Patent ID: 11920328
Assignee: ASSA ABLOY AMERICAS RESIDENTIAL INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 9:
10. A diverter for a spout, the diverter comprising:
a housing having a front end defining an internal opening and an opposite rear end, the housing defining a compartment with an opening and one or more passageways positioned around the compartment to allow passage of a water flow from the rear end towards the front end of the housing; and
an actuator that includes a shaft that extends into the opening of the compartment, and a plunger connected to the shaft in a substantially orthogonal arrangement and housed inside the compartment, the actuator being slidable in a first direction from a resting position to a diverting position and in a second direction from the diverting position to the resting position, the first and second directions being opposite directions that are parallel to a central axis of the spout, and the plunger being configured to seal the internal opening of the housing so as to block the water flow out of the front end of the housing when the actuator is in the diverting position.