Multi-way rotary valve structure

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A MULTI-PORT VALVE STRUCTURE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PASSING A PLURALITY OF FLOWABLE MATERIALS THERETHROUGH IN SEPARATE STREAMS AND COMPRISING AN INLET HOUSING PORTION HAVING A FIRST FLAT SURFACE AND A CENTRALLY LOCATED CYLINDRICAL APERTURE NORMAL TO SAID FIRST FLAT SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE INLET PASSAGES THROUGH SAID INLET HOUSING FOR RECEIVING SAID SEPARATE STREAMS, EACH INLET PASSAGE TERMINATING IN A SEPARATE FIRST PORT IN SAID FIRST FLAT SURFACE, AN OUTLET HOUSING PORTION HAVING A SECOND FLAT SURFACE IN JUXTAPOSED SPACED RELATION TO SAID FIRST FLAT SURFACE AND A CYLINDRICAL APERTURE NORMAL TO SAID SECOND FLAT SURFACE, A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE OUTLET PASSAGES THROUGH SAID OUTLET HOUSING FOR DISPENSING THE RESPECTIVE MATERIALS AND WITH EACH PASSAGE INCLUDING A SEPARATE SECOND PORT IN SAID SECOND SURFACE, SAID SECOND PORTS BEING EQUAL IN NUMBER TO SAID FIRST PORTS AND WITH EACH OF SAID CORRESPONDING FIRST AND SECOND PORTS LYING ON A COMMON AXIS, A FLAT VALVE MEMBER MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID HOUSING PORTIONS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS SAID PORTS BETWEEN ONE POSITION AND ANOTHER POSITION, SAID VALVE MEMBER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL APERTURE THERETHROUGH WITH THE AXIS THEREOF CORRESPONDING TO THE AXIS OF SAID APERTURES IN SAID HOUSING PORTIONS, A BUSHING FITTED WITHIN THE APERTURE IN SAID HOUSING PORTIONS AND THE APERTURE IN SAID VALVE MEMBER AND PROVIDING A SUPPORT FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBER THEREABOUT, A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS IN SAID VALVE MEMBER CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER TO THE PAIRS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTS, A FLAT RESILIENT PAD REMOVABLY CONTAINED IN EACH OF SAID OPENINGS AND HAVING A THICKNESS GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID VALVE MEMBER, EACH PAD HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH FOR COMMUNICATING ITS CORRESPONDING FIRST AND SECOND PORTS WITH EACH OTHER WHEN SAID VALVE MEMBER OCCUPIES ITS SAID ONE POSITION AND FOR INTERRUPTING COMMUNICATION THEREBETWEEN WHEN SAID MEMBER OCCUPIES ITS SAID OTHER POSITION, AND A PLURALITY OF SPRING LOADED BOLTS JOINING SAID INLET AND OUTLET HOUSING MEMBERS AND DISPOSED IN CIRCUMFERENTIALY SPACED RELATION TO SAID BUSHING, SAID BOLTS SUPPORTING HEAVY-DUTY COMPRESSION SPRINGS SERVING TO HOLD SAID FIRST AND SECOND FLAT SURFACES TIGHTLY AGAINST SAID PADS WHEN SAID STRUCTURE IS OPERATIVELY ASSEMBLED THEREBY TO PREVENT LEAKAGE OF SAID MATERIALS INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID HOUSING PORTIONS.