Patent ID: 9534698
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: F02M,F16K,Y10T

Claim:
1. A three-way valve with two gates respectively arranged in two of three pathways of the three-way valve, said three-way valve comprising: a single control gear for the two gates; and a first gear and a second gear arranged to be controlled by the single control gear, each of the first and second gears configured to drive a respective one of the two gates from a first position to a second position, said single control and the first and second gears being configured to enable the two gates, in a normal operating mode, to reach their respective second positions, wherein said three-way valve includes a maximum displacement end-stop for at least one of said first and second gears, said maximum displacement end-stop being configured to block said first and second gears when a second gate of the two gates is in the second position; and a detection system for detecting a travel of a first gate of the two gates that exceeds further than the second position, the detection system comprising a sensor, and wherein said maximum displacement end-stop blocks said second gear, and said detection system further comprises an end-stop for the first gear that is disposed at a predetermined position from the end stop of said first gear when the second gear is on the maximum displacement end-stop in the normal operating mode.