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Proportional coolant valve

  • US 5,950,576 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1998
  • Issued: 09/14/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rotary proportioning valve comprising a valve body having plural inlet ports and an outlet port spaced apart about an axis, the valve body comprising a circular side wall and a first circular end wall closing one axial end of the side wall, each of the ports intercepting at least the first end wall to communicate with interior space of the valve body, a shutter disposed within the interior space and supported for rotary positioning about the axis, the shutter comprising a circular wall that confronts at least the first end wall, plural fenestrations in the circular shutter wall each of which is positioned relative to a respective body port in accordance with positioning of the shutter about the axis for proportioning flows into the inlet ports into a proportioned flow from the outlet port, the body comprising a second end wall closing an opposite axial end of the body side wall, a shaft for operating the shutter disposed coaxial with the axis and passing in fluid-tight relationship through the second end wall, and a spring-loaded mechanism circumscribing the shaft within the interior space of the valve body and bearing against the second end wall to maintain the circular shutter wall confronting the first end wall.

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