A HYGEINE VALVE

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A VALVE (10) COMPRISING A VALVE HOUSING (11) DEFINING A FLOW PASSAGE THEREIN, THE VALVE HOUSING (11) FORMED BY A PAIR OF DETACHABLE VALVE HOUSING MEMBERS (11A, 11B); A VALVE SEAL RING (12) BEING SECURED AND CONNECTED BETWEEN THE VALVE HOUSING MEMBERS (11A, 11B) AND DEFINING AN APERTURE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE FLOW PASSAGE, THE VALVE SEALING RING (12) BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF OPPOSED APERTURES AT THE PERIPHERY THEREOF; A VALVE SEALING ELEMENT (13) BEING SECURED IN A ROTATABLE MANNER WITHIN THE VALVE SEAL RING (12) AND A STEM ELEMENT (14) INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH THE VALVE SEALING ELEMENT (13), THE STEM ELEMENT (14) EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE VALVE HOUSING (11) THRU THE APERTURES; MEANS TO ROTATE THE STEM ELEMENT (14) TO ALLOW THE VALVE SEALING ELEMENT (13) TO ROTATE ABOUT THE VALVE SEAL RING (12) TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE APERTURE AND FLOW PASSAGE; AND A PAIR OF CIRCULAR PLATES (15, 16) BEING DETACHABLY SECURED TO ENCLOSE THE VALVE HOUSING MEMBERS (11A, 11B) AND THE VALVE SEAL RING (12). THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE