Patent ID: 11963934
Assignee: ZEVEX, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 1:
2. A flow valve comprising:
a hollow valve housing including a food entrance port, a flush entrance port, and an exit port;
a valve body received by the valve housing, the valve body being rotatble about a valve axis relative to the valve housing, the valve body including a flow passage having an input end and an output end;
the valve body having a rotational feed position wherein the input end of the flow passage faces the food entrance port and the output end of the flow passage faces the exit port to enable communication between the food entrance port and the exit port through the flow passage;
the valve body having a rotational flush position wherein the input end of the flow passage faces the flush entrance port and the output end of the flow passage faces the exit port to enable communication between the flush entrace port and the exit port through the flow passage;
wherein a passage area of the output end of the flow passage is greater than a passage area of the input end of the flow passage;
wherein the flow passage has a first wall extending linearly from the input end to the output end and a second wall curving away from the first wall at the output end.