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Abstract

A handled spray with a lever for controlling flow therefrom is formed principally from molded parts, and with a spring that normally restores a flow control valve to its closed, or no flow, position. The discharge end of the spray body includes a cup-shaped closure with flow apertures therethrough. The cup-shaped closure cooperates with a ring-shaped insert shaped and arranged to provide for centering, and to support thereon a pair of concentric seals one of which provides a seal for the spray body, and the other seal providing a seal seat for the spring biased valve member that is selectively movable by the spray's handle to a position at which flow occurs. The valve member and handle are interconnected and assembled through a laterally opening recess, defined at the upstream end of the valve member, and telescopically receiving thereinto a laterally elongated knuckle formed integrally on the handle. The assemblage of valve member and handle is maintained against inadvertent separation by the bias of the spring holding the parts in a recess defined between flanges formed integrally on the spray body. The spray body is further shaped to provide a fulcrum for the lever.

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