Patent ID: 8621883
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
1. A rotating valve comprising: an inlet region having a plurality of stationary separate inlets for several flows of a fluid; an outlet region having a plurality of stationary separate outlets for the flows of the fluid, a number of outlets corresponding to a number of inlets; and a switching region with a switching device that is rotatable about an axis, the switching region being arranged between the inlet region and the outlet region, wherein in a first position of the switching device, the plurality of inlets are connectable to the plurality of outlets in a first position, wherein in a second position of the switching device, the plurality of inlets are connectable to the plurality of outlets in a second position, wherein the switching device comprises a plurality of openings that are movable with the switching device and are configured to be flowed through by the fluid flows axially in a direction of the rotation axis, which openings alternately overlap a plurality of stationary, axially directed openings in the direction of the rotation of the switching device, and wherein different positions of the inlets to the outlets are carried out through an alternating overlapping of the axially directed openings.