Patent ID: 7152626
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: B05B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A diverter valve for attaching a dispensing system to a water source, said diverter valve comprising: a. a valve housing having an annular cavity defined within said valve housing, a fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet, and a second fluid outlet, wherein the annular cavity allows fluid communication between the fluid inlet, the first fluid outlet and the second fluid outlet; b. a shuttle valve slidingly mounted in the annular cavity of said valve housing; c. means for constraining said shuttle valve within said cavity; d. said shuttle valve constructed and arranged to be slideable within the annular cavity by water pressure to a first position in which said shuttle valve is seated adjacent said means for constraining said valve such that fluid flows between the fluid inlet and the first fluid outlet; and e. said shuttle valve is slideable within the annular cavity to a second position in which said shuttle valve is positioned in the annular cavity of said valve housing such that fluid flows between the fluid inlet and the second fluid outlet.