# US 10,865,894 B2 · Four-way valve for backflush filter system

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- Number: US 10,865,894 B2
- Document ID: US10865894B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/585,632
- Filed: 2019-09-27
- Published: 2020-01-23
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-28
- Applicants: Gaowen Mao
- Inventors: Gaowen Mao
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865894B2

## CPC

- F16K 11/074: with flat sealing faces
- F16K 11/0853: {having all the connecting conduits situated in a single plane perpendicular to the axis of the plug}
- B01D 29/15: arranged for inward flow filtration
- B01D 35/12: Devices for taking out of action one or more units of multi- unit filters, e.g. for regeneration
- F16K 11/076: with sealing faces shaped as surfaces of solids of revolution
- B01D 29/668: {with valves, e.g. rotating valves for coaxially placed filtering elements}
- B01D 2313/18: Specific valves
- B01D 2321/04: Backflushing
- F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)}
- B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28)

## Abstract

A four-way valve for a backflush filter system comprises a valve body (3) and a rotating valve core (2) having a valve rod at one end of a central shaft. A valve core port IV (16) is arranged at the other end of the central shaft of the valve core (2). Three ports are arranged in the radial direction of the valve core (2): a valve core port I (13), a valve core port II (14) and a valve core port III (15). The valve body (3) encasing the valve core (2) also has four ports. Three radial ports are respectively a valve body port I (9), a valve body port II (10) and a valve body port III (11), and the other port is an axial valve body port IV (12). By increasing the sizes of the relevant ports and sealing end surfaces, the four-way valve solves the problems that a backflush effect is affected by insufficient inflow rate during backflush of a four-way valve in the prior art, the distribution of the relative positions of three ports of the valve body is single, and sealing is difficult.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A four-way valve for a backflush filter system, the backflush filter system (1) mainly being used for removing impurities from liquid or gas, the four-way valve comprising a valve body (3) and a rotating valve core (2) having a valve rod at one end of a central shaft, wherein a valve core port IV (16) is arranged at the other end of the central shaft of the valve core (2); three ports are arranged in the radial direction of the valve core (2): a valve core port I (13), a valve core port II (14) and a valve core port III (15); the valve core port IV (16) is communicated with the valve core port I (13) to form a flow channel; the valve core port II (14) is communicated with the valve core port III (15) to form a flow channel; the two flow channels are not communicated with each other; the valve body (3) encasing the valve core (2) also has four ports; three radial ports are respectively a valve body port I (9), a valve body port II (10) and a valve body port III (11), and the other port is an axial valve body port IV (12); the valve body port I (9) and the valve body port III (11) of the valve body (3) are respectively connected with two filter units I (4) and II (7); the other valve body port II (10) and the valve body port IV (12) are respectively connected with a sewage drainage port or a water inlet; the valve core port IV (16) is communicated with the valve body port IV (12); when the valve body port IV (12) is used for connecting a water inlet, a flow channel formed by communicating the valve core port IV (16) with the valve core port I (13) is a water inlet channel, and a flow channel formed by communicating the valve core port II (14) with the valve core port III (15) is a sewage drainage channel; at this moment, at least one of the valve body port I (9), the valve body port III (11) and the valve core port I (13) is larger than the smaller of the valve core port IV (16) and A1; A1 is the minimum cross-sectional area of the flow channel before the valve core port IV(16); when the valve body port II (10) is used for connecting the water inlet, a flow channel formed by communicating the valve core port II (14) with the valve core port III (15) is a water inlet channel, and a flow channel formed by communicating the valve core port IV (16) with the valve core port I (13) is a sewage drainage channel; at this moment, at least two of the valve body port I (9), the valve body port II (10), the valve body port III (11), the valve core port II (14) and the valve core port III (15) are larger than the smaller of the valve the valve body port 11 (10) and A2; and A2 is the minimum cross-sectional area of the flow channel before the valve body port II (10).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The four-way valve for a backflush filter system according to claim 1, wherein a valve seat (20) is added in the valve body (3), and is fixed together with the valve body (3); the valve seat (20) has an axial flow channel communicated with the valve body port IV (12) and the valve core port IV(16); the valve seat (20) has three end surface ports which are respectively a valve seat end surface port I (21), a valve seat end surface port II (23) and a valve seat end surface port III (25), and has three radial ports which are respectively a valve seat radial port I (22), a valve seat radial port II (24) and a valve seat radial port III (26) in a radial direction; the valve seat radial port I (22) is communicated with the valve seat end surface port I (21); the valve seat radial port II (24) is communicated with the valve seat end surface port II (23); the valve seat radial port III (26) is communicated with the valve seat end surface port III (25); the valve seat radial port I(22), the valve seat radial port II (24) and the valve seat radial port III (26) are successively in no-leakage communication with the valve body port I (9), the valve body port II (10) and the valve body port III (11); the valve body port I (9) and the valve body port III (11) of the valve body (3) are respectively connected with two filter units I (4) and II (7); the other valve body port II (10) and the valve body port IV (12) are respectively connected with a sewage drainage port or a water inlet; the valve core port I (13), the valve core port II (14) and the valve core port I (15) of the valve core (2) are arranged on an end surface; the valve core port I (13) and the valve core port IV(16) are communicated to form a flow channel; the valve core port II (14) and the valve core port III (15) are communicated to form another flow channel; the two flow channels are not communicated with each other; when the valve body port IV (12) is used for connecting the water inlet, a flow channel formed by communicating the valve core port IV (16) with the valve core port I (13) is a water inlet channel, and a flow channel formed by communicating the valve core port II (14) with the valve core port III (15) is a sewage draining channel; at this moment, at least one of the valve seat end surface port I (21), the valve seat end surface port III (25) and the valve core port I (13) is larger than the smaller of the the valve core port IV (16) and A1; A1 is the minimum cross-sectional area of the flow channel before the valve core port IV (16); when the valve body port II (10) is used for connecting the water inlet, a flow channel formed by communicating the valve core port II (14) with the valve core port III (15) is a water inlet channel, and a flow channel formed by communicating the valve core port IV (16) with the valve core port I (13) is a sewage drainage channel; at this moment, at least two of the valve seat end surface port I (21), the valve seat end surface port II (23), the valve seat end surface port III (25), the valve core port II (14) and the valve core port III (15) are larger than the smaller of the valve seat end surface port II (23) and A3; and A3 is the minimum cross-sectional area of the flow channel before the valve seat end surface port II (23).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The four-way valve for a backflush filter system according to claim 1, wherein the valve body (3), the valve core (2), the filter unit I (4), the filter unit II (7) and a connecting element (6) can be integrated.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The four-way valve for a backflush filter system according to claim 2, wherein the valve body (3), the valve core (2), the valve seat (20), the filter unit I (4), the filter unit II (7) and the connecting element (6) can be integrated.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The four-way valve for a backflush filter system according to claim 1, wherein the valve body port I (9) and the valve body port III (11) are more than one time larger than the valve body port II (10) and the valve body port IV (12); a triangle formed by the center points of the valve core port I (13), the valve core port II (14) and the valve core port III (15) in the radial direction is a regular triangle; and a triangle formed by the center points of the valve body port I (9), the valve body port II (10) and the valve body port III (11) is an isosceles triangle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The four-way valve for a backflush filter system according to claim 1, wherein only one of a filter body I (5) and a filter body II (8), such as the filter body I (5), is allowed to be in a filtration working state, and the other filter body II (8) can only provide clean water to achieve backflush for the filter body I (5) or is backflushed by the clean water supplied by the filter body I (5).