Patent ID: 8245698

Claim:
A valve comprising: a tubular conduit including a fluid inlet arranged on one axial end of said tubular conduit; a fluid outlet arranged on an opposing axial end of said tubular conduit, said axially arranged inlet and outlet defining an axial flow direction common to both said fluid inlet and fluid outlet; wherein fluid flows in said axial flow direction entering said inlet, flows in said axial flow direction through said tubular conduit and then flows in said axial flow direction to exit said outlet; a bypass opening arranged laterally in a circumferential wall of said tubular conduit; a sleeve slidably arranged in said conduit and covering in one position said bypass opening; wherein said sleeve has a continuously open axial through bore that continuously connects said inlet and said outlet for fluid flow; and an elastic element that is arranged in said conduit and exerts onto said sleeve a force that is directed toward said inlet.