Patent ID: 6868994

Claim:
A faucet comprising: a mounting fitting connected to a liquid container and projecting outwardly from a wall of the container that defines an internal liquid holding space, said mounting fitting comprising; (i) a first flow passage defined therein that communicates with said internal liquid-holding space; and, (ii) a valve seat in communication with said first flow passage, said valve seat located external to said container; a body releasably connected to said mounting fitting, said body comprising a liquid inlet for flow of liquid into said body, a liquid outlet for flow of liquid out of said body, and a second flow passage that fluidically interconnects said inlet and said outlet; a resilient elastomeric cup-shaped seal located within said body, said seal movable between a first position in sealing engagement with said valve seat and a second position where said seal is resiliently deformed and is unseated from said valve seat, wherein said seal defines a recess and said body comprises a boss that is received in said recess of said seal so that a peripheral base of said seal surrounds said boss and engages said body with a fluid-tight fit; a stem operably connected to said seal, said stem extending through an opening defined in an end-wall of said body, wherein said opening extends through said boss; and, an actuator connected to said stem and operably coupled to said seal by means of said stem, wherein said stem extends through said recess of said seal, said actuator manually operable to move said seal selectively from said first position to said second position by pulling said stem outwardly through said opening of said body in a direction away from said valve seat.