Patent ID: 6295828
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: F16K,F25B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus of switching a channel in an air conditioner, comprising:a main body having a cylindrical hollow and an axis;a switching member disposed within said cylindrical hollow of said main body to rotate about said axis, having a single circular plate dividing said cylindrical hollow into an operating chamber and a channel switching chamber, having a main partition secured to a first side of said circular plate and disposed within said channel switching chamber to divide said channel switching chamber into two separate channel portions, having an operational guide secured to a second side of said circular plate opposite to said first side and disposed within said operating chamber to divide said operating chamber into two separate operation portions;first and second connecting ports each formed on one of said operation portions of said operating chamber;four main ports each two formed on one of said channel portions of said channel switching chamber; anda pilot valve connected to said first and second operating ports, selectively supplying a liquid into one of said operation portions of said operating chamber through one of said first and second operating ports in order to rotate said operational guide and said partition about said.