Valve assembly for a dispenser for fluids

A dispense valve assembly for a dispenser for fluids comprising:

• a housing having at least an inlet and an outlet and a further opening connected to a pump for drawing fluid into the housing through the inlet and for pumping fluid from the housing through the outlet, and
• a valve comprising a first part and a second part, the first and second parts coupled together by an elastic element and the first and second parts of the valve translatably disposed within the housing, the first part for closing and opening the inlet and the second part for opening and closing the outlet,
• an operating element extending through a wall of the housing and coupled to the valve,
• wherein the operating element provides at least three positions, a first position wherein the first and second parts are in resilient bias with the inlet and outlet respectively, a second position wherein the first part is withdrawn from the inlet and the second part is in resilient bias with the outlet, and a third position wherein the second part of the valve member is withdrawn from the outlet and the first part is in resilient bias with the inlet,
• wherein the first part comprises one end that faces the inlet and a remote end that faces the second part, the first part further comprising laterally protruding walls that, during intake of fluid through the inlet, at least partially obstruct fluid flow directly from the inlet to the pump and guide said fluid flow from the inlet, along the first part and past the remote end of the first part before said fluid flow can enter the pump.