Fluid handling – Systems – Multi-way valve unit
Patent
1990-01-18
1991-03-05
Hepperle, Stephen M.
Fluid handling
Systems
Multi-way valve unit
137597, 137876, F16K 11085
Patent
active
049970070
ABSTRACT:
A diverter valve assembly having a machined brass housing that seats a diverter valve that has a stem portion, inlet portion and outlet portion. The outlet portion is tubular and has an arcuate sealing pad secured thereon by axial flanges and keys on the outlet section. The sealing pad is flexible and the tubular outlet portion is resiliently flexible to allow an interference fit in a cylindrical bore in the brass housing.
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Jonte Patrick B.
Niemann James E.
Hepperle Stephen M.
Kapustij Myron B.
Masco Corporation of Indiana
Sutherland Malcolm L.
Zarins Edgar A.
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