Non-drip faucet valve

Claim 1

A NON-DRIP VALVE COMPRISING: A HOLLOW VALVE HOUSING MEANS HAVING INLET MEANS AND OUTLET MEANS CONNECTED THERETO AND HAVING AN INTERIOR CHAMBER PROVIDING WITH AND CONTROLLABLY MOVABLE RECEIVING A CONTROLLABLY MOVABLE VALVE-ACTUATING MEMBER; EFFECTIVELY APERTURED VALVE SEAT MEANS POSITIONED IN SPACED OPPOSITION TO SAID VALVEACTUATING MEMBER AND DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A VALVE RECESS, SAID VALVE SEAT MEANS INCLUDING AN INFLOW PORTION IN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH SAID INLET MEANS, AN OUTFLOW PORTION FOR COMMUNICATION WITH SAID OUTLET MEANS, AND INTERVENING SEALING MEANS BETWEEN SAID INFLOW AND OUTFLOW PORTIONS; FLUID-PRESSURE-EXPANDABLE VALVE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID VALVE-ACTUATING MEMBER IN SAID VALVE RECESS BETWEEN SAID VALVE-ACTUATING MEMBER AND SAID VALVE SEAT MEANS AND HAVING A FIRST PORTION COMPRISING A HOLLOW CYLINDER PORTION HAVING AN END SEALINGLY CARRIED BY SAID VALVE-ACTUATING MEMBER AND EXTENDING FROM SAID VALVE-ACTUATING MEMBER TOWARD SAID VALVE SEAT MEANS AND HAVING AN OPEN TERMINAL END REMOTE FROM SAID VALVE-ACTUATING MEMBER AND ADJACENT TO SAID VALVE SEAT MEANS, SAID FLUID-PRESSURE-EXPANDABLE VALVE MEANS ALSO HAVING A SECOND PORTION COMPRISING AN ELASTOMERIC CIRCUIT DISKSHAPED PISTON COMPRISING AN ELASTOMERIC CIRCULAR DISKLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW CYLINDER PORTION AND DEFINING THEREWITH A HOLLOW INTERIOR EXPANSION CHAMBER WITHIN SAID FLUID-PRESSURE-EXPANDABLE VALVE MEANS PROVIDED WITH COMMUNICATION MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID EFFECTIVELY APERTURED VALVE SEAT MEANS, SAID SECOND VALVE PORTION COMPRISING SAID ELASTOMERIC PISTON PORTION BEING POSITIONABLE ADJACENT TO SAID VALVE SEAT MEANS AND BEING FORCIBLY SEALINGLY ABUTTABLE WITH SAID SEALING MEANS AS A RESULT OF INTERIOR FLUID PRESSURE WITHIN SAID EXPANSION CHAMBER; AND BY-PASS MEANS DEFINING COMMUNICATION PASSAGE MEANS POSITIONED FOR INTERIOR COMMUNICATION WITH SAID EXPANSION CHAMBER WITHIN SAID VALVE FROM WHEN SAID VALVE-ACTUATING MEMBER IS MOVED AWAY FROM SAID VALVE SEAT MEANS BEYOND A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, THUS ALLOWING THE PRESSURIZED FLUID WITHIN THE EXPANSION CHAMBER TO ESCAPE AND THUS ALLOWING INLET FLUID PRESSURE TO FORCE SAID SECOND VALVE PORTION COMPRISING SAID ELASTOMERIC PISTON PORTION TO BE SLIDABLY TELESCOPICALLY AND SEALINGLY MOVED AWAY FROM SAID VALVE SEAT MEANS TOWARD SAID VALVE-ACTUATING MEMBER.