Valve manifold

• Main Authors: Basurtekar Shrikant, Carlson Jerry L, Thompson Jeffrey C, Ravathur Jayakumar, Jagoda Aaron H, Schultheis Otto, Joshi Mahesh, Brenner Paul, Stoltz Thomas J, Fortune G. Clark, Stretch Dale A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.09.2016
• Subjects: ACTUATING-FLOATS; BLASTING; COCKS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVO-MOTORS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; TAPS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; VALVES; 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.