Abstract: A valve has a plurality of material inlet ports, a flushing inlet port, and an outlet port each connected to a respective supply of one of last two different liquid materials. A movable valve body in the valve has a passage and is shiftable between a plurality of positions in each of which a respective one of the inlet ports is connected to the outlet port via the passage. A controller moves the valve body between the positions such that, after each time the valve body is in a position connecting one of the material inlet ports to the outlet port and material has passed through the passage, the valve body is moved into a position connecting the passage with the flushing inlet port for flushing out the passage.

Abstract: A metering device for metering and supplying media via a fluid line to at least one target apparatus, in particular to an industrial textile washing machine, wherein the metering device is connected to at least one container which is filled with a medium. The metering device has a control unit which, in order to carry out a metering process with the aid of at least one pump, causes a specific volume of medium to be removed from the container and a conveyance of this volume towards the target apparatus. The fluid line has at least one heating element and at least one temperature sensor connected to a measuring device, wherein, by way of the measuring device, with the aid of a measurement value output by the temperature sensor, information about a performed conveyance of the medium through the fluid line can be determined and transmitted to the control unit.

Abstract: A valve has a plurality of material inlet ports, a flushing inlet port, and an outlet port each connected to a respective supply of one of last two different liquid materials. A movable valve body in the valve has a passage and is shiftable between a plurality of positions in each of which a respective one of the inlet ports is connected to the outlet port via the passage. A controller moves the valve body between the positions such that, after each time the valve body is in a position connecting one of the material inlet ports to the outlet port and material has passed through the passage, the valve body is moved into a position connecting the passage with the flushing inlet port for flushing out the passage.

Abstract: A valve system has an apparatus formed with a plurality of material inlet ports, a flushing inlet port, and an outlet port and respective supplies of at last two different liquid materials. The supplies are each connected to a respective one of the material inlet ports, and a supply of flushing medium is connected to the flushing inlet port. A rotor at the apparatus is formed with a passage and shiftable between a plurality of positions in each of which a respective one of the inlet ports is connected to the outlet port. A controller moves the rotor between the positions such that, after each time the rotor is in a position connecting one of the material inlet ports to the outlet port and material has passed through the passage, the rotor is moved into a position connecting the passage with the flushing inlet port for flushing out the passage.

Abstract: A valve system has an apparatus formed with a plurality of material inlet ports, a flushing inlet port, and an outlet port and respective supplies of at last two different liquid materials. The supplies are each connected to a respective one of the material inlet ports, and a supply of flushing medium is connected to the flushing inlet port. A rotor at the apparatus is formed with a passage and shiftable between a plurality of positions in each of which a respective one of the inlet ports is connected to the outlet port. A controller moves the rotor between the positions such that, after each time the rotor is in a position connecting one of the material inlet ports to the outlet port and material has passed through the passage, the rotor is moved into a position connecting the passage with the flushing inlet port for flushing out the passage.

Abstract: An apparatus has a plurality of inlet ports each connectable to a material supply container and an outlet port. A disk-shaped valve body has a first side and an opposite second side with a straight throughgoing passage from the first side to the second side, the body being displaceable relative to the inlet ports to provide a switchable connection between a respective one of the plurality of inlet ports and the outlet port. The passage can be also be connected with a respective one of the various inlet ports to enable feeding of different materials successively to the outlet port. One of the inlet ports is a flushing medium inlet port of a flushing device, and the passage can connected with the flushing medium inlet port by displacement of the valve body for flushing the passage.

Abstract: The invention relates, among other items, to a device (10) with a plurality of inlets (27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f) and one outlet (19), wherein each of the inlets (27a, 27b, 27c, 27d, 27e, 27f) can be connected to a material supply container (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f). An actuator (12) that can be displaced relative to the inlets and has a through-channel (42) is furnished in order to provide a switchable connection between one of the plurality of inlets and the outlet. A communicative connection can be created between the through-channel and one of the various inlets in order to allow various materials to be successively supplied to the outlet. One of the characteristic features is that at least one of the inlets (28) is designed as a flushing medium inlet of a flushing device (47) and that, as a result of the actuator (12) being displaced, a communicative connection can be created between the through-channel (42) and the flushing medium inlet for the purposes of flushing the through channel.