"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
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What's the proper technical name for the rubber pinch valves and needles
such as are used on basketballs? Someone is advocating using this
principle for carbonator caps, instead of ball-lock or other quick-connect
fittings, and I'm not sure what to call it.


oh, i just remembered, i saw (tiny) one of them on a weed wacker gas cap.
was a vent valve, at that time i thought that was pretty clever too. i
wonder if like a parts diagram for a weed wacker gas tank might have a name
for it.