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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2009
Marcel Engels, Voorhout, NL;
Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Oegstgeest, NL;
Goran Aleksijovski, Noordwijk, NL;
Rob Van Leeuwen, Sassenheim, NL;
Marcel Engels, Voorhout, NL;
Marcus Johannes Voskuil, Oegstgeest, NL;
Goran Aleksijovski, Noordwijk, NL;
Rob van Leeuwen, Sassenheim, NL;
Fluid Management Operations LLC, Wheeling, IL (US);
Abstract
A valve assembly for dispensing a plurality of flowable materials, such as viscous fluids or powders, comprising a valve member having a plurality of inlets for the plurality of flowable materials and dispense outlets communicating with the inlets and a closure having one or more openings in a pattern that corresponds to the pattern of at least some of the outlets. The valve member and the closure are movable relative to each other between a closed position in which the outlets are closed and at least one dispensing position in which one or more openings in the closure are at least partially in register with the dispense outlets thus clearing the latter.