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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard R. Kovacs, York, PA (US);
Craig L. Iverson, Arroyo Grande, CA (US);
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/110 ;
Abstract
A diverter valve housing including: a body including a base and a plurality of walls cooperatively forming a chamber; a partition within the chamber dividing the chamber into a plurality of compartments; a first port in a first of the walls and accessing a first of the compartments; and, second and third ports in a second of the walls and respectively accessing second and third ones of the compartments; wherein the partition further includes a surface which partially defines the first compartment and the surface is at least partially sloped towards the second wall.