Patent ID: 8944102
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: F16K,G01N,H01J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly comprising: a first valve member having a first plurality of ports configured to connect to an external loop, an output, and a vent and a second plurality of ports configured to receive a first fluid, a second fluid, and a pressurized gas; and a second valve member coupled adjacent the first valve member, the second valve member having a plurality of channels configured to connect the external loop to the second fluid in a first orientation for charging the external loop with the second fluid and to connect the external loop to the output in a second orientation for supplying the second fluid from the external loop to the output, and a channel configured to connect to the pressurized gas in at least one of the first orientation or the second orientation for receiving a portion of the pressurized gas and to connect to at least one of the external loop or the output in a third orientation between the first orientation and the second orientation for supplying the portion of the pressurized gas to the at least one of the external loop or the output.