Patent ID: 6684903
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A47G,A61J,A61M,F16K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A valve comprising:a housing having a passageway; a valve member positioned in the passageway of the housing and moveable from an open position wherein fluid can flow through the passageway of the housing to a closed position where fluid cannot flow through the passageway of the housing; a slidable member for reciprocating movement within the passageway of the housing and in response to pressure applied to the housing, the slidable member being moveable from a first position contacting the valve member to retain the valve member in a closed position, to a second position, where the valve member moves to the open position, and; an elastic member in cooperative engagement with the slidable member to bias the slidable member in the first position.