Abstract: A ball valve device for filling pressurized hoppers includes (a) a valve housing having a wall defining a chamber, a first port and a second port; (b) a valve ball rotatable within the chamber and including a through-bore for material flow from a refill container through the second port into the hopper, the valve ball having a horizontal, first hopper sealing position for pressure sealing the second port, and a vertical, second hopper opening position for opening the second port to the through-bore; and (c) a pressure release assembly including (i) a pressure release port formed through the valve housing wall and spaced from the first port and the second port; and (ii) a pressure release and particle catch assembly connected externally to the pressure release port for receiving pressure and remnant carrier particles from the refill container, thereby allowing safe release of pressure from the through-bore and from the refill container following refilling of the pressurized hopper.

Abstract: An overflow protection device includes a valve body having an inlet conduit passing vertically therethrough. The inlet conduit includes an outlet end below a valve chamber. A valve within the valve chamber is movable between and open and closed position. A float is pivotally mounted below the valve and the float cams, an actuator upwardly when the float experiences a less than full tank and cams the actuation downwardly to permit the valve to move downwardly when the float rises to a predetermined level as it floats on the liquid within the tank.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically shutting off a water supply to a leaking water heater includes a water-collecting tray adapted to be positioned beneath a water heater, and a float mechanism removably attachable to the tray. The float mechanism has a float adapted to reside within the tray. An arm extends from the float, and terminates in a trigger extremity located outside the tray. The trigger extremity is positioned to push upwardly upon a holding block that secures an extremity of a coil spring. The holding block also secures a tether that extends to an operating lever of a water shut-off valve. When the float rises in the tank, it causes the trigger extremity to release the coil spring in tensioned state from the holding block. Such action pulls the operating lever downwardly, causing shut-off of the water supply.

Abstract: A liquid level responsive shut-off valve for filling a tank, such as a toilet water tank, comprises a valve housing having an inlet passageway for connection to a source of liquid under pressure, an outlet passageway opening into the tank, and a diaphragm actuated valve element having open and closed positions respectively opening and closing the inlet passageway to the flow of liquid therethrough to said outlet passageway and the tank. A float and lever operated ball valve element controls operation of the diaphragm actuated valve element in accordance with the liquid level in the tank.

Abstract: A mechanism for opening or closing a shut-off valve, the mechanism having a valve actuator for moving the valve from a first position to a second position, an urging means, a trigger which, when activated, triggers operation of the valve actuator, the trigger including a retainer which ordinarily holds the shut-off valve in the first position against the force applied by urging means, and a sensor reactive to an external stimulus which releases the trigger upon receiving appropriate external stimulus.

Abstract: The device for complete draining of the oil in a component of a motor vehicle such as hydraulic steering, transmission with converter or automatic transmission which has within the component, an oil drain valve for at least one oil chamber in the component, which oil drain valve is automatically opened when the plug of the component is removed.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved valve which achieves high reliability through a simplicity of design, a minimum number of parts, a unique valve seat with a two stage sealing action, and at the same time provides a large flow when in the open position, owing to a large cross section opening. The valve features an improved sealing efficiency, in that when in the closed position an increase in pressure on the valve improves the performance of the valve, rather than increasing the likelihood of a leak. The valve is designed to be used in applications which permit the flow of material beyond the valve mechanism to discharge freely, whereby the discharged material activates a float mechanism so as to permit the valve to close when the discharged material reaches a preset level.

Abstract: A fuel filter assembly 16 for a fuel system for an internal combustion engine 10 which comprises a fuel filter housing 16 supporting a filter material 20 in a filter chamber 18 for disposition in a fuel line between a fuel tank 12 and an injector pump 14, and a fuel reservoir 22 disposed downstream from the filter chamber 18 for storing a volume of fuel. The assembly is characterized by an inlet valve 24 controlling fuel flow between the filter chamber 18 and the reservoir 22 for maintaining a predetermined volume of fuel in the reservoir 22 to provide a substantially constant fuel pressure to the injector pump 14. A float 26 is disposed in the reservoir 22 for opening the valve 24 in response to the fuel being below the predetermined volume and closing the valve 24 in response to the fuel being above the predetermined volume.

Abstract: A cylindrical perforated member is mounted between a working fluid inlet port and a hermetic vessel that a working fluid supplied into the hermetic vessel at the working fluid inlet port will not directly contact the forced-feed liquid surface. At the working fluid inlet port is mounted a ring-shaped member with a divergent section having the smallest flow passage area. The working fluid stream is deflected and dispersed by the cylindrical perforated member, to produce a pressure for feeding the liquid rapidly within the hermetic vessel, thus enabling the rapid forced-feed of the liquid.

Abstract: A system for providing a liquid to a plant or tree stand comprising a liquid reservoir connected via tubing to a liquid control assembly having a liquid level control section positioned on the lower end of an adjustable vertical section with straps for attachment to a tree. The liquid level control section comprises a lever arm/float assembly positioned within the tree stand for maintaining a predetermined liquid level within the tree stand. As the liquid in the tree stand is depleted the float drops and the opposite end of a float lever arm penetrates a channel raising a metal ball which permits liquid to enter the tree stand through the liquid level control assembly connected to the tubing from the reservoir. As the liquid rises in the tree stand, the float is forced upward causing the opposite end of the float lever to drop resulting in the metal ball lowering to seal the channel thereby stopping the liquid flow into the tree stand.

Abstract: A device, and a container having such a device, is provided for permitting filling the container with a predetermined weight of the fluid. The device and container include a main channel to introduce the fluid into the container at a fill pressure; a detector mechanism to detect a "filled" condition based on fluid weight; and a fluid-weight control mechanism to automatically prevent introducing fluid into the container in excess of the "filled" condition. A spring offsets part of the weight of a pivotally mounted displacer mounted on a pivotally mounted lever having an arm configured to permit closure of a ball valve as the container becomes "filled" and the displacer becomes buoyant. The fluid-weight control device, which is substantially independent of the composition and temperature of the fluid and of inertial effects induced in an attempt to thwart the fluid-weight control safeguard, also prevents introduction of fluid into the container as the container is non-upright.

Abstract: A toilet having a water inlet valve apparatus has a flush tank with a water inlet tube connecting from a water source into the flush tank. A water cutoff is attached to the water inlet tube and has a valve seat in a floating valve element positioned in the water inlet tube to seat in the valve seat responsive to water in the water inlet tube so that the water is cut off from entering the toilet tank when the valve element is seated in the valve seat. A removably attached ballcock valve assembly is removably attached to the water cutoff valve and water inlet tube and has a valve opening member positioned to hold the floating valve element in the water cutoff valve from the valve seat when the ballcock valve is attached to the water cutoff valve. Removing the ballcock valve from the water cutoff valve closes the water cutoff valve and stops the flow of water into the tank from the water inlet tube.

Abstract: A combination check valve and fluid trap device for connection to the outflow aperture of a condensate moisture drain system on an air conditioner, ice maker, cooler or like apparatus, the device comprising a ball float sealingly seated on a float seat within a housing, the float seat being connected to the outflow conduit of a generally U-shaped fluid trap having an inflow conduit for connection to the drain system, whereby water and gas are prevented from entering the fluid trap through the outflow conduit but excess water will move the ball float from the float seat to allow water to flow out of the outflow conduit. Preferably the fluid trap is provided with rotation means whereby the longitudinal axis of the inflow conduit can be adjusted relative to the longitudinal axis of the outflow conduit so that the two axes are not aligned in parallel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water drop structure which not only functions as a water drop but also prevents pests from intruding indoors, smell from leaking indoors, and sewage back flow when the robe is clogged. It has a main body, main drum, control floating ball, upper partition, and an upper cover. The main body has a positioning flange, main through hole, let-in sheet to form a let-in slot, and a main drum having a lower through hole, union sheet, and upper partition having a spacer with a recess, upper through hole, and its peripheral having union sheet, the upper cover having water drop hole, and the bottom having extension hood with inside diameter smaller than that of upper partition. The main drum and upper partition may be set in the main drum, and an upper cover can be assembled in the upper partition.

Abstract: A water level control device has connected tubular housings, one serving as a support for a hose connection and the other serving to house a float assembly for operation of a ball valve within the valve housing. An airtight float serves to raise the one extreme of a lever arm when buoyed by sufficient water level admitted through apertures in the float housing. The other extreme of the lever arm includes an upward projection that contacts a ball within the ball valve cavity urged against a lower valve seat by water pressure from a water hose. When the water level in the pool, and thus the float, is lowered, the one lever arm extreme will also be lowered raising the other extreme to cause the projection to lift the ball away from the valve seat and permit water from the hose to enter the pool. A water flooded ballast attached to the float provides a dampening effect so that the ballast and apertured float housing serve to dampen float motion due to surface waves.

Abstract: A valve mechanism for supplying liquid to a container until the surface of the liquid reaches a predetermined level includes a valve body disposable in the container and defining a cavity, an inlet port for communication with a liquid source and an cutlet port communicating with the interior of the container. A valve seat is provided in the cavity adjacent to the outlet port, and a valve member in the shape of a ball is disposed within the cavity and moveable between a normal closed condition and an open condition relative to the valve seat for respectively closing and opening the outlet port. A guide tube depends from the valve body in communication with the outlet port and has a float coupled to it. A valve actuator includes a base seated in the container and a rod extending upwardly therefrom into the guide tube. The actuator rod is engageable with the valve member for holding the valve member in its open condition when the surface of the liquid in the container is below the predetermined level.

Abstract: A tank valve for maintaining a water lever storage level in a tank. The tank valve includes differential pressure valve workings under control of a pivot member. A float enables the valve to open when resting on the pivot member and opens the valve when it rises free of the pivot member. A boost link depends from the pivot member to be boosted by the float near the end of its upward travel to assure closure of the valve working when an intended water level has be attained.

Abstract: A quantitative liquid level controlling device, comprising a housing having a socket at the top for attaching to a water supply pipe, and a control rod with a gravity pendant suspending therefrom through a cord for adjusting the desired water level. The gravity pendant pulls down the control rod to stop a connecting rod in position permitting a driving rod to constantly move a ball away from the water outlet hole inside the housing. The gravity pendant is floated when the desired water level is reached, permitting the control rod and the driving rod to move back so that the ball is returned to block up the water outlet hole.

Abstract: A toilet tank valve having a vertical riser with a collet thread and a plurality of flexible collet fingers. A slider tube is fitted into the riser. It has a plurality of peripheral grooves that can be engaged by the fingers to adjust the elevation of the slider tube. A collet nut threaded to the riser compresses the finger for this purpose. Valve workings are mounted to the slider tube. They include an inverted cup float slidingly fitted around the riser which can engage splines on the collet nut so that rotating the float can turn the collet nut, enabling the slider tube's elevation to be adjusted and its adjustment retained.

Abstract: Valve assemblies having a valve seat with a conical surface for causing an included O-ring to roll upon and wedge against the conical surface for closing the port when a spherical valve member is forced against the O-ring.

Abstract: A simple and reliable liquid level control for controlling the level of a cryogenic fluid within an enclosure for an electrical component. This totally mechanical system varies the flow rate of the cryogenic fluid from a supply conduit until the full level is attained at which point the flow is completely turned off. Details of materials used and construction considerations made in order to operate in this somewhat unstable environment are presented. The design includes the passages for exhausting the evaporated cryogenic fluid that is boiled off by the heat from the electrical component in the enclosure.

Abstract: A receptacle comprises a plurality of juxtaposed tanks interconnected adjacent upper portions thereof in liquid communication with each other by eyelets defining liquid transmitting passages. Each of the tanks has an open top closed by a funnel shaped cover having a central opening for admitting burning liquid fuel. Spheres are suspended from the covers to normally seal the liquid transmitting passages with the spheres each having a density which will permit them to float on the liquid fuel when it rises to the level of the passage to thereby open the passage.

Abstract: An improved flushing means is disclosed for use in water tanks such as are for flushing toilets. The flushing means has a water inlet with an improved two-stage valve using inlet line pressure for operating the two stages. A float is movably mounted on the inlet for controlling the valve with a lever operatively coupling the float to the first stage of the valve. A cooperating vertical hollow and floating overflow tube including an adjustable bowl filling siphon controls the tank discharge to the bowl. These improvements to the tank discharge to the bowl are also to be incorporated into the commonly used flapper-type flush valve.

Abstract: A float operated valve is provided with the rise of a float being temporarily prevented by the elastic force of a spring mounted on the valve body. When the buoyant force of the float reaches a predetermined maximum buoyant force as a result of the water level rising and the float becoming increasingly submerged, the buoyant force of the float moves the spring and closes the valve. The valve is also shown with a twin float construction for on/off operation at low and high water levels.

Abstract: A valve which is used to control the gravity-feed filling of containers by selectively permitting certain fluids to escape from the container while the container is being filled thereby controlling the amount of material which is admitted to the container.

Abstract: There is disclosed a vent for venting air from a system of the type which conducts fluid under pressure. The vent includes a chamber, a ball valve within a top wall of the chamber, and a float within the chamber which is arranged for vertical movement therein. A lever which carries a valve ball element is arranged for pivotal movement against the inner surface of the chamber top wall for disengaging the ball element from the valve when the valve is opened. When the valve is opened, the lever and ball element fall away from the valve. When the vent closes, the float acts upon the lever for guiding the ball element into seating relation with the vent valve.

Abstract: This buoyant blood stop valve is in the blood line to the patient to stop flow to prevent air embolism when the blood is exhausted from the oxygenator reservoir. The stop valve comprises a downwardly directed hemispherical cup next to the downwardly directed tubular inlet. The top of the cup is open to the inlet to permit free passage of air in and out of the top of the cup. The cup and inlet are formed in the upper valve body, and the lower valve body is secured thereto and faces the upper valve body. The bottom of the lower body has an outlet, and above the outlet is a circular valve seat, such as an O-ring in a recess. Above the O-ring the lower body has a curved bottom, but vanes are formed in the lower body and inwardly directed toward the outlet valve seat at the O-ring. Upper vanes adjacent the inlet are sloped toward the hemispherical cup.

Abstract: Device on a valve for shutting and/or controlling a flow of liquid, consisting of a valve box with a chamber, to which is connected an inlet and an outlet and with a valve body in the form of a ball or cylinder so arranged as to be capable of displacement with a rolling motion from a closed position against a valve seat to an open position away from the seat. The valve is specifically intended for use as a tank valve in toilet (water-closet) cisterns. The ball is supported so as to move freely in a blind hole in a body which is cylindrical and which is supported so as to rotate in the chamber. The body may be moved from a position where the blind hole and the ball are above the valve seat to a position where these components are to one side of the seat. The blind hole is so arranged as to be approximately at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the body, and the valve seat is situated inside the valve box or in a component which is attached to it.

Abstract: A valve assembly, mountable on a propane or LPG cylinder, has a gate valve to regulate flow. An auxiliary valve element is movable in response to the liquid level within the tank, and to pressure differentials in the outflow direction. The auxiliary valve interrupts flow through the valve to prevent an overfill condition, or if the valve's outlet communicates with atmospheric pressure, or if the cylinder is knocked over.

Abstract: By providing direct activation of the ball element by the cam lobe of a cam member in a ball valve, instead of utilizing additional links between the cam lobe and the ball member, positive valve action is achieved, the cost and complexity of the valve is decreased and the problems which arise from corrosion and sediment accumulation in linking elements are avoided.

Abstract: The housing of the filling device mounted on the tank wall defines a chamber wherein a spring-activated cut-off valve is mounted. This valve comprises a head cooperating with a valve seat at the end of a supply duct opening into the chamber and a piston-forming body separating the chamber into two volumes. The housing presents openings between the tank inner volume and the frontmost chamber volume, and a duct between the backmost chamber volume and the tank inner volume. A no-return valve, which only lets liquid to the tank inner volume, is mounted in this duct. At the end of this duct a valve controlled by the float in the tank is mounted.

Abstract: An improved flushing device is disclosed for use in tanks such as are used for flushing toilets. The flushing device has an inlet means including an improved two-stage valve which uses inlet line pressure in operating each of the two stages. A float is movably mounted on an inlet fixture for use in controlling the tank filling operation with a lever operatively coupling the float to the first stage of the valve. A vertical hollow overflow tube including a bowl filling aperture cooperates with a liquid operated variable buoyancy means on the float and alternatively a tube connects the inlet means with an overflow tube.

Abstract: A filler valve for a gas tank, comprising a valve body to be mounted in the wall of the tank, to the upper end of which body a filler hose can be connected, and in the wall of which valve body outlet ports are provided, two shut-off valves being provided in the valve body, between which shut-off valves a passage is present and furthermore the space between the two valve members is in open communication with the space under the valve members, said latter space comprising a passage opening controlled by a float, and in which furthermore the valves are constructed so as to be slidable one within the other and cooperate with one and the same seat.

Abstract: A remote-control valve having at least a two-part housing with a pressure inlet and adjacent outlet in one part, and which valve is opened and closed by a flexible continuous impermeable diaphragm at the base of a pressurizable frusto-conical chamber in the other part of the housing. This substantially conical chamber contains a free rubber ball which closes the apex opening from the chamber when the chamber is pressurized through a continuously open bypass from the inlet duct around the diaphragm in the first part of the housing. A projecting means such as a pin insertable through the apex of the chamber moves the ball away from its outlet duct to reduce the pressure in said chamber so that the pressure in the inlet duct will flex the diaphragm to open the valve to the outlet duct.

Abstract: A float actuated valve mechanism for automatically removing a predetermined amount of accumulated liquid condensate from a sump area of a gas pressurized drain trap or the like so as to regulate the level of liquid in such a sump area. A four-bar linkage between a float and a valve plug provides a non-linearly varying mechanical advantage throughout the movement of the float. In a closed position the valve plug mates with a rigid seating surface and an elastomeric seating surface to provide a wear-resistant seal.

Abstract: A non-return valve comprising: a pipe for waste waters having a passageway for draining the waters in a downstream direction, a circular seat having a given diameter transversely disposed in said pipe and a housing opening into the passageway directly downstream and laterally with respect to the seat. The housing has an upper wall provided with a guiding strip transversely disposed with respect to the pipe and leaning in the upstream direction. A shutting ball, having a specific gravity lower than the specific gravity of the sullage and a diameter larger than the diameter of the seat is connected with the guiding strip so that the shutting ball can be brought to seat on the seat by floating on the waters in the case of an inopportune upstream back flow and be held into the housing when the waters are flowing in the normal direction.