Fluid handling – Systems – Multiple inlet with multiple outlet
Patent
1994-08-12
1995-09-12
Hepperle, Stephen M.
Fluid handling
Systems
Multiple inlet with multiple outlet
137607, 13762548, 13763022, F16K 1114
Patent
active
054490235
ABSTRACT:
A multi-fluid flow control device comprising an elongate horizontal body with front and rear ends, a fluid-conducting chamber in the rear end portion of the body, fluid inlet and outlet openings communicating with the chamber, an elongate bore in the body between the chamber and the front end thereof, and, water inlet and outlet ports communicating with the bore; an elongate valve part with front and rear ends and a transverse water transfer passage with laterally opening upstream and downstream ends and slidably engaged in the bore and shiftable longitudinally therein from a rear position where the upstream and downstream ends of the passage register with the inlet and outlet ports to direct water entering the inlet port out through the outlet port and a forward position where said ends of the passage are out of register with said ports and water entering the inlet port is directed rearwardly through the bore in and into the chamber; a central opening in the valve part between the front end thereof and the passage therein, an elongate valve stem with front and rear ends threadedly engaged in the central opening and having a valve head at its rear end to enter the passage and a manually engageable operating knob at its rear end.
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Boettcher William C.
Cleland Robert K.
Cleland Robert L.
Hepperle Stephen M.
Maxwell Georges A.
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