Fluid control valve with feedback

Claim 1

A FLUID CONTROL VALVE COMPRISING A VALVE HOUSING, A VALVE SPOOL MOUNTED IN SAID VALVE HOUSING FOR REGULATING FLUID FOR TO AN EXTERNAL MECHANISM, THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID VALVE SPOOL DEFINING WITH SAID VALVE HOUSING A PAIR OF CHAMBERS ADAPTED TO RECEIVER FLUID UNDER PRESSURE FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF SAID VALVE SPOOL, A FLUID DIVERTER MEMBER MOVABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT ONE END IN SAID HOUSING, CONTROL MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ONE END OF SAID DIVERTER FOR MOVING SAID DIVERTER RESPONSIVE TO A CONTROL SIGNAL, SAID DIVERTER HAVING AN INTEGRAL, OPPOSITE END PORTION OPERATIVEY CONNECTED TO SAID VALVE SPOOL FOE MOVEMENT THEREWITH, SAID DIVERTER BEING FORMED WITH AN OPENING FOR RECEIVING FLUID AND DIRECTION THE SAME IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF MOTION OF SAID DIVERTER, A SUPPLY PASSAGE FORMED IN SAID HOUSING FOR SUPPLYING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID OPENING IN SAID DIVERTER, A PAIR OF RECEIVING PASSAGES FORMED IN SAID HOUSING GENERALLY OPPOSITE FROM SAIID DIVERTER OPENING, EACH OF SAID PASSAGES BEING EQUIDISTANTLY SPACED FROM SAID OPENING IN SAID DIVERTER DURING THE NULL POSITION OF THE LATTER, EACH OF SAID RECEIVING PASSAGES COMMUNICATING WITH A RESPECTIVE CHAMBER FOR DELIVERING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE THERETO, SAID CONTROL MEANS VARYING THE POSITION OF SAID DIVERTER FOR SUPPLYING VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID RECEIVING PASSAGES AND ASSOCIATED CHAMBER FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF SAID VALVE SPOOL, MOVEMENT OF SAID VALVE SPOOL PRODUCING MOVEMENT OF THE LOWER END OF SAID DIVERTER THEREBY EFFECTING A REPOSITIONING OF SAID DIVERTER RELATIVE TO SAID RECEIVING PASSAGES FOR MAINTAINING THE VALVE SPOOL IN ITS ADJUSTED POSITION.