Patent ID: 8991426
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve comprising: a horizontal passageway; a fluid cut sensor disposed along the horizontal passageway; a housing having a horizontal inlet in fluid communication with the horizontal passageway, a first outlet and a second outlet; and a rotatable element rotatably mounted in the housing, the rotatable element rotatable about an axis and having a first passageway with an inlet and an outlet; and a second passageway having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlets of the first and second passageways are adjacent one another and the outlets of the first and second passageways are spaced apart from one another, the inlets disposed adjacent the housing inlet, the first passageway outlet disposed adjacent the first housing outlet and the second passageway outlet disposed adjacent the second housing outlet, wherein the first and second passageways converge at their respective inlets to form an edge adjacent the housing inlet, wherein the edge is substantially parallel with the axis of the rotatable element.