Self-cleaning water faucet valve construction

A self-cleaning valve including a fixed valve member having inlet means and outlet means therein, movable valve member positioned adjacent said fixed valve member and having an inlet port therein movable into register with said inlet means, flexible steel means carried by said fixed valve member and including a ported portion extending through said inlet means and into sealing engagement with said movable valve member, and a shear member fixed relative to said fixed valve member positioned on the opposite side of said movable valve member from said seal means and in intimate contact with said opposite side of said movable valve member, said shear member having an inlet port therein in register with said fixed valve member inlet means and said flexible seal means ported portion, movement of said movable valve member to control the flow of fluid passing from said inlet means through said fixed member, movable valve member, and shear member inlet ports to said outlet means causing said valve member inlet port to slidingly move adjacent said seal means portion and into alignment with said shear member inlet port to remove or break up foreign material held by said valve member and said shear member inlet ports, said seal means portion including a portion abutting said shear member through said movable valve member inlet port when opened.