Air distributor valve

Claim 1

AN AIR DISTRIBUTOR VALVE HAVING AN ELONGATED HOUSING WITH LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY SPACED SIDE WALLS FORMING A CHAMBER; LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING AIR INLET AND OUTLET PASSAGES PROVIDED IN THE HOUSING ADJACENT THE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM LONGITUDINAL EDGES RESPECTIVELY OF THE SIDE WALLS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PASSAGES BEING FORMED BY A SERIES OF ALTERNATE BAFFLE SECTIONS WHICH EXTEND BETWEEN THE SIDE WALLS AND SLOTTED SECTIONS WHICH OPEN TO THE CHAMBER; A VALVE MEMBER HAVING ALTERNATE FLOW DIRECTING AND FLOW OBSTRUCTING SECTIONS MOUNTED IN THE HOUSING CHAMBER, THE FLOW OBSTRUCTING SECTIONS SUPPORTING THE VALVE MEMBER FOR ROTATING AND LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE HOUSING CHAMBER WHEREBY THE VALVE MEMBER MAY BE MOVED WITHIN THE CHAMBER TO SELECTIVELY POSITION THE VALVE MEMBER SECTIONS RELATIVE TO THE AIR PASSAGE SECTIONS; THE FLOW DIRECTING SECTIONS OF THE VALVE MEMBER PERMITTING AIR FLOW BETWEEN THE INLET AND OUTLET PASSAGES OF THE HOUSING FOR DISCHARGE THROUGH THE OUTLET PASSAGE IN A DIRECTION CONTROLLABLE BY ROTATING THE VALVE MEMBER IN THE CHAMBER, AND THE FLOW OBSTRUCTING SECTIONS OF THE VALVE MEMBER RESTRICTING AIR FLOW BETWEEN THE INLET AND OUTLET PASSAGES OF THE HOUSING INDEPENDENTLY OF THE ROTATIONAL POSITION OF THE VALVE MEMBER IN THE CHAMBER TO THE EXTENT THE FLOW OBSTRUCTING SECAIR PASSAGE BY LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE VALVE MEMBER IN THE CHAMBER.