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Cleaning Helix™ Tube and Valve
Leave the valve connected to the tube and the tube
connected to the reservoir.
To disassemble and clean the HELIX™-Valve:
1. To disassemble HELIX™-Valve (drawing 16):
a. Turn the valve counter clockwise 90º halfway opened:
b. Align the central notch on the the rim of the mouthpiece
with the arrow on the valve's neck
c. Pull apart (drawing 16).
2. Wash with mild soapy water and rinse several times.
3. To clean the tube, Proceed from #4 below.
If you don't clean the tube, proceed from #6 below.
To clean the tube:
4. Leave the tube connected to the reservoir and the valve
disassembled. Hold your thumb on the open extremity of
the tube, fill the reservoir with water and close with the
wideslide closure.
5. Fold the reservoir from the top down and let the water
flow through the tube (drawing 17).
6. Re-assemble the two parts of the HELIX™-Valve:
Align the central notch with the arrow, push the mouthpiece
slightly on its track and turn 90º clockwise to CLOSE position.
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a. Turn 90º
counter
clockwise
c
. Pull apart
Cleaning Helix Tube and Valve
b. Align
central notch
and arrow
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