VALVE FOR A FLUID FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

A cylindrical rotary valve adapted as a diverter valve to control or affect fluid flow. The diverter valve has at least two distinct sectors, each with a separate output fed from a separate groove on the valve shaft. The valve has a single input with internal branching to make distinct input connections to the chamber in which the valve shaft rests. The conduits are designed according to the immediate disclosure so as to maintain at least one of the input-output pairs in a partially open position with respect to its conduit at any shaft rotation. Alternatively, the diverter valve is a cylindrical valve with at least one intake and more than one exit, in which the valve shaft rotates between a first position in which the input communicates with one or more exit stream defined by the valve shaft and a second position in which the input communicates with two or more exit streams defined by the valve shaft.