Easily disassembled, one-way check valve

A quickly disassembled and assembled multi-part one-way check valve comprising, identical end sections formed of resilient material and each having a conduit attaching nipple at one end, a passage therethrough and each also having a generally cylindrical wall at the other end so as to define a generally cup-shaped end section;

• a central valve guide having a central aperture therethrough which defines a valve seat;
• interengaging means between opposite ends of said guide and said walls of said end sections and comprising an annular internal groove around said wall of each end section, and said guide has a pair of annular outwardly extending flanges forming a quickly engageable snap-fit connection with the respective grooves of said end sections, said end sections being spaced apart when assembled on said guide to thereby permit insertion therebetween of a blade-like tool for disengaging said end sections from said guide, said end sections and said guide together defining an interior chamber;
• a shiftable valve element mounted in said chamber and in which said aperture of said guide for axial shifting between valve closed and valve open positions, said element adapted to abut against said guide seat when said valve is in said closed position, said element having resilient tails extending laterally outwardly and abutting against said guide and flexed thereby for urging said element forwards a valve closed position.