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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Atsushi Otani, Gunma, JP;
Mitsuba Corporation, Kiryu-shi, Gunma, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a valve apparatus capable of keeping a holding state of a valve body. The valve apparatusis adapted to supply cleaning fluid by switching between a first flow channeland a second flow channel, the valve apparatusbeing provided with: a first fluid pipehaving a first flow channel; a second fluid pipecoaxially aligned with the first fluid pipe, the second fluid pipehaving a second flow channel; a housingprovided with a first valve chamberand a second valve chamber; a partition walldisposed between the first flow channeland the second flow channelin the housing; and a ribprovided to the housingto support the partition wall, wherein the partition wallhas: a film-like valve bodywhich is elastically deformed by pressure of the first valve chamberand the second valve chamberso as to open one of the first flow channeland the second flow channeland close the other of the first flow channeland the second flow channel; and a frameattached along an outer circumference of the valve bodyand supported by the rib, wherein the frameis higher in stiffness than the valve body