Digital valve

Claim 1

A DIGITALLY CONTROLLLED BALANCED VALVE SYSTEM COMPRISING: A VALVE BODY HAVING AN INLET PORT, AN OUTLET PORT, AND A PRECISION PLANAR END FACE, SAID VALVE BODY ALSO INCLUDING A FIRST CAVITY CONNECTED TO SAID INLET PORT AND SECOND AND THIRD CAVITIES LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FIRST CAVITY, SAID SECOND AND THIRD CAVITIES BEING CONNECTED TO SAID OUTLET PORT; A PLURALITY OF VALVE HOUSING HOLES EXTENDING FROM SAID PRECISION END FACE OF SAID BODY THROUGH SAID FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD CAVITIES TO THE END FACE OF SAID BODY LOCATED OPPOSITE SAID PRECISION END FACE; A PLURALITY OF ON-OFF BALANCED VALVE UNITS, ONE EACH OF SAID VALVE UNITS BEING MOUNTED IN ONE EACH OF SAID VALVE HOLES, EACH OF SAID VALVE UNITS BEING PROVIDED WITH INLET PORTS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID FIRST CAVITY AND OUTLET PORTS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SECOND AND THIRD CAVITIES RESPECTIVELY, AND EACH OF SAID VALVE UNITS BEING FURTHER PROVIDED WITH A MOVABLE MEANS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID PORTS; MEANS FOR FIXING THE POSITION OF EACH OF SAID VALVE UNITS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE VALVE HOLES RELATIVE TO SAID PRECISION END FACE OF SAID VALVE BODY; MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE SAID VALVE UNITS FOR ADJUSTING THE FLOW RATE OF EACH VALVE UNIT SUCH THAT THE OUT-FLOW FROM THE SAID SYSTEM CONSTITUTES A GEOMETRICAL PROGRESSION OF 2; AND, ELECTRICAL MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID MOVABLE OPERATORS OF EACH OF SAID VALVE UNITS FOR OPERATING SAID MEMBERS IN RESPONSE TO DIGITAL CONTROL SIGNALS.