Patent ID: 6098954
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: F16K

Abstract:
A water valve comprising:a fixed valve housing;a knob pivotal on the housing about a knob axis and formed with a radially throughgoing aperture;an abutment projecting radially from the housing, the aperture passing the abutment on rotation of the knob on the housing about the knob axis;a pivot on the knob defining a rocker axis adjacent the aperture and substantially parallel to but offset from the knob axis;a rocker pivotal on the pivot about the rocker axis and having an end displaceable radially through the aperture between an inner position engageable with the abutment on movement of the window past the abutment and a position not engageable with the abutment on such movement; anda spring braced between the rocker and the knob and urging the rocker into the inner position.