Means for controlling the direction of the flow of a liquid or fluid through a selected outlet and for sealing said outlets

Claim 1

Means for controlling the direction of flow of a liquid or fluid to a selected outlet, said means comprising a housing having an inlet and a first outlet and a second outlet, with said second outlet offset with respect to said first outlet, said housing having a central bore with ports communicating with said inlet and said first and second outlets, said central bore tapering inwardly toward the end wall of said housing, a rotatable member positioned in said bore, said rotatable member having a pair of diametrically opposed spaced curvilinear arms adapted to nest within said tapered central bore, said tapering bore causing said arms to deflect towards each other so that the arms apply a pressure against the ports communicating with said central bore, one of said curvilinear arms having a recess, a concavo-convex pad supported in said recess and conforming substantially to the curvature of the arm and contacting a portion of the surface of said central bore and adapted to be alined with and extend across said first and second outlets to seal said outlets, said spaced arms defining ports therebetween adapted to be selectively positioned in registry with said inlet port and with said first and second outlet ports when said rotatable member is rotated to direct the flow either through said first outlet port or through said second outlet port.