Abstract: Our invention is a three-way valve including a pressure-tight housing, a ve seat, a closing member mounted movable in the valve seat and an operating member guided through a shaft seal. The housing is formed with three connecting channels and the valve seat with associated connecting passages. The closing member has a metering passage by which two of the connecting channels are connectable alternately with a third channel with connecting passages intervening. In an additional controlling position the closing member seals the connecting channels. Our invention is characterized by a closing member formed like a sliding plate and the valve seat has two sealing disks between which the sliding plate is positioned moveable up and down. The sealing disks are equipped with the connecting passages and at least one of the sealing disks has its connecting passages in a controlling spacing which is larger than the diameter of the metering passage in the sliding plate.

Abstract: The ball valve according to my invention comprises a pressure-tight housing ith at least one inlet-side and at least one outlet-side connecting pipe element, a valve ball made of sintered ceramic material, a valve seat and an operating shaft connected to the ball valve and guide through a shaft seal of the housing. The valve seat comprises seat rings which are clamped between the connecting pipe elements sealing the housing and are compressed on the valve ball. According to my invention the inlet-side seat ring placed on the inlet-side connecting pipe element is made of a flexible sealing material and the outlet-side seat ring put on the outlet-side connecting pipe element comprises a sintered ceramic ring which is inserted in the housing with a sealing element interposed and is resiliently supported on the outlet-side connecting pipe element.