve. The rotary valve includes a second planar surface abutting against the first planar surface and a valve passage communicating through the second planar surface. The rotary valve is rotatable to place the inlet passage in communication with a selected one of the first and second supply passages through the valve passage, and is adapted to conduct the pressurized motive fluid from the inlet passage to the selected one of the first and second supply passages.