Thrustless spray control valve

Claim 1

A SPRAYER OF THE TYPE HAVING A CONTAINER OF LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE TO BE SPRAYED, A FLEXIBLE CONDUIT LEADING FROM THE CONTAINER AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF FOR PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF THE LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE, AND A TUBE EXTENSION EXTENDING FROM THE CONDUIT AND HAVING A NOZZLE CONTROLLING THE SPRAY PATTERN OF THE LIQUID AT THE DISCHARGE END THEREOF, A LEAK-PROOF THRUSTLESS SPRAY CONTROLED VALVE ASSEMBLY INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE CONDUIT AND THE TUBE EXTENSION, SAID VALVE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A VALVE BODY HAVING A FORWARD END AND A REAR END AND A SEALING MEMBER AT THE REAR END AND HAVING A PASSAGE THEREIN FOR THE LIQUID TO BE SPRAYED AND A VALVE SEAT, MEANS AT THE FORWARD END OF THE VALVE BODY FOR COUPLING WITH THE TUBE EXTENSION AND MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE FORWARD AND REAR ENDS OF THE VALVE BODY FOR COUPLING WITH THE CONDUIT, A VALVE MEANS SHIFTABLE IN SAID BODY BETWEEN A VALVE CLOSED AND OPEN POSITION AT WHICH THE VALVE MEANS IS, RESPECTIVELY, IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VALVE SEAT TO CLOSE SAID PASSAGE AND SPACED THEREFROM TO OPEN SAID PASSAGE, A VALVE STEM EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE VALVE MEANS THROUGH THE SEALING MEMBER AND HAVING A REAR OUTER END DISPOSED EXTERIORLY OF THE VALVE BODY, SAID BODY HAVING AN EXTENSION AT ITS REAR END, SAID EXTENSION HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN DISPOSED IN SUBSTANTIAL COAXIAL RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE VALVE STEM, THE REAR END OF THE VALVE STEM BEING SUPPORTED IN SAID OPENING WHEREBY THE SEALING MEMBER PROVIDES A SUBSTANTIALLY LEAK-PROOF SEAL BETWEEN THE VALVE STEM AND THE REAR END OF THE VALVE BODY DURING REPEATED OPERATION OF THE VALVE, A SPRING IN SAID VALVE BODY AND DISPOSED CONCENTRICALLY ABOUT THE VALVE STEM IN URGING THE VALVE MEANS FORWARDLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VALVE SEAT, A LEVER COUPLED WITH THE REAR END OF THE VALVE STEM, PIVOTAL MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID LEVER WHEREBY PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE LEVER RESULTS IN RETRACTION OF THE VALVE STEM AND UNSEATING OF THE VALVE MEANS AND RELEASE OF SAID LEVER RESULTS IN SAID SPRING RETURNING THE VALVE MEANS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VALVE SEAT, SAID BODY EXTENSION EXTENDING INTEGRALLY FROM THE BODY, THE MEANS FOR COUPLING THE BODY WITH THE CONDUIT INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL LEG EXTENDING FROM SAID BODY AT AN ACUTE ANGLE RELATIVE THERETO AND CONTAINING PART OF SAID PASSAGE HAVING AN AXIS AT AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF THE VALVE STEM, SAID LEG HAVING A REAR PORTION, AND A HANDLE BEING COUPLED WITH SAID REAR PORTION AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS OF THE VALVE STEM AND HAVING A BORE THEREIN IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID PASSAGE.