An improved metering apparatus is provided for use with a foam dispenser that
disperses beads of foam after mixing streams of two foam components together. The
dispenser has a pair of seal passages formed in a body portion of the dispenser
and a spool valve rotated mounted in the body portion. The spool valve has a pair
of flow passages formed in it that can be rotated into mating alignment with the
seal passages formed in the dispenser body. The spool valve flow passages have
circular cross-sections while the seal passages have non-circular cross-sections,
and preferably triangular cross-sections.