Patent ID: 6953056

Claim:
A valve assembly, comprising: a valve housing having an input portion, an output portion, an adjustment portion and an inner chamber; said input portion being in open fluid communication with said output portion; an elongated valve stem having an adjustment end portion and a flow regulating end portion; said valve stem being at least partially disposed within the inner chamber of said valve housing so that said valve stem extends generally coaxially with the adjustment and output portions of said valve housing; first adjustment means operatively coupled to the adjustment portion of said valve housing for selective, reciprocal, substantially non-rotational movement of said valve stem with respect to said valve housing; second adjustment means operatively coupled to the adjustment portion of said valve housing for selective, reciprocal, rotational movement of said valve stem with respect to said valve housing; and a valve seat having an opening formed coaxially therethrough; said valve seat being positioned at least partially within the inner chamber of said valve housing adjacent said output end portion; said flow regulation end portion of said valve stem being sized to be selectively slidably received within the opening of said valve seat.