Patent ID: 8297305
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: B23P,E03C,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly suitable to control a flow of a first fluid supply, but not more than one fluid supply at a time, the valve assembly comprising: a valve housing having an internal bore, wherein both an inlet port and an outlet port extend between the internal bore and an exterior of the valve housing; a valve cartridge positioned in the internal bore, the valve cartridge being suitable to control volume of fluid flow from the inlet port to the outlet port if a supply of a fluid is supplied to the inlet port; wherein the valve cartridge has: wherein the cavity has a partition wall; and wherein an upper portion of the cavity is concavely contoured along a continuously arced surface extending transversely from the partition wall to facilitate fluid flow between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture when the partition wall is rotationally positioned so as not to prevent such flow.