Patent ID: 8109257

Claim:
A fluid selection valve unit comprising: a valve seat provided in a fluid passage; and a valve member of which one end is supported to a rotary shaft so as to be rotatable about a shaft center of the rotary shaft in a direction moving away from the valve seat, wherein the valve seat includes a side surface having a predetermined depth and a bottom surface continuous to the side surface, wherein the valve member includes a bottom portion and a side end surface formed above the bottom portion, and wherein the valve member is configured so that a passage area of a gap formed between the side end surface of the valve member and the side surface of the valve seat is smaller than a contact passage area formed between the bottom portion of the valve member and the bottom surface of the valve seat during a time when the bottom portion of the valve member comes into contact with the bottom surface of the valve seat, and the rotary angle increases up to a predetermined value of the rotary angle.