Patent ID: 8596081

Claim:
A valve assembly comprising: an interior channel adapted to receive fluid medium in a liquid state, a distributor part comprising an inlet section fluidly connected to the interior channel, the distributor part being arranged to distribute fluid medium received from the interior channel to at least two parallel flow paths of a heat exchanger, an elongated section and a header comprising at least two openings constituting a pair of openings, each opening being adapted to deliver a fluid medium leaving the header in an at least partly gaseous state, the distributor part forming a first valve part and the header forming a second valve part arranged movable relative to each other in such a manner that the mutual position of the valve parts determines an overlap between the pair of openings and determines the fluid medium flow from the interior channel to each of the openings of the elongated section and the header, the header forming an integral part of the valve assembly, said header being arranged to form an interface towards the heat exchanger comprising the at least two parallel flow paths, and said header providing fluid passage in such a manner that each of the openings is arranged to pass fluid medium to a flow path of the heat exchanger connected to the header, wherein the header comprises one or more separating parts defining at least two sections of the header, each of said sections being fluidly connected to the distributor part through each of the pairs of holes and the interior channel and being connected to one or more flow channels of the heat exchanger through the header being arranged to form the interface towards the heat exchanger.