Atomising discharge valves

Claim 1

AN ATOMISING DISCHARGE VALVE COMPRISING: (A) A CAP HAVING A VERTICAL BORE THEREIN, (B) AN INTEGRAL DISCHARGE NOZZLE PROJECTING LATERALLY INWARDLY FROM THE SIDE OF THE CAP AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID BORE IN THE CAP, (C) SAID NOZZLE HAVING AN APERTURED DIAPHRAGM FOR DISCHARGE THERETHROUGH OF LIQUID IN THE FORM OF A SPRAY, (D) A FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE INTEGRAL WITH THE CAP AND FORMING THE TOP OF THE LATTER, (E) SAID MEMBRANE CLOSING THE UPPER END OF THE BORE IN THE CAP, (F) A PLUG FITTED FIXEDLY IN THE LOWER END OF SAID BORE, (G) SAID PLUG HAVING CENTRALLY IN ITS UPPER END TWO RECESSES, ONE BELOW THE OTHER, AND ALSO HAVING A VERTICAL CENTRAL BORE EXTENDING COMPLETELY THROUGH THE PLUG, (H) AN APERTURED DIAPHRAGM HOUSED IN THE LOWER OF THE TWO RECESSES IN THE PLUG, (I) A VALVE SEATING HOUSED IN THE UPPER OF THE TWO RECESSES IN THE PLUG AND HAVING A VERTICAL THROUGH BORE ALIGNED WITH THE BORE IN THE PLUG, (J) SAID SEATING DEFINING WITH THE CAP A CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE DISCHARGE NOZZLE, (K) A VALVE HEAD, INTEGRAL WITH THE SAID FLEXIBLE MEMBRANE AND CARRIED BY THE LATTER WITHIN THE SAID CHAMBER AT A POSITION ABOVE AND ALIGNED WITH THE UPPER END OF THE BORE IN THE SEATING, (L) A LUG PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM THE SIDE OF THE CAP OPPOSITE TO THE DISCHARGE NOZZLE, (M) A LEVER PIVOTED TO THE SAID LUG AT A POSITION REMOTE FROM SAID MEMBRANE, (N) AN END ON SAID LEVER, AND (O) THE LEVER BEING BIASED SO THAT SAID END NORMALLY APPLIES PRESSURE TO THE EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE MEMBRANE TO PRESS THE VALVE HEAD AGAINST THE VALVE SEATING TO CLOSE THE BORE THEREIN, BUT BEING CAPABLE OF BEING PIVOTED AGAINST SUCH BIASING TO MOVE SAID END AWAY FROM THE MEMBRANE TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE ON THE MEMBRANE.