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Claim 1

A FLOAT VALVE RESPONSIVE TO THE LIQUID LEVEL IN A RESERVOIR SUBJECT TO RELATIVELY ABRUPT PHYSICAL MOVEMENTS, COMPRISING: A VALVE HOUSING, A VALVE BORE, A VALVE SEAT HAVING A PASSAGE THERETHROUGH COMMUNICATING WITH SAID VALVE BORE, A VALVE ELEMENT SLIDABLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BORE AND HAVING A NEEDLE VALVE THEREON ADAPTED TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAID PASSAGE IN SAID VALVE SEAT IN DIFFERENT RESPECTIVE POSITIONS OF SAID VALVE ELEMENT, AN ANNULAR CHAMBER INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID BORE BETWEEN SAID VALVE ELEMENT AND SAID VALVE HOUSING DEFINING A FLUID DASH POT, SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER BEING DEFINED BY A SHOULDER IN SAID BORE AND A FACING SHOULDER ON SAID VALVE ELEMENT, SAID ANNULAR CHAMBER BEING POSITIONED BELOW THE LEVEL OF LIQUID IN THE RESERVOIR AND SAID BORE BEING SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN SAID VALVE ELEMENT WHEREBY SAID DASH POT IS IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE LIQUID IN THE RESERVOIR, AND A FLOAT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID VALVE ELEMENT OPENING AND CLOSING SAID PASSAGE IN SAID VALVE BORE IN RESPONSIVE TO CHANGES OF THE LIQUID LEVEL IN THE RESERVOIR.