Three way valve

Claim 1

A CONTROL VALVE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED HAVING A BODY DEFINING A CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET IN ONE WALL THEREOF, A FIRST OUTLET PORT IN AN ADJACENT WALL OF SAID CHAMBER, A CAPPED OPENING IN SAID HOUSING OPPOSITE SAID ADJACENT WALL, A HOLLOW VALVE GUIDE MEMBER EXTENDING INTO SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING DEFINED THEREIN A SECOND OUTLET PORT OPPOSITE SAID FIRST OUTLET PORT, A VALVE MEMBER COMPRISING A DISC PORTION MOUNTED ON A VALVE STEM, SAID DISC PORTION BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID OUTLET PORTS AND MOVABLE THEREBETWEEN BY LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STEM FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF FLUID THERETHROUGH, SAID GUIDE MEMBER BEING SPACED FROM SAID ONE WALL AND PRESENTING A CONCAVE GUIDE SURFACE TO RECEIVE SAID VALVE STEM FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID STEM THEREIN, SAID CONCAVE GUIDE SURFACE FACING AWAY FROM SAID SECOND OUTLET PORT AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID VALVE STEM AND SAID SECOND OUTLET PORT, SAID SECOND OUTLET PORT BEING OFF CENTER WITH RESPECT TO SAID VALVE MEMBER AND VALVE STEM WHEREBY FLUID FLOW IN SAID CHAMBER TO SAID SECOND PORT ACTS ON SAID VALVE MEMBER TO HOLD SAID STEM IN GUIDED RELATION WITH SAID GUIDE SURFACE, AND SAID DISC PORTION OF SAID VALVE MEMBER BEING OF A SIZE TO PERMIT MOVEMENT THEREOF BETWEEN SAID GUIDE SURFACE MEMBER AND SAID ONE WALL, SAID VALVE MEMBER AND SAID OPENING BEING SO RELATED IN SIZE AS TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF THE VALVE MEMBER FROM SAID VALVE BODY.