High Flow Non Pressurised Filling Control Valve

A valve assembly for use with a container, the assembly comprising;

• at least one conduit in fluid communication with the interior of the container,
• at least one outlet in fluid communication with the exterior of the container,
• at least one inlet in fluid communication with the exterior of the container, wherein the inlet allows one way fluid communication from the exterior of the container to the at least one conduit,
• a housing containing a channel allowing fluid communication between the at least one conduit and the at least one outlet;
• and
• an outlet valve located within the channel adapted to allow movement between an open and a closed position;
• an open position which allows one way fluid communication from the at least one conduit to the at least one outlet;
• and
• a closed position which prevents fluid communication from the at least one conduit to the at least one outlet,
• wherein the outlet valve moves to the open position when the pressure of the interior of the container is greater than the pressure of the exterior of the container and moves to the closed position when the pressure of the interior of the container is less than the pressure of the exterior of the container;
• wherein when the outlet valve is in the open position, a substantially unobstructed flow path is defined from the interior of the container through the conduit, channel, outlet valve and outlet to the exterior of the container,
• wherein the housing includes a central axis and comprises an outlet side containing the at least one outlet and the outlet valve, and an inlet side containing the at least one inlet, the outlet side and the inlet side being adjacent in the housing on a plane substantially transverse to the central axis.