Male luer valve
AssigneeHalkey-Roberts Corporation
InventorJon R. Enerson
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Abstract
A valve that has at least one internal port on a valve core and at least one an internal slot in a valve body. The valve core is biased into a position wherein the port of the valve core is aligned with a sealing surface of the valve body thereby prohibiting fluid flow through the valve. The valve core is slidable such that the port of the valve core becomes aligned with the internal slot of the valve body thereby allowing fluid flow through the valve. Another valve includes a self-aligning valve seat carrier which is pivotably engaged with a valve core member. The self-aligning valve seat carrier engages a sealing surface in a valve body to prohibit fluid flow through the valve, but the valve core is slidable such that the self-aligning valve seat carrier disengages from the sealing surface in order to allow fluid flow through the valve.
Claims14
A valve comprising:
- a valve body which includes a sealing surface and at least one internal slot;
- a valve core disposed in said valve body and including at least one port;
- spring means engaged with said valve body and said valve core, said spring means biasing said valve core into a closed position wherein said port of said valve core is aligned with said sealing surface of said valve body thereby prohibiting fluid flow through said valve, said valve core being slidable generally within said valve body to an open position wherein said port of said valve core is aligned with said internal slot of said valve body thereby allowing fluid flow through said valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.