Valve

Claim 1

AN ADJUSTABLE STEM VALVE INCLUDING, A BODY MEMBER HAVING A CHAMBER THEREIN AND OPEN AT ONE END THEREOF, SAID CHAMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS, EACH OF A DIFFERENT DIAMETER AND EACH SUCCESSIVE SECTION CONNECTED BY A SHARPLY TAPERED SECTION, AN INLET PORT IN ONE SECTION OF SAID PLURALITY OF SECTIONS, AND AT LEAST ONE OUTLET PORT IN ANOTHER SECTION OF SAID PLURALITY OF SECTIONS, SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING A THREADED SECTION ABOUT THE EXTERIOR THEREOF, A CAP HAVING A TOP AND CYLINDRICAL SIDE, SAID CYLINDRICAL SIDE THREADED ABOUT THE INTERIOR THEREOF FOR MATING WITH THE THREADED SECTION OF SAID BODY MEMBER, A SHANK CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE INTERIOR OF THE TOP OF SAID CAP AND HAVING A CONE SHAPE AT ITS OTHER END, SAID SHANK BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH AND DIAMETER TO PASS TO, AND SEAT IN THE SECOND OF AT LEAST TWO SAID TAPERED SECTIONS OF SAID CHAMBER FOR SUBSTANTIALLY ISOLATING SAID INLET PORT FROM SAID AT LEAST ONE OUTLET PORT WHEN THE THREADS OF SAID CAP ARE SUBSTANTIALLY MATING WITH THE THREADS OF SAID BODY, A TUBULAR RESILIENT MEMBER SNUGLY FITTABLE ABOUT SAID SHANK BEING OF A LENGTH TO PASS TO AND CONNECT WITH THE FIRST OF AT LEAST TWO SAID TAPERED SECTIONS WHEN ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER IS ADJACENT TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID TOP, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A THICKNESS SO AS TO BE SNUGLY FITTABLE BETWEEN SAID SHANK AND THE WALL OF SAID FIRST SECTION AND TO BE FORCIBLY FITTABLE BETWEEN SAID SHANK AND THE SAID FIRST OF AT LEAST TWO SAID TAPERED SECTIONS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY ISOLATING SAID OPEN END OF SAID CHAMBER FROM THE NEAREST PORT TO SAID OPEN END WHEN THE THREADS OF SAID CAP ARE SUBSTANTIALLY MATING WITH THE THREADS OF SAID BODY SO AS TO SEAT SAID CONE INTO SAID SECOND BEVELED SECTION OF SAID CHAMBER FOR SO ISOLATING SAID INLET PORT FROM SAID AT LEAST ONE OUTLET PORT.