Patent ID: 8919378

Claim:
A fluid flow control valve, comprising: a manifold comprising a cylindrical manifold sidewall, said manifold sidewall having formed therein an inlet port and a first outlet port, said inlet port and said first outlet port each being substantially bisected by a first valve plane, said manifold sidewall further having formed therein a second outlet port and a third outlet port each being substantially bisected by a second valve plane, wherein said first and second valve planes are mutually separated and oriented transverse to a longitudinal valve axis; a valve core comprising a cylindrical core sidewall, said core sidewall being rotatively disposed within said manifold sidewall, said core sidewall having a first core opening formed therein, said first core opening being disposed so that when said valve core is rotated with respect to said manifold said first core opening is alignable with said inlet port and said first outlet port, said core sidewall further having a second core opening formed therein, said first and second core openings being mutually separated and disposed so that when said valve core is rotated with respect to said manifold, said first core opening is alignable with said inlet port and said first outlet port and said second core opening is alignable with said second and third outlet ports; a first annular seal formed at a first blind portion of said core sidewall; a second annular seal formed at a second blind portion of said core sidewall; and a third annular seal formed at a third blind portion of said core sidewall; wherein said first annular seal is disposed in sealing relation to said manifold sidewall in non-circumscribing relation to said first core opening; wherein said first, second and third annular seals are disposed in sealing relation to said manifold sidewall and are mutually separated from one another in non-circumscribing relation to either of said first and second core openings; and wherein said first, second and third annular seals are mutually disposed relative to said first and second core openings such that when said valve core is rotated with respect to said manifold, said inlet port fluidically communicates exclusively with any one of said first outlet port, said second outlet port and said third outlet port.