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US3353555A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Multiple circuit control valve

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Granted: 1967-11-21
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Expires: 1984-11-21
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Abstract

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Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 18:45
CPC Classifications
F; F15; F15B; F15B13/00; F15B13/02; F15B13/04; F16; F16K; F16K11/00; F16K11/02; F16K11/08; F16K11/085; F16K11/0856; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/8593; Y10T137/86389; Y10T137/86445; Y10T137/87169; Y10T137/87233; Y10T137/87241

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 235 words
A SELECTOR VALVE CONSTRUCTION HAVING (A) A MAIN BODY HAVING A CENTRAL CHAMBER AND A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED PORTS, (B) A SPINDLE IN SAID CHAMBER HAVING ITS AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF SAID PORTS AND HAVING A CAM SECTION IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID POSTS, (C) EACH OF SAID PORTS HAVING A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY MOUNTED THEREIN, (D) ONE OF SAID CONNECTOR ASEMBLIES HAVING (1) A CONNECTOR MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID BODY AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL CAVITY (2) A VALVE DEVICE RADIALLY MOVABLE TO AN INNER OR OUTER POSITION IN SAID CAVITY BY ROTATION OF SAID SPINDLE, (3) A SPRING REACTING AGAINST SAID DEVICE TO URGE IT INWARDLY, (4) A SEALING RING ENGAGING SAID VALVE DEVICE NEAR ITS INNER END AND A SECOND SEALING RING ENGAGING SAID VALVE DEVICE AT AN OUTER LOCATION, (5) A RADIALLY DIRECTED FLUID PASSAGEWAY IN SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, CONNECTING WITH A RADIALLY EXTENDING PIPE, (6) SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A WALL WITH AN APERTURE NEAR THE SEALING RING AT THE OUTER LOCATION, SAID APERTURE CONNECTING TO A PASSAGE LEADING OUTSIDE SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, (7) MOVEMENT OF SAID VALVE DEVICE IN ONE DIRECTION SERVING TO OPEN SAID APERTURE TO CONNECT SAID FLUID PASSAGEWAY WITH SAID PASSAGE TO THE OUTSIDE AND MOVEMENT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION CLOSING SAID APERTURE BETWEEN SAID PASSAGEWAY AND SAID PASSAGE THUS PROVIDING FOR CONTROL OF AN EXTERNAL CIRCUIT INDEPENDENT OF THE FLOW CIRCUITS IN SAID VALVE CHAMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 235 words
A SELECTOR VALVE CONSTRUCTION HAVING (A) A MAIN BODY HAVING A CENTRAL CHAMBER AND A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED PORTS, (B) A SPINDLE IN SAID CHAMBER HAVING ITS AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF SAID PORTS AND HAVING A CAM SECTION IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID POSTS, (C) EACH OF SAID PORTS HAVING A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY MOUNTED THEREIN, (D) ONE OF SAID CONNECTOR ASEMBLIES HAVING (1) A CONNECTOR MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID BODY AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL CAVITY (2) A VALVE DEVICE RADIALLY MOVABLE TO AN INNER OR OUTER POSITION IN SAID CAVITY BY ROTATION OF SAID SPINDLE, (3) A SPRING REACTING AGAINST SAID DEVICE TO URGE IT INWARDLY, (4) A SEALING RING ENGAGING SAID VALVE DEVICE NEAR ITS INNER END AND A SECOND SEALING RING ENGAGING SAID VALVE DEVICE AT AN OUTER LOCATION, (5) A RADIALLY DIRECTED FLUID PASSAGEWAY IN SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, CONNECTING WITH A RADIALLY EXTENDING PIPE, (6) SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A WALL WITH AN APERTURE NEAR THE SEALING RING AT THE OUTER LOCATION, SAID APERTURE CONNECTING TO A PASSAGE LEADING OUTSIDE SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, (7) MOVEMENT OF SAID VALVE DEVICE IN ONE DIRECTION SERVING TO OPEN SAID APERTURE TO CONNECT SAID FLUID PASSAGEWAY WITH SAID PASSAGE TO THE OUTSIDE AND MOVEMENT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION CLOSING SAID APERTURE BETWEEN SAID PASSAGEWAY AND SAID PASSAGE THUS PROVIDING FOR CONTROL OF AN EXTERNAL CIRCUIT INDEPENDENT OF THE FLOW CIRCUITS IN SAID VALVE CHAMBER.

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