users in handling of the valve body in a preferred form of the gripping flange a circumferential edge of the flange has a generally scalloped shaped cutouts of course different shaped cutouts could be used without departing from the scope of the invention further texturing could be provided on a top surface a bottom surface or both of the flange in addition to or in lieu of the texturing on the outer circumferential edge shown fig6 shows the valve body 20 with a ball 60 and a spring 62 the spring 62 urges the ball against a surface 66 to seal the fluid outlet 26 a portion of the ball extends through the fluid outlet into an annular space 68 the ball 60 is moved from the closed position shown in fig6 to an open position wherein at least a portion of the ball is moved away from the surface 66 to allow fluid to pass through the gap created the ball is moved from a closed to an open position by a user activating a fluid dispensing mechanism the spring 62 is positioned within the valve body 20 and protuberances 70 serve as a stop to ensure the spring is maintaining a load the ball and spring closure mechanism of the valve body could be replaced by other types of valves such as check valves butterfly valves duckbill valves poppet type valves and the like while the specific embodiments have been described numerous modifications come to mind without significantly departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of protection is only limited by the.