Fluid applicator valve

Claim 1

A VAVE STRUCTURE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A VALVE HOUSING FORMING A CHAMBER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL WALL, A VALVE MEMBER MOVABLY MOUNTED IN THE CHAMBER AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE BORES, A SHOE FREELY SLIDABLE LONGITUDINALLY OF EACH BORE AND HAVING A WORKING FACE ADAPTED TO FIT THE CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER WALL IN SEALING RELATION AND HAVING A SHOE PASSAGE THAT OPENS AT ONE END THROUGH SAID WORKING FACE, RESILIENT MEANS YIELDINGLY URGING THE SHOE IN EACH BORE INTO ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER WALL, THE VALVE HOUSING HAVING AN INLET PASSAGE COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE CHAMBER AND WITH THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID SHOE PASSAGES, THE VALVE HOUSING HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTLET PASSAGES OPENING THROUGH THE CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER WALL AND BEING ALINED WITH OPENINGS IN RESPECTIVE SHOE FACES IN A FIRST POSITION OF THE VALVE MEMBER TO OPEN SAID OUTLET PASSAGES FOR FLOW FROM THE INLET PASSAGE THROUGH THE SHOE PASSAGES, THE WIDTH OF EACH SHOE WORKING FACE OUTWARDLY OF THE SHOE PASSAGE EXCEEDING THE DIAMETER OF THE ASSOCIATED OUTLET PASSAGE, SO AS TO PROVIDE A SEALING OVERLAP FOR SAID OUTLET PASSAGE, AND SAID OUTLET PASSAGES BEING SEALINGLY COVERED BY THE RESPECTIVE SHOE FACES IN A SECOND POSITION OF THE VALVE MEMBER TO CLOSE SAID OUTLET PASSAGES, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY SHIFTING THE VALVE MEMBER BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS.