Patent ID: 8794028

Claim:
A refrigeration system with a refrigerant circuit, comprising: a plurality of evaporator paths; and a distributor configured to distribute a refrigerant to the plurality of evaporator paths, said distributor comprising a plurality of controllable valves, each of the plurality of controllable valves corresponding to one of the plurality of evaporator paths; wherein the distributor comprises: a housing; a motor; a rotor rotatably supported in the housing and rotatably driven in the housing by said motor, the rotor having a radially projecting cam; and a plurality of tappets, each of the plurality of tappets being disposed between the rotor and a corresponding one of the plurality of controllable valves; wherein rotation of the rotor causes the radially projecting cam to alternately move the plurality of tappets and alternately activate the plurality of controllable valves.