Shuttle type diverter valve for use with handle controlled spray

Claim 1

In a manual-selection diverter valve for use in a plumbing installation where the diverter valve is to be interposed between a liquid supply conduit and two alternative discharge devices such as a shower head and a handled spray device, and wherein the diverter valve provides for three connections consisting of an entry from a supply conduit, a first outlet to the shower head and a second outlet to the handled spray device, the improvement comprising, in combination: a shuttle-type diverter valve comprising an elongated valve body having axially aligned cylindrical bores at opposite ends each adapted for screw connection respectively to an inlet conduit and to one of the outlets, an elongated tubular stud on the body projecting transversely of the longitudinal axis of the body, said tubular stud defining the second outlet passageway that is located within a planar projection defined by the maximum width of said aligned bores, an elongated transverse bore extending through the body and positioned transversely of said plane in which are positioned said inlet and two outlets, an elongated controller of a length greater than the length of the transverse bore positioned in said transverse bore with both ends of the controller extending outwardly of the body to permit of selective manual shuttling of the controller between two flow positions in which flow is directed to one or the other of the two outlets, and flow passageway means consisting of three bores communicating one each with the inlet and outlets and being of reduced size relative to the respective inlet and outlets to which they connect for interconnecting the inlet and two outlets to the transverse bore at positions offset from each other along the length of the transverse bore.