Float actuated valve

Claim 1

A FLUID SEPARATOR COMPRISING A CASING DEFINING A CHAMBER AND HAVING AN INLET OPENING LEADING INTO SAID CHAMBER, A FIRST MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING AN OUTLET PASSAGE THEREIN LEADING FROM SAID CHAMBER, SAID FIRST MEANS BEING FORMED WITH A SET OF FIRST OUTWARDLY DIRECTED FACES DISPOSED ABOUT AN AXIS, AN ACTUATOR MOVABLE ALONG SAID AXIS AND HAVING A SET OF SECOND FACES GENERALLY OPPOSED RESPECTIVELY TO SAID FIRST FACES AND ABOUT SAID AXIS AND MEANS POSITIONING SAID ACTUATOR FOR MOVEMENT ALONG SAID AXIS AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF NORMALLY FLAT, RESILIENT STRIP MEMBERS HAVING FIRST PORTIONS SECURED TO SAID FIRST MEANS ADJACENT SAID FIRST FACES RESPECTIVELY AND SECOND PORTIONS SECURED TO SAID ACTUATOR ADJACENT SAID SECOND FACES RESPECTIVELY, SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS OF EACH STRIP MEMBER BEING SPACED APART BY A THIRD AND INTERMEDIATE PORTION WHICH IS FREE AND MAINTAINED IN BOWED SHAPE, SAID STRIP MEMBER BEING SPACED APART BENT BACK UPON THEMSELVES AND BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH SO THAT THEY FORM TWO GENERALLY OPPOSED PORTIONS, ONE LYING AGAINST EACH OF THE CORRESPONDING OPPOSED FACES WHEREBY SAID STRIP MEMBERS EXERT EQUAL FORCES ON THE FACES WITH WHICH THEY COOPERATE RESPECTIVELY AND POSITION THE ACTUATOR ON SAID AXIS FOR MOVEMENT THEREALONG BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN SAID STRIP MEMBERS LIE AGAINST THE CORRESPONDING FIRST AND SECOND FACES TO A PREDETERMINED EXTENT AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN SAID STRIP MEMBERS LIE AGAINST SAID SECOND FACES TO A LESSER EXTENT THAN WHEN IN SAID FIRST POSITION, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FIRST FACES HAVING AN ORIFICE OPENING INTO SAID OUTLET PASSAGE AND POSITIONED TO BE CLOSED BY THE CORRESPONDING STRIP WHEN IN SAID FIRST POSITION.