Patent ID: 8826684

Claim:
A rotating valve, comprising: an inlet region that has a plurality of stationary, separate inlets for multiple flows of a fluid; an outlet region that has an equal amount of plurality of stationary, separate outlets with respect to the separate inlets for the flows of the fluid; and a switching region having a switching member that is rotatable around an axis is arranged between the inlet region and the outlet region, wherein the plurality of inlets are connectable in a first position of the switching member to the plurality of outlets in a first assignment, wherein the plurality of inlets are connectable in a second position of the switching member to a plurality of outlets in a second assignment, wherein the switching member includes a plurality of openings through which the fluid flows axially in a direction of a rotation axis and which are movable together with the switching member, the plurality of openings alternately covering a plurality of stationary, axially oriented openings during a course of the rotation of the switching member, and wherein the different assignments of the inlets to the outlets are carried out by the alternating covering of the axially oriented openings.