Directional and flow rate control valve

Claim 1

A VALVE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE PATH AND RATE OF FLOW OF FLUID THERETHROUGH; COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING AN INLET PASSAGE, AT LEAST ONE EXHAUST PASSAGE, TWO DELIVERY PASSAGES, AND A BORE COMMUNICATING WITH SUCH PASSAGES; A SLEEVE DISPOSED IN SAID BORE HAVING OPENINGS THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID SLEEVE POSITIONED TO PROVIDE FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID PASSAGES AND THE INTERIOR OF SAID SLEEVE; A VALVE MOVABLE AXIALLY IN THE BORE BETWEEN ONE SET OF TERMINAL POSITIONS AND MOVABLE ROTATIONALLY BETWEEN A SECOND SET OF TERMINAL POSITIONS; TWO PASSAGES FORMED THROUGH SAID VALVE FOR COMMUNICATING ONE DELIVERY PASSAGE WITH THE INLET PASSAGE BY MEANS OF ONE PASSAGE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY COMMUNICATING THE OTHER DELIVERY PASSAGE WITH THE EXHAUST PASSAGE BY MEANS OF THE OTHER PASSAGE WHEN SUCH VALVE IS IN A TERMINAL POSITION OF SAID FIRST SET, AND COMMUNICATING THE TWO DELIVERY PASSAGES IN A REVERSE MANNER WITH THE INLET AND EXHAUST PASSAGES WHEN SUCH VALVE IS IN THE OTHER TERMINAL POSITION OF SAID FIRST SET; SAID VALVE MOVABLE BETWEEN TERMINAL POSITIONS OF THE OTHER SET TO VARY THE EXTENT OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ONE OF THE VALVE PASSAGES AND THE INLET; SAID VALVE HAVING A NECK PORTION INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED ANNULAR GROOVES, AT LEAST ONE WALL OF EACH GROOVE HAVING A PLURALITY OF AXIAL GROOVES, A THREADED FASTENER RECEIVED IN SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID SLEEVE TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID SLEEVE RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING, THE INNER END OF SAID FASTENER INCLUDING MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID ANNULAR GROOVES TO MAINTAIN SAID VALVE IN SAID TERMINAL POSITIONS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGE THE AXIAL GROOVES OF THE ASSOCIATED ANNULAR GROOVE TO HOLD SAID VALVE AGAINST ROTATION.