Patent ID: 8537024
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: F16K

Abstract:
1. A sanitary rotary valve comprising: a casing; a side plate provided at a first side of the casing; a door provided at a second side of the casing; a rotor provided in the casing; a rotatable shaft for rotating the rotor; a geared motor for rotating the rotatable shaft; a motor mount for mounting the geared motor; and a coupling which connects the geared motor and the rotatable shaft, wherein the side plate has a cylinder which extends into the casing and is inserted into the rotor, and the cylinder has a length such that the cylinder extends to an approximate center of the rotor; wherein the shaft is inserted into the cylinder of the side plate; and wherein a supporting bearing for rotatably supporting the shaft is provided at an end of the cylinder, which end is disposed at the approximate center of the rotor.