Time controlled distributor valve means

Claim 1

FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS COMPRISING A CLOSED CYLINDRICAL BODY HAVING AN INLET END PROVIDED WITH AN INLET AND AN OUTLET END PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF OUTLETS SPACED ANGULARLY ABOUT AND EQUIDISTANT FROM THE CENTER OF SAID END, A CIRCULAR VALVE DISC ROTATABLY MOUNTED TRANSVERSELY IN SAID BODY SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING ITS CROSS SECTION, MEANS IN SAID BODY HOLDING SAID DISC ADJACENT SAID OUTLET END IN FACE TO FACE RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH AND SPACED FROM SAID INLET END THEREBY TO DEFINE AN INLET CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID DISC AND SAID INLET END, A ROTATABLE SHAFT FIXED TO THE CENTER OF SAID DISC TO EXTEND AXIALLY THEREFROM OUT ONE END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY WHEREBY TO EFFECT ROTATION OF SAID DISC IN SAID BODY, A PORT THROUGH SAID DISC, SAID PORT BEING OF SMALLER CROSS SECTION THAN SAID INLET AND LOCATED TO MOVE SUCCESSIVELY INTO AND OUT OF REGISTRATION WITH SAID OUTLETS UPON ROTATION OF SAID DISC, A SUPPLY VALVE FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID FLOW TO SAID INLET, CONTROL MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID SUPPLY VALVE BETWEEN THE ON AND OFF POSITION IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION AND POSITION OF SAID DISC SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR DRIVING SAID SHAFT TO ROTATE SAID DISC, TIME DELAY MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID MOTOR AT PRESET TIME INTERVALS TO ROTATE SAID DISC TO REGISTER SAID PORT WITH SELECTED SUCCEEDING OUTLET, SWITCH MEANS OPERABLE UPON ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT FOR DEENERGIZING SAID MOTOR UPON ARRIVAL OF SAID PORT IN REGISTRATION WITH SAID SELECTED OUTLET AND SUPPLY VALVE CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE BOTH TO ENERGIZATION OF SAID MOTOR AND NONREGISTRATION OF SAID PORT WITH SAID OUTLET TO SHIFT SAID SUPPLY VALVE TO THE OFF POSITION AND TO DE-ENERGIZATION OF SAID MOTOR WITH SAID PORT ALIGNED WITH AN OUTLET TO SHIFT SAID VALVE TO THE ON POSITION.