Flow diverter device
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorTimothy Scott Shaffer
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Abstract
A flow diverter device includes a diverter body defining therein a diverter channel that connects with two inlet channels and an outlet channel, and a diverter valve stem including at least two sealing mechanisms. The diverter valve stem is movable between a first position wherein one of the sealing mechanisms engages the diverter channel such that the diverter channel fluidly connects one of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only and a second position wherein another of the sealing mechanisms engages the diverter channel such that the diverter channel fluidly connects the other of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only.
Claims20
A flow diverter device comprising:
- a diverter body defining therein a diverter channel that connects with two inlet channels and an outlet channel;
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- a diverter valve stem comprising at least two sealing mechanisms, wherein the diverter valve stem is movable between a first position wherein one of the sealing mechanisms engages the diverter channel such that the diverter channel fluidly connects one of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only and a second position wherein another of the sealing mechanisms engages the diverter channel such that the diverter channel fluidly connects the other of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only.
A water filtration system comprising:
- a faucet;
- a water filter apparatus;
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- a flow diverter device comprising:
- a diverter body defining therein a diverter channel that connects with two inlet channels and an outlet channel;
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- a diverter valve stem comprising at least two sealing mechanisms, wherein the diverter valve stem is movable between a first position wherein one of the sealing mechanisms engages the diverter channel such that the diverter channel fluidly connects one of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only and a second position wherein another of the sealing mechanisms engages the diverter channel such that the diverter channel fluidly connects the other of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.