Pressure fluid control valve

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A POWER OPERATED VALVE COMPRISING: A VALVE HOUSING HAVING A CYLINDRICALLY WALLED VALVE APERTURE WITH CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED PORTS OPENING THROUGH SAID WALLS INTO ONE SIDE OF SAID APERTURE, AN AXLE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID APERTURE HAVING FORMED THEREIN A PRESSURE FLUID INLET CONDUIT, A ROTATIVELY SHIFTABLE VALVE BODY ON SAID AXLE HAVING A NOZZLE OUTLET PORTION THEREOF FITTED TO SAID WALL INCLUDING A RADIALLY DISPOSED NOZZLE PASSAGEWAY CONNECTED WITH SAID AXLE INLET CONDUIT AND SHIFTABLE INTO ALIGNMENT ALTERNATIVELY WITH EACH OF SAID PORTS, BEARING SUPPORTS DISPOSED ACROSS SAID APERTURE PROVIDING BEARINGS FOR SAID AXLE ALONG AN AXIS WITHIN SAID APERTURE AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID VALVE BODY CONSTRUCTED AND SUPPORTED SO THAT DEFORMATION OF SAID BEARING SUPPORTS ALONG SAID AXIS WITHIN THE ELASTIC LIMIT OF THE MATERIAL PRODUCES A CORRESPONDING TILTING DEFORMATION OF THE BEARING SUPPORT PORTIONS OF THE BEARING AXIS, SAID BEARING SUPPORTS BEING ORIENTED SO THAT A RELATIVE DEFORMATION OF SAID BEARING ELEMENTS ALONG SAID AXIS PRODUCES TILTING MOVEMENT OF BOTH BEARING AXES TO BOW SAID AXLE TOWARD THE SIDE WALL OF SAID APERTURE HAVING SAID PORTS, AND ADJUSTING MEANS FOR EFFECTING A SAID RELATIVE AXIAL DEFORMATION OF SAID BEARING ELEMENTS AND THEREBY FOR ADJUSTING THE CLEARANCE OF SAID NOZZLE EXTENSION OF SAID VALVE BODY RELATIVE TO SAID APERTURE WALL.