Axial diverter/mixing valve

A diverter/mixing valve comprising:

• a main outer housing having a first inlet port, a second inlet port, an outlet port, and an inner support having a frustoconical shape, the inner support including a first end forming a channel disposed around an inner perimeter of the first end and being connected to the first inlet port, a second end distally located from the first end, a side surface that extends circumferentially from the first end to the second end of the inner support, and inlet openings defined in opposite sides of the side surface;
• a barrel assembly rotatably disposed inside the main housing, the barrel assembly including an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, the inner sleeve having a conical shape, a first end slidably disposed in the channel, a second end distally located from the first end, a side surface circumferentially extending from the first end to the second end of the inner sleeve, and inner flow openings defined in opposite sides of the side surface, the inner sleeve mating with the inner support of the main housing when the barrel assembly is inserted into the main housing, the outer sleeve having a cylindrical shape, a first end attached to the first end of the inner sleeve, the first end of the outer sleeve being slidably disposed in the channel, a second end distally located from the first end, a side surface circumferentially extending from the first end to the second end of the outer sleeve, and outer flow openings defined in opposite sides of the side surface;
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• an actuation device having a rotating disk rotatably connected to the second end of the inner sleeve of the barrel assembly, the actuation device rotating the barrel assembly between the open end inlet position and the open side inlet position to align the inner flow openings with the inlet openings defined in the inner support of the main housing to allow a first fluid stream to flow into the first inlet port, through the inner sleeve, and out the outlet port and to block a second fluid stream from flowing into the second inlet port, and to align the outer flow openings with the second inlet port of the main housing to allow the second fluid stream to flow into the second inlet port through the outer sleeve and out the outlet port and to block the first fluid stream from flowing into the first inlet port.