Diverter spout construction

Claim 1

A DIVERTER SPOUT CONSTRUCTION WHICH COMPRISES A HOLLOW TUBULAR BODY, SAID BODY HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF AND AN INLET OPENING AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, AN UPRIGHT BAFFLE PLATE MOUNTED IN THE BODY SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF THE BODY AND DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF THE BODY INTO TWO SECTIONS, THERE BEING AN OPENING THROUGH SAID BAFFLE PLATE SPACED ABOVE A LOWER EDGE THEREOF FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SECTIONS, AN UPRIGHT VALVE CARRYING PLATE MOUNTED IN THE BODY ON ONE SIDE OF THE BAFFLE PLATE, THERE BEING A SLOT IN AN UPPER WALL PORTION OF THE BODY ADJACENT SAID BAFFLE PLATE, A HANDLE PORTION OF THE VALVE CARRYING PLATE EXTENDING THROUGH AND BEING GUIDED BY SAID SLOT FOR UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT, GUIDES ON THE BAFFLE PLATE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VALVE CARRYING PLATE FOR MAINTAINING THE VALVE CARRYING PLATE IN UPRIGHT POSITION, A TONGUE ON THE VALVE CARRYING PLATE EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE BAFFLE PLATE, AND A VALVE PLATE MOUNTED ON SAID TONGUE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAFFLE PLATE, SAID VALVE CARRYING PLATE AND VALVE PLATE MOVING BETWEEN A LOWER POSITION IN WHICH THE OPENING IN THE BAFFLE PLATE IS OPEN AND RAISED POSITION IN WHICH THE VALVE PLATE COVERS AND CLOSES THE OPENING IN THE BAFFLE PLATE, THERE BEING ALIGNED UPRIGHT SLOTS IN THE BAFFLE PLATE AT UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF THE OPENING IN THE BAFFLE PLATE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE TONGUE WHEN THE VALVE CARRYING PLATE AND THE VALVE MEMBER ARE IN RAISED AND LOWERED POSITIONS TO STEADY THE VALVE CARRYING PLATE AND THE VALVE MEMBER.