Patent ID: 8336571
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly comprising: a housing having an inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet, and a passageway extending between the inlet and the first outlet, the second outlet extending through the housing between the inlet and the first outlet, the passageway having a first inner diameter at the inlet, a second inner diameter at the first outlet, and a third inner diameter along the passageway, the first inner diameter larger than the third inner diameter to thereby form a first poppet valve seat in the housing between the inlet and the passageway, the third inner diameter larger than the second inner diameter to thereby form a second poppet valve seat in the housing between the first outlet and the passageway; and a poppet assembly disposed within the housing and movable between an open position, in which the inlet is in fluid communication with the second outlet and is fluidly isolated from the first outlet, and a closed position, in which the inlet is fluidly isolated from the first and second outlets and first and second outlets are in fluid communication, the poppet assembly comprising: