# US 2014/0150906 A1 · Flow diverter device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150906 A1 - Document ID: US20140150906A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/692,105 - Filed: 2012-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: General Electric Company - Applicants: General Electric Company - Inventors: Timothy Scott Shaffer; Mark Anthony Copelli; James Robert White; Michael Lee Alsip - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150906A1 ## CPC - F16K 11/0853: {having all the connecting conduits situated in a single plane perpendicular to the axis of the plug} - E03B 7/074: {Arrangement of water treatment devices} - E03C 2201/40: Arrangement of water treatment devices in domestic plumbing installations - Y10T 137/794: With means for separating solid material from the fluid - F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)} - E03B: INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER (drilling wells, obtaining fluids in general from wells E21B; pipe-line systems in general F17D) - E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A flow diverter device includes a valve body component defining therein two inlet channels and an outlet channel; and a rotatable diverter component comprising an exterior side wall and defining therein a connecting channel in the form of an annular slot positioned around a portion of the exterior side wall. The rotatable diverter component is rotatably received by the valve body component and being movable between a first position where the connecting channel fluidly connects one of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only and a second position where the connecting channel fluidly connects the other of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A flow diverter device comprising: a valve body component defining therein two inlet channels and an outlet channel; and a rotatable diverter component comprising an exterior side wall and defining therein a connecting channel in the form of an annular slot positioned around a portion of the exterior side wall, the rotatable diverter component being rotatably received by the valve body component and being movable between a first position where the connecting channel fluidly connects one of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only and a second position where the connecting channel fluidly connects the other of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The flow diverter device of claim 1, wherein the annular slot is positioned around a portion of the exterior side wall that covers approximately 105 degrees of the exterior side wall of the rotatable diverter component. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The flow diverter device of claim 1, further comprising a penetration sleeve and a diverter valve stem, the penetration sleeve being connected to the valve body component and defining therein a penetration sleeve recess, and the diverter valve stem passing through the penetration sleeve recess and being connected to the rotatable diverter component. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The flow diverter device of claim 3, further comprising a flow selector connected to the diverter valve stem, wherein rotation of the flow selector moves the rotatable diverter component between the first position and the second position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The flow diverter device of claim 4, wherein the flow selector comprises a knob. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The flow diverter device of claim 4, further comprising a mounting component for mounting the flow diverter device to an object, the mounting component is movably supported by the penetration sleeve component so that a distance between the mounting component and the valve body component is adjustable. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The flow diverter device of claim 6, wherein the mounting component comprises two retaining nuts rotatably supported by the penetration sleeve. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The flow diverter device of claim 7, wherein the two retaining nuts are rotatably threaded onto the penetration sleeve. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The flow diverter device of claim 6, wherein the flow selector is disposed above the mounting component. ### Claim 10 A water filtration system comprising: a faucet; a water filter apparatus; and a flow diverter device comprising: a valve body component defining therein a first inlet channel fluidly connected to a water supply through the water filter apparatus, a second inlet channel fluidly connected to the water supply directly, and an outlet channel fluidly connected to the faucet; and a rotatable diverter component defining therein a connecting channel, and operably coupled to the valve body component, the rotatable diverter component being movable between a first position where the connecting channel fluidly connects one of the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel with the outlet channel only and a second position where the connecting channel fluidly connects the other of the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel with the outlet channel only. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The water filtration system of claim 10, wherein the rotatable diverter component is rotatably received by the valve body component, the rotatable diverter component comprising an exterior side wall, the connecting channel being an annular slot positioned around a portion of the exterior side wall. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The water filtration system of claim 11, wherein the annular slot is positioned around a portion of the exterior side wall that covers approximately 105 degrees of the exterior side wall of the rotatable diverter component. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The water filtration system of claim 10, further comprising a penetration sleeve and a diverter valve stem, the penetration sleeve being connected to the valve body component and defining therein a penetration sleeve recess, and the diverter valve stem passing through the penetration sleeve recess and being connected to the rotatable diverter component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The water filtration system of claim 13, further comprising a flow selector connected to the diverter valve stem, wherein rotation of the flow selector moves the rotatable diverter component between the first position and the second position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The water filtration system of claim 14, wherein the flow selector comprises a knob. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The water filtration system of claim 10, further comprising a mounting component for mounting the flow diverter device to a countertop, the mounting component being movably supported by the penetration sleeve component so that a distance between the mounting component and the valve body component is adjustable. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The water filtration system of claim 16, wherein the mounting component comprises two retaining nuts rotatably supported by the penetration sleeve. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The water filtration system of claim 17, wherein the two retaining nuts are rotatably threaded onto the penetration sleeve.