Spring biased pivoted terminal gate valve

Claim 1

A GATE FAUCET COMPRISING A BODY MEMBER HAVING A PASSAGE THERETHROUGH TERMINATING IN A DISCHARGE ORIFICE AT ONE END, AN ARCUATE VALVE SLIDE SEAT FORMED ON THE END OF SAID BODY PORTION, A PAIR OF TRUNNIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE VALVE BODY DISPOSED ON AN AXIS COINCIDENT WITH THE AXIS OF SAID SEAT,A SLIDE FORMED OF A SINGLE PIECE OF SHEET METAL HAVING AN ARCUATE SURFACE MATING WITH SAID SEAT AND DISPOSED IN SLIDING RELATION THEREON, A VALVE OPERATING LEVER EMBRACING THE END OF SAID BODY PORTION AND HAVING ARMS PIVOTED ON SAID TRUNNIONS, A SPRING SOCKET IN SAID LEVER RADIALLY DISPOSED AND FACING INWARDLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID AXIS, AND AN OUTWARDLY FACING SOCKET DISPOSED CENTRALLY OF SAID SLIDE AND SURROUNDED BY AN ANNULAR OUTWARDLY EXTENDING U SECTIONED RIB OF AN OUTER DIAMETER NOT GREATER THAN THE ORIFICE AND AN INNER DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING WITH THE DIAMETER OF THE SPRING SOCKET, AND WITH THE RIM THEREOF ADJACENT THE OPEN END OF THE SPRING SOCKET, AND A COMPRESSION SPRING HAVING ITS OPPOSED ENDS SEATED WITHIN SAID LEVER SOCKET AND SLIDE SOCKET RESPECTIVELY AND ADAPTED TO HOLD THE SLIDE ON ITS SEAT UNDER PRESSURE AND MOVE THE SLIDE ON ITS SEAT WITH ANGULAR MOTION OF THE LEVER ABOUT THE TRUNNION AXIS TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE ORIFICE.