Water timing distributing valve

Claim 1

A WATER TIMING DISTRIBUTING VALVE COMPRISING A CASING HAVING A WATER CHAMBER, A WATER INLET, A PLURALITY OF OUTLET PORTS LOCATED IN ONE WALL OF SAID CASING, A VALVE PLATE PROVIDED WITH A VALVE OPENING MOUNTED ON A DRIVEN SHAFT FOR INDEPENDENT ROTATION THEREON AND OVERLYING SAID PLURALITY OF PORTS, WITH SAID OPENING IN REGISTER WITH ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF PORTS, FLEXIBLE STRIP FIXED TO SAID PLATE WITH ITS ENDS EXTENDING BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID PLATE, A PIN FIXED IN SAID CASING ADJACENT SAID PLATE, A CLUTCH SLEEVE MOUNTED ON SAID DRIVEN SHAFT, SAID SLEEVE HAVING TEETH THEREON FOR PERIODICALLY ENGAGING SAID FLEXIBLE STRIP, AS SAID SHAFT ROTATES AND THEREBY TENSIONING SAID STRIP AGAINST AND PAST SAID PIN, AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ADJACENT SAID PLATE PROVIDED WITH A FIRST HAVING A PROJECTION EXTENDING THEREFROM, SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CASING, MEANS FOR ROTATIVELY CONNECTING SAID INTERMEDIATE AND DRIVEN SHAFTS, SAID PROJECTION BEING ROTATABLE WITH SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, THE ROTATION OF SAID INTERMEDIATE AND DRIVEN SHAFT BEING CORRELATED TO ENGAGE SAID PROJECTION WITH SAID FLEXIBLE STRIP AFTER SAID STRIP ROTATES PAST SAID PIN AND THUS ROTATE SAID VALVE PLATE A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO MOVE SAID VALVE OPENING OUT OF REGISTER WITH ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF OUTLET PORTS AND INTO REGISTER WITH ANOTHER OF SAID PLURALITY OF OUTLET PORTS, A DRIVING SHAFT PROVIDED WITH A WATER ACTUATED IMPELLER ROTATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID CASING WITH SAID IMPELLER ALIGNED WITH SAID WATER INLET AND DRIVE MEANS ROTATIVELY CONNECTING SAID DRIVE AND INTERMEDIATE SHAFT.