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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
C.r.f. Societa Consortile Per Azioni, Orbassano (Turin), IT;
Sergio Stucchi, Valenzano, IT;
Raffaele Ricco, Casamassima, IT;
Onofrio De Michele, Castellana Grotte, IT;
Marcello Gargano, Torre a Mare, IT;
Domenico Lepore, Casamassima, IT;
Chiara Altamura, Taranto, IT;
Abstract
An electrically actuated control valve has three mouths and three operating positions, in which the three mouths includes a first mouth for inlet of a working fluid, and a second mouth and a third mouth for outlet of the working fluid. The three operating positions include a first operating position in which a passage of fluid from the first mouth to the second mouth and the third mouth is enabled, a second operating position in which a passage of fluid from the first mouth to only one of said second and third mouths is enabled, and a third operating position in which the passage of fluid from the first to the second mouth and the third mouth is disabled. The control valve includes an electric or electromagnetic actuator for controlling the passage of fluid from the first mouth to the second and third mouths providing the aforesaid three operating positions.