Patent ID: 11920700
Assignee: TALIS BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 20:
21. A method of rotating a rotary valve from a storage condition using the rotary valve according to claim 1, comprising:
Maintaining the rotary valve in the storage condition while a portion of the retention ring is engaged with a portion of the rotor;
Wherein the relative motion between the rotor and the stator is rotating the rotary valve about an axis of rotation 16 to disengage the portion of the retention ring from the portion of the rotor;
Reducing a spacing between the rotor valving face 12 and the stator face 52; and
Sealing the pair of apertures 41, 42 through the rotor valving face 12 to a pair of stator ports 53 in the stator face 52.