Fluid controlling valve structure

Claim 1

A VALVE STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF A PIPE-LIKE, TUBULAR CONDUIT AND A VALVE MECHANISM MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY INTO AND FROM SAID CONDUIT AND HAVING DIAMETRICALLY ALIGNED SIDEWALL OPENINGS FORMED THEREIN, SAID CONDUIT BEING OF UNIFORM DIAMETER BETWEEN AT LEAST ONE END THEREOF AND SAID OPENINGS, SAID VALVE MECHANISM INCLUDING A VALVE SEAT OF RESILIENT MATERIAL FORMED WITH AN AXIAL FLOW PASSAGE EXTENDING BETWEEN ITS OPPOSITE ENDS AND A SPHERICAL VALVE SEATING CHAMBER FORMED IN SAID PASSAGE INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, ALIGNED SIDE WALL OPENINGS FORMED IN SAID VALVE SEAT AND REGISTERABLE WITH THE SIDEWALL OPENINGS IN SAID CONDUIT, A SPHERICAL VALVE MEMBER FITTED IN WATER TIGHT ENGAGEMENT IN SAID VALVE SEAT, SAID VALVE MEMBER HAVING A DIAMETRIC FLOW PASSAGE FORMED THERETHROUGH, HANDLE RECEIVING SOCKETS FORMED IN SAID VALVE MEMBER AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF AND PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FLOW PASSAGE, A HANDLE MEMBER OF LOOP FORM HAVING INTURNED END PORTIONS AND SAID INTURNED END PORTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SIDEWALL OPENINGS IN THE CONDUIT AND VALVE SEAT AND INTO SAID SOCKETS.