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Water Valve for Mali - Our design for a bicycle innertube valve to be used in Mali, Africa.
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Assembly Guide for Valve
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Water Valve Prototype
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Water Valve Prototype
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Bicycle inner tube valve closed.
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CAD drawing of water valve closed.
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This bicycle inner tube valve was as a design project for my ME 486x Appropriate Design course.
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Bicycle inner tube valve open.
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Current water valve - partially broken.
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Current water valve - fully broken.
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Water valve concept drawing 1.
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Water valve combined concept drawing 3.
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Stopping Mechanism.
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Water valve mounting and stopper.
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Water valve rough final design.
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