Flow diverter valve
Abstract
Abstract A FLOW DIVERTER VALVE WHICH INCLUDES AN ELONGAGED, HOLLOW EXTERNAL BARREL CONCENTRICALLY SURROUNDING A SHORTER HOLLOW INTERNAL BARREL AND DEFINING AN ANNULUS THEREWITH. ANNULAR SEALT ARE SECURED TO OPPOSITE END PORTIONS OF THE INTERNAL BARREL AND ENGAGE THE INTERNAL WALL OF THE EXTERNAL BARREL TO PREVENT FLUID FLOW PAST THE SEALS BETWEEN THE BARRELS. A DEVICE IS PROVIDED FOR RECIPROCATING IN THE EXTERNAL BARREL, THE INTERNAL BARREL AND THE SEALS SECURED THERETO. A PLURALITY OF PORTS ARE PROVIDED THROUGH THE EXTERNAL BARREL IN AXIALLY SPACED RELATION THEREALONG SO THAT IN ONE POSITION OF SIAD INTERNAL BARREL, SOME OF THE PORTS ARE PLACED IN FLUID COMMUNICATION THROUGH SAID ANNULUS CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE REMAINING OF THE PORTS IN FLUID COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE INTERIOR OR SAID HOLLOW INTERNAL BARREL, AND IN A SECOND POSITION OF THE INTERNAL BARREL, PAIRING OF THE PORTS WHICH ARE IN FLUID COMMUNICATION IS ALTERED.
Inventors
- 👤 Bernard M Moroney
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