Valve System
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsAnthony Charles Ruh, Jonathan Asher Schweiger
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for directing a flow of a fluid. The apparatus comprises a housing, an inlet port, a first outlet port, a second outlet port, and a moveable barrier. The housing has a chamber inside of the housing. The inlet port is in communication with the chamber. The first outlet port and the second outlet port are also in communication with the chamber. The moveable barrier is located in the chamber and rotatable about an axis between a closed position and an open position. The moveable barrier covers the second outlet port in the closed position. The open position allows a fluid to flow through the chamber and out of the second outlet port. The closed position reduces a flow of the fluid through the chamber and out of the second outlet port.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a chamber inside of the housing;
- an inlet port in communication with the chamber;
- a first outlet port in communication with the chamber;
- a second outlet port in communication with the chamber;
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- a moveable barrier located in the chamber, wherein the moveable barrier is rotatable about an axis between a closed position and an open position;
- the moveable barrier covers the second outlet port in the closed position;
- the open position allows a fluid to flow through the chamber and out of the second outlet port;
- and the closed position reduces a flow of the fluid through the chamber and out of the second outlet port.
A method for directing a flow of a fluid, the method comprising:
- moving the fluid through a chamber in a housing in a valve system, wherein the fluid flows from an inlet port through the chamber and out of a first outlet port;
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- rotating a moveable barrier between a closed position and an open position when the fluid flows through the chamber and out of the first outlet port such that the fluid flows through the chamber and out of a second outlet port.
A valve system comprising:
- a housing having a chamber inside of the housing;
- an inlet port located on a first side of the housing and in communication with the chamber;
- a first outlet port located on a second side of the housing and in communication with the chamber, wherein the second side is opposite the first side;
- a second outlet port located on the second side of the housing and in communication with the chamber;
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- a moveable barrier located in the chamber, wherein the moveable barrier is rotatable about an axis between a closed position and an open position;
- the moveable barrier covers the second outlet port in the closed position;
- the open position allows a fluid to flow through the chamber and out of the second outlet port;
- and the closed position reduces a flow of the fluid through the chamber and out of the second outlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.