Dual cam shaft control valve for automatic water softener

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AN AUTOMATIC WATER SOFTENER COMPRISING A WATER SOFTENER TANK HAVING A SINGLE OPENING THEREIN, SAID OPENING HAVING A RAISED FLANGE PORTION, A CONTROL VALVE HAVING A COMPLEMENTARY FLANGE PORTION, A RAPID DISCONNECT MEANS INCLUDING CLAMPING MEANS SURROUNDING SAID FLANGE PORTIONS TO CONNECT THE CONTROL VALVE TO SAID SOFTENER TANK, A SEPARABLE BASE PLATE DEFINING A PORTION OF THE CONTROL VALVE, SAID PLATE HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN FOR RECEIVING ALL EXTERNAL PLUMBING CONNECTIONS FOR SAID WATER SOFTENER TANK AND CONTROL VALVE, WHEREBY SAID CONTROL VALVE CAN BE SEPARATED FROM THE BASE PLATE WITHOUT DISTURBING ANY EXTERNAL PLUMBING CONNECTIONS TO SAID VALVE AND SAID CONTROL VALVE CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE SOFTENER TANK BY DISCONNECTING THE RAPID DISCONNECT MEANS, A PLURALITY OF POPPET-TYPE VALVES IN SAID CONTROL VALVE FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF LIQUID THROUGH SAID WATER SOFTENER TANK, A KNIFE EDGE SEAT FOR EACH POPPET-TYPE VALVE, SAID CONTROL VALVE INCLUDING A CENTRAL MANIFOLD BODY AND A VALVE BODY CONTAINING SAID PLURALITY OF POPPET-TYPE VALVES, EACH POPPET-TYPE VALVE CONTROLLING A PORT IN ONE SIDE OF SAID VALVE BODY, SAID MANIFOLD BODY BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN AND SECURED TO BOTH THE PORTED SIDE OF THE VALVE BODY AND THE BASE PLATE, SAID VALVE BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTING CHAMBER AND PASSAGEWAYS AND SAID MANIFOLD BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF WALL PORTIONS DEFINING CHAMBERS INTERCONNECTING THE EXTERNAL PLUMBING CONNECTIONS IN SAID BASE PLATE AND THE CHAMBERS, PASSAGEWAYS AND PORTS IN SAID VALVE BODY TO SAID WATER SOFTENER, SAID POPPET-TYPE VALVES PROVIDING A RAW WATER INLET VALVE, A SERVICE VALVE, A BY-PASS VALVE, A BRINE VALVE, A BACKWASH DRAIN VALVE AND A DRAIN VALVE; SAID BASE PLATE HAVING AN INLET OPENING, A SERVICE OUTLET OPENING, A BRINE OPENING, AND A DRAIN OPENING; SAID MANIFOLD BODY INCLUDING A FIRST CHAMBER OF THE MANIFOLD BODY COMMUNICTING WITH SAID INLET OPENING, A BY-PASS VALVE INLET PASSAGEWAY IN THE VALVE BODY AND SAID RAW WATER INLET VALVE AND PORT; A TANK INLET CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH A TANK INLET, AN OUTLET PASSAGEWAY IN THE VALVE BODY AND SAID BACKWASH DRAIN VALVE AND PORT; A TANK OUTLET CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH A TANK OUTLET, AN INLET PASSAGEWAY IN THE VALVE BODY, AND SAID DRAIN VALVE AND PORT; AN OUTLET CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SERVICE OUTLET OPENING, SAID BY-PASS VALVE AND PORT, AND SAID SERVICE VALVE AND PORT; A BRINE CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID BRINE OPENING AND SAID BRINE VALVE AND PORT; AND A DRAIN CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID DRAIN OPENING AND A DRAIN PASSAGEWAY IN THE VALVE BODY; AND SAID VALVE BODY HAVING A FIRST CHAMBER OF THE VALVE BODY COMMUNICATING WITH THE INLET PASSAGEWAY AND SAID SERVICE VALVE AND PORT; A SECOND CHAMBER OF THE VALVE BODY COMMUNICATING WITH THE OUTLET PASSAGEWAY IN THE VALVE BODY, SAID RAW WATER INLET VALVE AND PORT, AND SAID BRINE VALVE AND PORT; A BY-PASS VALVE CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE BY-PASS VALVE INLET PASSAGEWAY AND SAID BY-PASS VALVE AND PORT; AND AN INTERCONNECTING DRAIN CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE DRAIN PASSAGEWAY, SAID DRAIN VALVE AND PORT, AND SAID BACKWASH DRAIN VALVE AND PORT.