Patent ID: 7036526

Claim:
A valve for liquid separation comprising a valve body having an inlet and at least first and second outlets on opposite sides of the inlet, and a sealing element for closing, at different times, flow from the inlet to the first outlet and from the inlet to the second outlet, the sealing element including first and second shut-off surfaces for respectively shutting off the first and second outlets, both of the first and second shut-off surfaces including an arcuate segment, the first and second shut-off surfaces being arranged to face away from each other and being at a free end of an actuator, the valve body having third and fourth shut-off surfaces respectively associated with the first and second outlets, the third and fourth shut-off surfaces respectively being engaged by the first and second sealing surfaces when the first and second sealing surfaces respectively close the first and second outlets at different times, portions of the third and fourth shut-off surfaces respectively in closest proximity to the first and second outlets narrowing conically or as a funnel toward the first and second outlets, an outlet area being arranged between the third shut-off surface and the first outlet, the outlet area having a conically narrowing opening surface.