Valve connector

Claim 1

A VALVE COMPRISING: (A) A VALVE BODY CONSTRUCTED WITH: (I) INTERIOR SURFACES DEFINING A MAIN THROUGHPASSAGE, (II) A VALVE SEAT IN THE PASSAGE, SAID VALVE SEAT DIVERGING AND FACING GENERALLY TOWARD AN INLET END OF THE MAIN PASSAGE, (III) A SMALLER PASSAGE THROUGH THE VALVE SEAT, AND (IV) A GENERALLY PERIPHERAL CAMMING SURFACE ADJACENT THE VALVE SEAT, SAID CAMMING SURFACE FACING GENERALLY IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE VALVE SEAT TOWARD AN OUTLET END OF THE MAIN PASSAGE AND CONVERGING TOWARD THE VALVE SEAT PASSAGE; (B) A VALVE MEMBER HAVING A VALVE HEAD AND STEM EXTENDING FROM THE VALVE HEAD, SAID STEM EXTENDING THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF THE VALVE SEAT; (C) THE VALVE HEAD BEING RESILIENTLY CONSTRICTABLE WITHOUT PERMANENT DEFORMATION AND CONSTRUCTED: (I) OF A SHAPE COMPATIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE VALVE SEAT TO SEAL THE PASSAGE WHEN IN CONTACT WITH THE SEAT, (II) WITH AN OUTER PERIPHERAL DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE INTERIOR DIMENSION OF THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE VALVE SEAT; (III) WITH A DIVERGENT PORTION ADJACENT THE STEM THAT DIVERGES IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE STEM TO THE OUTER PERIPHERAL DIMENSION OF THE VALVE HEAD, GENERALLY COMPLIMENTARY TO THE VALVE SEAT, AND WHICH IS ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH THE VALVE SEAT, AND (IV) WITH A TERMINAL PORTION CONTIGUOUS WITH THE DIVERGING PORTION THAT CONVERGES FROM THE OUTER PERIPHERAL DIMENSION TO A SMALLER DIMENSION NO GREATER THAN THE OUTER DIMENSION OF THE CAMMING SURFACE; (D) GUIDE MEANS CARRIED BY THE VALVE STEM AND POSITIONED IN THE VALVE BODY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE VALVE SEAT FROM THE VALVE HEAD TO POSITION THE STEM AND TO GUIDE MOVEMENT OF THE STEM WITHIN THE VALVE BODY; AND (E) BIAS MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE VALVE BODY AND THE GUIDE MEANS FOR URGING THE VALVE MEMBER TOWARD THE VALVE SEAT.