Patent ID: 7302964

Claim:
A housing for a valve apparatus including a liquid controlling vapor flow between a canister and atmospheric conditions, the housing comprising: a container defining a vapor chamber portion and a vapor flow control portion, the vapor flow control portion holding the liquid, and the vapor chamber portion being positioned above the vapor flow control portion in an upright arrangement of the valve apparatus; a first partition projecting from the container into the liquid in the vapor flow control portion of the container, the first partition dividing the vapor chamber into first and second vapor sub-chambers, the first vapor sub-chamber being in vapor communication with the canister, and the second vapor sub-chamber being in vapor communication with the atmospheric conditions; a second partition projecting from the container into the first vapor sub-chamber; and a third partition projecting from the container into the second vapor sub-chamber; the second and third partitions substantially preventing outflow of the liquid from the container in an inverted arrangement of the valve apparatus.