Patent ID: 8757452

Claim:
A fluid dispensing valve assembly comprising: a housing, the housing having a liquid inlet side and a liquid outlet side and defining a fluid dispensing port and a vent opening; a flap hingedly and integrally attached to the housing and disposed on the liquid outlet side, the flap having an actuator extending therefrom, the flap extending over the fluid dispensing port and vent opening; and an elastically deformable dome member movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the actuator contacts the elastically deformable dome member; wherein the fluid dispensing valve assembly defines a fluid outlet flow path when the deformable dome member is in the collapsed configuration and wherein the fluid dispensing valve assembly comprises a liquid seal, the liquid seal being the only liquid seal in the fluid outlet flow path, the liquid seal sealing the fluid dispensing port when the elastically deformable dome member is in the expanded configuration, wherein at least a portion of the liquid seal is disposed on the liquid inlet side.