Patent ID: 8622249

Claim:
A control valve assembly adapted for use with a personal hydration system having a hydration bladder holding a liquid and provided with a supply hose in communication with the liquid, the control valve assembly comprising: a valve body having a first inlet port fed by a liquid and adapted to be connected to the supply hose, a second inlet port extending from the valve body, the second inlet port being mounted to a reservoir holding an additive therein such that the additive, as well as liquid from the inlet port, is permitted to flow through the second inlet port, and an outlet port adapted to be connected to a delivery hose for dispensing at least liquid from the first inlet port; and a valve core movably mounted in the valve body and having liquid passageways cooperable with the first and second inlets and the outlet port to establish at least either a single flow condition of the liquid or a mixed flow condition of the liquid and the additive deliverable to the outlet port, wherein the reservoir is provided with a screen, and wherein in the mixed flow condition, the valve core enables liquid to flow freely through the first inlet port, the screen and the second inlet port, and be admitted and circulated through the reservoir to produce an anti-clogging mixture of liquid and additive deliverable through the second inlet port to the outlet port.