Valve for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of pressurized fluids

Claim 1

In a dispensing valve for dispensing pressurized fluids from a plurality of flexible containers enclosed in an outer jacket containing a pressurizing fluid, said valve comprising: a cup having a peripheral wall and defining a central chamber, said cup having an opening in the lower part thereof for admitting pressurizing fluid from said jacket to said central chamber and said peripheral wall having a plurality of passageways therethrough, each for connection to an individual flexible container for holding a product to be dispersed and each terminating in the upper part of said chamber, an upper sealing ring closing the top of said cup, a manually movable spout projecting through said upper sealing ring into said chamber and defining a central dispensing passage, said spout being provided with first radial openings leading from said dispensing passage to the exterior of said spout and being movable between a first position in which said first radial openings are blocked by said upper sealing ring and a second position within said upper part of said chamber in which said first radial openings are in communication with the passageways in said cup, and lower sealing means encircling the end of said spout within said chamber and sealing said lower part of said chamber off from said upper part of said chamber, the improvement according to which said lower sealing means is provided with at least one radial opening into said lower part of said chamber and said spout is provided with a lower radial opening, said spout being rotAtable within said lower sealing means between a first radial position in which the lower radial opening therein is in alignment with the radial opening in said lower sealing means and a position in which it is not.