The present invention relates to a valve
assembly for applying a flowable medium, particularly a
hot melt adhesive, to a substrate, comprising a valve base (13) having at least one
media channel for the flowable medium that can be closed by a movable closing mechanism, wherein at least one
nozzle component (11) of the valve
assembly having a
nozzle opening is connected to the
media channel, the
nozzle component being detachably fixed to the valve base (13) and capable of dispensing a portion of the flowable medium onto the substrate through the nozzle component, wherein, for detachably fixing the nozzle component (11) to the valve base (13), the valve
assembly has, in particular, a pivotable lever (23) fixed to the valve base (13), particularly a fixing device fixed to the valve base (13). The lever allows the nozzle component (11) to be pressed against the valve base (13) under a clamping force in a
fixed position. The pivotable lever (23) can move from the
fixed position to a release position, in which no clamping force is applied and the nozzle component (11) can be removed from the valve base (13). The fixing device, especially the pivotable lever (23) and the nozzle component (11), are configured and cooperate with each other such that the pivotable lever (23) applies a separation force away from the valve base (13) to the nozzle component (11) during the movement from the
fixed position to the release position, thereby assisting in the separation of the nozzle component (11) from the valve base (13). The invention is characterized in that the lever (23) can move linearly during the first phase of its movement from the fixed position to the release position and simultaneously apply a separation force to the nozzle component (11), especially to the push-opening surface of the nozzle component (11), and drive the nozzle component (11) to move.