Diverter spout

Claim 1

IN A DIVERTER SPOUT THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A SPOUT BODY HAVING AN INLET TO RECEIVE WATER, AN OUTLET CHAMBER IN THE FORM OF A FORWARDLY EXTENDING DISCHARGE PASSAGE THAT CURVES DOWNWARDLY TO DEFINE AN OUTLET SPOUT THAT EJECTS WATER WITH A DOWNWARD COMPONENT OF DIRECTION, AND A PARTITION SEPARATING THE INLET FROM THE OUTLET CHAMBER, WHICH PARTITION COMPRISES A LOWER VERTICAL PORTION RISING UPWARD FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DISCHARGE PASSAGE OF THE OUTLET CHAMBER, A HORIZONTAL VALVE SEAT EXTENDING REARWARD FROM THE TOP OF THE LOWER VERTICAL PORTION AND BEING AT A LEVEL ABOVE SAID OUTLET SPOUT, AND AN UPPER VERTICAL PORTION RISING FROM THE REAR OF SAID VALVE SEAT TO THE UPPER WALL OF THE SPOUT BODY; A HORIZONTAL BAFFLE WITHIN SAID OUTLET CHAMBER MERGED WITH AND EXTENDING FORWARD FROM SAID UPPER VERTICAL PORTION OF SAID PARTITION IN A POSITION SPACED ABOVE SAID HORIZONTAL VALVE SEAT TO LIKEWISE BE AT A LEVEL ABOVE SAID OUTLET SPOUT, SAID BAFFLE THEREBY DIVIDING THE REAR OF SAID OUTLET CHAMBER INTO A WATER PASSAGE BENEATH THE BAFFLE WHICH IS OF LESS CROSS SECTION AREA THAN THE OUTLET SPOUT AND POCKET ABOVE THE LOWER VERTICAL PARTITION PORTION FOR A DISTANCE AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE HEIGHT OF THE WATER PASSAGE TO DIRECT WATER FLOW FORWARDLY TOWARD THE DOWNWARDLY CURVED PART OF THE OUTLET CHAMBER WHICH DEFINES SAID OUTLET SPOUT; A VALVE BENEATH SAID VALVE SEAT THAT IS LIFTED TO CLOSED POSITION; AND A VALVE STEM EXTENDING UPWARD FROM SAID VALVE THROUGH SAID VALVE SEAT, SAID BAFFLE AND THE UPPER WALL OF THE SPOUT BODY.