Reconfigurable valve

摘要

A valve is provided. The valve includes a body defining an interior and apertures, additional bodies each having opposed, open ends and being respectively coupled to each of the apertures at one of the respective open ends to define a flow path through each of the additional bodies and into the interior and a valve member. The valve member is disposable in first and second positions in the interior. In the first position, the valve member fluidly couples pairs of the additional bodies with one another via first combined flow paths that crisscross through the interior. In the second position, the valve member fluidly couples different pairs of the additional bodies with one another via second combined flow paths that are substantially parallel through the interior.

主权项

1. A valve, comprising:
a body defining an interior and apertures; additional bodies each having opposed, open ends and being respectively coupled to each of the apertures at one of the respective open ends to define a flow path through each of the additional bodies and into the interior; and a valve member, which is disposable in first and second positions in the interior, wherein: in the first position, the valve member fluidly couples pairs of the additional bodies with one another via first combined flow paths that crisscross through the interior, and in the second position, the valve member fluidly couples different pairs of the additional bodies with one another via second combined flow paths that are substantially parallel through the interior, wherein the valve further comprises a controller slidably coupled to a side of the body and configured to selectively and electromagnetically position the valve member in one of the first or second positions.