Quick closing valve

Claim 1

A VALVE COMPRISING A VALVE BODY OF FIRST AND SECOND INTERCONNECTED MEMBERS HAVING ALIGNED PASSAGES, AN ANNULAR TRANSVERSE VALVE SEAT HELD WITHIN SAID PASSAGE BY ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, A VALVE LONGITUDINALLY RECIPROCABLE IN SAID PASSAGE AND ENGAGEABLE AND DISENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SEAT IN OPENING OR CLOSING SAID VALVE, A LATERAL OPENING THROUGH THE WALL OF SAID VALVE BODY INTO SAID PASSAGE, A NIPPLE IN SAID OPENING, A SLEEVE IN SAID NIPPLE, SAID NIPPLE AND SLEEVE EACH HAVING CIRCUMFERENTIAL REGISTERING COTERMINOUS SLOTS THEREIN, THE SLOT IN THE SLEEVE BEING WIDER IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF THE SLEEVE THAN THE SLOT IN THE NIPPLE, A VALVE STEM PROJECTING THROUGH SAID SLEEVE AND NIPPLE INTO SAID PASSAGE, A STOP PIN PROJECTING FROM SAID VALVE STEM THROUGH SAID REGISTERING SLOTS, SAID VALVE STEM HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL RECESS THEREABOUT, AN O-RING WITHIN SAID RECESS, MEANS SCREW-THREADEDLY MOUNTED ON THE UPPER MARGIN OF SAID NIPPLE AND ENGAGING THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID SLEEVE, WHEREBY TIGHTENING OF SAID MEANS WILL FORCE SAID SLEEVE AGAINST SAID O-RING AND FORM A TIGHTER SEAL ON SAID STEM, AND ECCENTRIC MEANS CONNECTING SAID STEM AND VALVE WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID VALVE STEM WILL CAUSE RECIPROCATION OF SAID VALVE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE VALVE.