# US 2014/0151281 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 2014/0151281 A1 - Document ID: US20140151281A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/692,081 - 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; Michael Lee Alsip - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151281A1 ## CPC - E03B 7/074: {Arrangement of water treatment devices} - G06Q 30/0641: {utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping} - G06Q 30/0621: {by configuring or customising goods or services} - E03C 2201/40: Arrangement of water treatment devices in domestic plumbing installations - Y10T 137/87788: With valve or movable deflector at junction - 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) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 diverter body. The diverter body defines therein two inlet channels and an outlet channel and includes a diverter valve defining therein a connecting channel. The diverter valve is movable between a first position wherein the connecting channel fluidly connects one of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only and a second position wherein the connecting channel fluidly connects the other of the inlet channels with the outlet channel only. The flow diverter device further includes a sleeve component including a secondary inlet channel and a secondary outlet channel. The sleeve component is connectable to the diverter body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A flow diverter device comprising: a diverter body defining therein two inlet channels and an outlet channel and comprising a diverter valve defining therein a connecting channel, wherein the diverter valve is 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; and a sleeve component comprising a secondary inlet channel and a secondary outlet channel, the sleeve component being connectable to the diverter body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The flow diverter device of claim 1, further comprising a diverter valve stem connectable to the diverter valve. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The flow diverter device of claim 2, further comprising a diverter selection mechanism connected to the diverter valve stem, wherein rotation of the diverter selection mechanism moves the diverter valve between the first position and the second position. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The flow diverter device of claim 3, wherein the diverter selection mechanism comprises a knob. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The flow diverter device of claim 4, wherein rotation of the diverter selection mechanism comprises manual rotation of the knob. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The flow diverter device of claim 2, wherein the sleeve component comprises an isolation conduit configured to receive part of the diverter valve stem. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The flow diverter device of claim 1, wherein the sleeve component further comprises an inner flow channel connecting the secondary inlet channel with the secondary outlet channel, and wherein the inner flow channel comprises an uppermost segment which is vented. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The flow diverter device of claim 1, wherein the diverter valve comprises a three-port ball valve. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The flow diverter device of claim 1, wherein the sleeve component comprises at least one fastening nut for positioning the flow diverter device with respect to a surface. ### Claim 10 A system comprising: a faucet; a water filter apparatus; and a flow diverter device comprising: a diverter body defining therein two inlet channels and an outlet channel and comprising a diverter valve defining therein a connecting channel, wherein the diverter valve is 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; and a sleeve component comprising a secondary inlet channel and a secondary outlet channel, the sleeve component being connectable to the diverter body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein one of the inlet channels is fluidly connectable to an unfiltered fluid source. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the other of the inlet channels is fluidly connectable to the unfiltered fluid source via the water filter apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the outlet channel is fluidly connectable to the faucet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising a diverter valve stem connectable to the diverter valve. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, further comprising a diverter selection mechanism connected to the diverter valve stem, wherein rotation of the diverter selection mechanism moves the diverter valve between the first position and the second position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the diverter selection mechanism comprises a knob. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the sleeve component comprises an isolation conduit configured to receive part of the diverter valve stem. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the sleeve component further comprises an inner flow channel connecting the secondary inlet channel with the secondary outlet channel, and wherein the inner flow channel comprises an uppermost segment which is vented. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the diverter valve comprises a three-port ball valve. ### Claim 20 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the sleeve component comprises at least one fastening nut for positioning the flow diverter device with respect to a surface.