Sectional flow control and load check assembly

In a control valve including a body, an inlet port, an outlet port, a first and second motor ports, an inlet core connected to said inlet port, a first and a second power core, a load check means in a bore connecting said first and second power cores, first and second motor cores connected to a respective first and second motor port, an outlet core connected to said outlet port and a spool means for determining the interconnections of said inlet core to said first power core of said second power core to said motor cores and of said motor cores, to said outlet core, the improvement comprising:

• a flow control means in said bore between said first and second power cores and being connected to said inlet port for controlling the fluid flow from said first to said second power core as a function of the differential of the inlet port pressure and said first power core pressure.