Patent ID: 6874517

Claim:
A fixture for holding a valve component in a washing system, said valve component having an open position and a normally closed position, said fixture comprising: a first housing section and a second housing section, said sections being releaseably attachable to each other to form a fixture operable to hold said valve component in an opened position within said fixture; said first housing section having an internal cavity dimensioned to receive a portion of said valve component through a first opening therein, said first housing section further having a fluid opening therethrough in communication with said internal cavity, said fluid opening being dimensioned to receive an anti-microbial fluid therethrough; and said second housing section having a second cavity dimensioned to receive a second portion of said valve component therein, said second housing having at least one fluid opening, said first housing section being attachable to said second housing section with said first cavity in said first housing section in registry with said second cavity in said second housing section to define a valve fixture holding chamber dimensioned to receive and hold said valve component in said opened position, said holding chamber dimensioned to allow fluid to pass around and through said valve component when an anti-microbial fluid is forced through said valve fixture holding chamber through said openings in said first and second housing sections.