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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Kuniharu Yamauchi, Nagakute, JP;
Kuniharu Yamauchi, Nagakute, JP;
ABB K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A color change valve device includes: a manifold including on an inside a paint passage, and to which connector passages are provided to radially penetrate therethrough at plural locations axially spaced from each other; a wash air valve and a wash liquid valve connected to the connector passages at a most upstream side among the respective connector passages in the manifold; paint valves connected to the connector passages in the manifold to be positioned at a downstream side of the respective valves; and a swirl flow forming member provided in the paint passage in the manifold for forming a swirl flow by the wash air and the wash liquid, wherein the swirl flow forming member is arranged across an entire length of the paint passage.