Diagram of the Disc Valve ("Patent Lever Valve")
a = main tubing
b = valve slide
c = fixed disc
d = rotating disc
e = bows attached to rotating disc, leading air either into main tubing or valve slide
f = spring box with enclosed clock spring
g = tension-regulating disc for clock spring
h = push rod and touch piece
i = "finger" driving rotating disc round when touch piece is depressed, also serving as stop arm
k = cork stop (inside fixed disc)
See also photograph of a disc valve
© the authors, 2005.
This page updated 5.1.05