Faucets or cocks for controlling liquid flow

Claim 1

A FAUCET FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID FLOW COMPRISING: A BODY HAVING A CHAMBER LOCATED INTERNALLY THEREOF; ANGULARLY DISPLACEABLE PLUG MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID CHAMBER; LIQUID INLET AND OUTLET MEANS LEADING RESPECTIVELY TO AND FROM SAID CHAMBER; A LONGITUDINAL RECESS IN SAID PLUG IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OUTLET; A TRANSVERSE APERTURE IN SAID PLUG IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID RECESS; PORT MEANS IN SAID PLUG IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID APERTURE AND ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE TO A GREATER OR LESSER DEGREE WITH SAID INLET MEANS DEPENDING ON THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID PLUG WITH RESPECT TO SAID INLET MEANS; AND PACKING MEANS IN THE FORM OF A CLOSED LOOP MOUNTED ON SAID PLUG EXTENDING AROUND THE PERIPHERY THEREOF FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID PORT MEANS TO THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID PLUG AND SAID CHAMBER IN HORSESHOE FASHION TO PROVIDE A LIQUID TIGHT SEAL AROUND SAID INLET MEANS WHEN SAID PORT MEANS IS ANGULARLY DISPLACED OUT OF COMMUNICATION WITH SAID INLET MEANS.