Valve

Abstract

A valve, capable of passing a fluid at a predetermined flow rate regardless of the orientation of a seat member, includes a main body (10) that includes a valve chamber connecting an inlet passage (11) and an outlet passage (12); a cylindrical seat member (30) that includes an inlet-side passage (32) connected to the inlet passage, an outlet-side passage (33) connected to the outlet passage, and a valve seat (31) at an outlet-side end of the outlet-side passage, and disposed inside the valve chamber; and a valve body (4) that comes into abutment against, and separates from, the valve seat. The inlet-side passage opens to an outer peripheral surface of the seat member, and the inlet passage and the inlet-side passage are connected to each other via an annular space (15) formed between the outer peripheral surface of the seat member and an inner peripheral surface of the valve chamber.

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