Patent ID: 8627849

Claim:
A valve, comprising: a valve body having two poppet seats disposed opposite to each other; a first poppet and a second poppet respectively disposed corresponding to the poppet seats and used for closing or opening a flow path of media by moving axially towards or away from the poppet seats; and a first lever and a second lever respectively connected with the first poppet and the second poppet, each of the first lever and the second lever being pivoted at a pivot point to move the poppets axially toward or away from the poppet seats, the first lever and the second lever being capable of being actuated by manual, pneumatic, mechanical or electrical means; wherein each of the poppets further comprises a bore to receive the lever, a first protrusion being disposed within and at an upper circumference of one side of the bore, and a second protrusion being disposed within and at a circumference of the other side of the bore midway up a height of the bore, there is a gap between the poppets and the levers so the poppets are not rigidly fixed to the levers to allow lever action of the first protrusion itself.