VALVE MANIFOLD

• Main Authors: STOLTZ, THOMAS, J, CARLSON, JERRY, SCHULTHESIS, OTTO, STRETCH, DALE, A, BASURTEKAR, SHRIKANT, JOSHI, MAHESH, JAGODA, AARON, H, FORTUNE, G., CLARK, RAVATHUR, JAY, BRENNER, PAUL, THOMPSON, JEFFREY, CHARLES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.05.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVO-MOTORS; HEATING; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A valve is provided including a first valve member and a second valve member. The first valve member includes a first step and a first orifice adjacent the first step. The second valve member includes a second step and a second orifice adjacent the second step. The second valve member is movable relative to the first valve member between an open position, in which the first orifice is fluidly connected the second orifice, and a closed position, in which the first orifice is substantially fluidly disconnected from the second orifice. The first and second steps are fluidly connected to the second orifice and substantially fluidly disconnected from the first orifice when the second valve member is in the closed position, and the first and second steps are fluidly connected to the first and second orifices when the second valve member is in the open position.