Patent ID: 7134640

Claim:
A valve for controlling fluids, comprising a housing ( 4 ), an armature ( 3 ) for actuating an actuating element ( 5 ) disposed in the housing ( 4 ), a valve insert ( 2 ) attached to the housing ( 4 ) and disposed coaxially to the armature ( 3 ) so that the armature ( 3 ) is movable with respect to the valve insert ( 2 ), and an intermediate element ( 1 ) disposed between the armature ( 3 ) and the valve insert ( 2 ), the intermediate element ( 1 ) having an inner diameter (D 2 ) which is greater than an outer diameter (D 1 ) of one of the armature ( 3 ) or of the valve insert ( 2 ), and having an outer diameter which is equal to the outer diameter of the other of the armature ( 3 ) or the valve insert ( 2 ), wherein, once the armature ( 3 ), valve insert ( 2 ) and intermediate element ( 1 ) are assembled in the housing ( 4 ), the one of the armature ( 3 ) or the valve insert ( 2 ) which has the smaller outer diameter can slide within the space created by the inner diameter of the intermediate element ( 1 ).