Patent ID: 6182700
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A valve assembly comprising:a valve housing formed witha bore open in an outer surface and extending along an axis,an inlet passage opening into the bore,inner and outer outlet passages also opening into the bore, andan inner valve seat between the inlet passage and the inner outlet passage;a sleeve fitted in the bore and forming an outer valve seat between the inlet passage and the outer outlet passage;a valve body displaceable in the bore between an inner position against the inner seat and blocking flow from the inlet passage to the inner outlet passage and an outer position against the outer seat and blocking flow from the inlet passage to the outer outlet passage;a retaining disk fitted in the bore between the outer surface and the sleeve and retaining the sleeve in the bore;means fixing the disk in the bore;a stem extending through the sleeve and through the disk and having an inner end connected to the valve body and an outer end outside the valve housing; andseals between the sleeve and the stem.