Patent ID: 6651697
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A fitting for a fluid receptacle, said fitting comprising a housing having two inlet openings and an outlet opening, and a rotatable body rotatably disposed in said housing, said rotatable body having a through passage with two inflow openings and an outflow opening, and said rotatable body when rotated into an open position, communicating the inlet openings with the outlet opening, and when in a closed position, blocking communication between the inlet openings and the outlet opening; said two inflow openings having cross-sections which are at least approximately equally large, and said housing having a bearing ring in the vicinity of the second inflow opening or a seat ring in the vicinity of the second inlet opening; wherein said rotatable body is constructed as a plug having a conical outer surface, and a predetermined small annular gap exists between the plug outer surface and an associated conical inner surface of a hole in the housing in which the plug is inserted; said housing having a seat ring in the vicinity of the outlet opening, against which seat ring the conical outer surface of the rotating body presses against to form a seal; wherein an axial adjustment of the rotatable body and consequent adjustment of the sealing pressure of the seat ring is controlled by adjustment of a clamping ring after the fitting is installed in the receptacle, and wherein the adjustment of the clamping ring is performable outside of the receptacle.