Patent ID: 6197195
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B01D,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A fluid handling apparatus, comprising:(a) a housing having a hollow therein with substantially parallel opposing longitudinal wall surfaces, said housing having a primary fluid inlet and a primary fluid outlet, a first intermediate outlet, a first intermediate inlet, a second intermediate outlet and a second intermediate inlet, each communicating with said hollow;(b) a flow control assembly slidably and removably insertable into said hollow of said housing, said flow control assembly including a cartridge having a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a dividing wall, said cartridge having a valve device extending therein and rotatable therein, a first portion of said valve device positioned within said first chamber and a second portion of said valve device positioned within said second chamber, said first chamber having an inlet opening communicating with said primary fluid inlet, said second chamber having an outlet opening communicating with said primary fluid outlet, said first chamber having first and second intervening outlets communicating with said first and second intermediate inlets of said housing, respectively, said second chamber having first and second intervening inlets communicating with said first and second intermediate outlets of said housing, respectively, said first portion of said valve device having a first fluid passage therethrough communicating with said inlet opening of said first chamber and said first intervening outlet in a first position of said valve device and communicating with said inlet opening of said first chamber and said second intervening outlet in a second position of said valve device, said second portion of said valve device having a second fluid passage therethrough communicating with said first intervening inlet opening and said outlet opening of said second chamber in said first position of said valve device and communicating with said second intervening inlet opening and said outlet opening of said second chamber in said second position of said valve assembly.