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A rotatable valve assembly for a faucet having an interchangable stainless steel plate which forms the interior flow passage of the valving member. The plate is secured to the valving member by depending tabs which engage reinforcement ribs formed in the valving member. The flow plate is of a one-pi

A rotatable valve assembly for a faucet having an interchangable stainless steel plate which forms the interior flow passage of the valving member. The plate is secured to the valving member by depending tabs which engage reinforcement ribs formed in the valving member. The flow plate is of a one-piece stamped construction with the tabs formed coplanar with the plate and bent perpendicular to the plate prior to attachment of the flow plate. An aperture is formed in the plate which cooperates with an inlet port formed in the bottom wall of the valve body to control the water flow through the assembly.

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A faucet valve assembly comprising: a valve body having a first bore, a second bore smaller than and opening into said first bore, said second bore offset from the longitudinal axis of said first bore, and an outlet port in said valve body open to said first bore; a valving member rotatable in said

A faucet valve assembly comprising: a valve body having a first bore, a second bore smaller than and opening into said first bore, said second bore offset from the longitudinal axis of said first bore, and an outlet port in said valve body open to said first bore; a valving member rotatable in said first bore of said valve body, said valving member including a plurality of axially extending ribs circumferentially spaced on the outer periphery of said valving member and having a flow chamber defined by a partial axial bore open to the bottom end of said valving member; a metal flow plate secured to said valving member, said flow plate enclosing the bottom end of said valve member to form said flow chamber and an outlet passageway capable of registry with said outlet port of said valve body, said flow plate having an inlet aperture offset from the axis of rotation of said valving member; and a substantially tubular valve seal seated in said second bore of said valve body, said valve seal having an annular valving surface cooperating with said flow plate to control the flow of water into said flow chamber and an inlet passage therethrough; wherein upon rotation of said valving member said inlet aperture of said flow plate is brought into registry with said inlet passage of said valve seal, said outlet passageway of said valving member being in registry with said outlet port of said valve body in at least some of the rotational positions of said valving member.