Patent ID: 7096886

Claim:
A multiport switching valve for a liquid flow system, comprising: a first member having a plurality of ports for connecting liquid lines thereto; a second member connected with said first member and movable relative to said first member, said second member comprising a plurality of channels, wherein said channels are arranged such that, according to a selected relative position between said first and second member, said channels connect predetermined ones of said ports of said first member with one another in a liquid conducting manner, wherein said first member comprises at least one group of ports forming a substantially straight arrangement of ports, and said second member comprises a plurality of individual segments having at least one of said channels arranged therein and being divided from each other by separation channels leading to a common liquid outlet, such that said at least one channel of each individual segment represents a predetermined connection scheme for connecting predetermined ones of said ports of said at least one group of ports only, with one another.