Fluid valve

Claim 1

IN A VALVE FOR CONTROLLING THE PASSAGE OF FLUID THROUGH CONDUITS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A BODY MEMBER HAVING A LOWER PORTION AND TWO SPACED APART UPPER PROJECTIONS ATTACHED TO SAID LOWER PORTION AND FORMING A SLOT THEREBETWEEN. A VALVE BLOCK REMOVABLY SECURED IN SAID SLOT AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONDUITS CONNECTED TO THE FRONT SIDE THEREOF AND COMMUNICATING THERETHROUGH TO THE BACK SIDE THEREOF, FOR CONDUCTING PRESSURIZED FLUIDS THERETHROUGH, SAID BACK SIDE HAVING A FLAT AND UNIFORM SURFACE, A VALVE HEAD ADAPTED FOR CLOSE PRESSURE CONTACT WITH A FIRST RESILIENT BIASING MEANS FOR URGING SAID VALVE BLOCK, SAID VALVE HEAD HAVING LUGS ATTACHED TO THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS THEREOF FOR ENGAGING SAID VALVE BLOCK AND LIMITING THE LENGTH OF SAID LINEAR RECIPROCATION, AND HAVING A RECESS PROVIDED IN THE FRONT SIDE OF SAID VALVE HEAD, AN ABRASIVE RESISTANT PLATE MOUNTED IN SAID RECESS, WITH SAID PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF VALVE PORTS ON THE FRONT SIDE THEREOF FOR ALTERNATELY CLOSING AND OPENING FLUID PASSAGE THROUGH PRESELECTED ONES OF SAID CONDUITS, A FIRST RESILIENT BIASING MEANS FOR URGING SAID VALVE HEAD AND SAID PLATE AGAINST SAID BACK SIDE OF SAID VALVE BLOCK, AND MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING SAID VALVE HEAD LINEARLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID VALVE BLOCK AT PRESELECTED INTERVALS.