Patent ID: 6298877
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
A distributing valve device for a heat accumulation type combustion system comprising:a stationary valve mounted on an underside of a housing having six or more passages defined by partition walls provided therein at predetermined intervals, and having heat accumulators arranged in the passages, the stationary valve having six or more openings formed therein at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the stationary valve which communicate with the respective passages; anda rotary valve disposed in opposed relation to the stationary valve and having an exhaust gas supply opening, a treated gas discharge opening, and a purge gas supply opening formed therein sequentially in this order and at predetermined intervals in a direction of rotation of the rotary valve;wherein said stationary valve includes a groove surrounding each opening of the stationary valve, and wherein a seal member is arranged in said groove and projects from a surface of the stationary valve to contact the rotary valve such that the seal member surrounds each opening of the stationary valve, and an area of a closed portion defined between the adjacent openings of the rotary valve is larger than an area surrounded by the seal member surrounding each opening of the stationary valve.