Combined With Fluid Receiver Patents (Class 137/565.17)
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Publication number: 20140174289Abstract: A dehumidifier is disclosed comprising a base, a fast coupler disposed on the base, a water receiving tray, a water collection tank disposed below the water receiving tray, a water discharging tank connected to the water receiving tray, and a pump having an outlet connected to the fast coupler and an inlet connected to the water discharging tank, wherein a water level switch is provided in the water discharging tank and comprises a floater and a closed hollow rod, wherein the floater has a hole for passing through of the rod and a magnet, and the rod has a magnetic field response switch electrically connected with the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicants: Guangdong Kelon Air Conditioner Co. Ltd., Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Co. Ltd.Inventors: Yufeng TAN, Wei Tang, Xiaoqin Wei, Minzhu Huang, Bingxiang Liang, Zhongmin Liu
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Publication number: 20140174571Abstract: An LPG bomb apparatus is provided, including: a fuel charging unit formed on a LPG bomb; a fuel conduit through which fuel flows from the fuel charging unit to a fuel pump; a first check valve that is formed on the fuel conduit inside the LPG bomb and sucks the fuel with a pressure of the fuel pump; and a second check valve that is formed on the fuel conduit inside the LPG bomb, is spaced apart from the first check valve, and discharges the fuel to be charged by the fuel charging unit to the LPG bomb.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Ju Tae Song, Cheol Hun Cho
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Publication number: 20140157810Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator including an ice maker in a freezer compartment of the refrigerator; a dispenser on a door of the refrigerator; a water tank in the interior of a cold storage unit of the refrigerator, at a height lower than the height of the dispenser; a pump adapted to pump water in the water tank to the ice maker or the dispenser; a passage adapted to connect the water tank to the pump; a flow sensor on or in communication with the passage to sense a flow rate of water in the passage; and a controller adapted to receive a signal from the flow sensor and determine whether water exists in the water tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: Dongbu Daewoo Electronics CorporationInventor: Won Woo JANG
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Patent number: 8746277Abstract: A fuel pump has a pump chamber accommodating a rotor member. The rotor member is rotatable to supply fuel to from a tank to an exterior of the tank. A case is supported in the tank. The case accommodates a part of the fuel pump. A pump bracket is located in the tank. The pump bracket is in a tubular bottomed shape having a sidewall portion in which a remaining portion of the fuel pump is inserted such that the sidewall portion surrounds a radially outside of the pump chamber of the remaining portion. The pump bracket is joined with the case to define a gap therebetween in a radial direction of the rotor member such that the pump bracket is movable relative to the case.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignees: Denso Corporation, Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuro Okazono, Hironobu Oki
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Publication number: 20140151309Abstract: A water supply system includes a first pipe, a water reservoir, and a Venturi pipe having a first Venturi nozzle terminal, a second Venturi nozzle terminal and a Venturi nozzle branch arranged between the first and second Venturi nozzle terminal. The first Venturi nozzle terminal is connected via the first pipe to the water reservoir. The first Venturi nozzle terminal is connectable to a second pipe to fill the water reservoir. The branch of the Venturi pipe is connectable to a third pipe to supply taps. Water flows through the Venturi pipe from the first Venturi nozzle terminal to the second Venturi nozzle terminal when the water reservoir is filled, and water flows through the Venturi pipe from the second Venturi nozzle terminal to the Venturi nozzle branch during the supply procedure, to provide a water supply system which requires less maintenance and is less temperamental.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Axel Schreiner, Paolo Cavarero, Hannes Müller, Ralf Menshausen, Markus Wirth, Michael Rempe, Carlos Rosero
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Publication number: 20140137958Abstract: A portable pumping assembly for pumping and transporting fluids includes a container having bottom and side walls defining a chamber and a hand operated pump connected with an upper portion of the container side walls and arranged within the container generally parallel to the container bottom wall. When the pump is operated, fluid is drawn from outside the container and deposited into the container chamber for easy transport to a disposal location or facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Inventor: Charles Francis Holm, III
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Publication number: 20140130912Abstract: The injection apparatus, which injects a molding material into a mold by operating an injection cylinder and fills the mold with the molding material, includes a plurality of actuating mechanisms that is connected to the injection cylinder. Each actuating mechanism includes an actuating cylinder that supplies an incompressible fluid to the injection cylinder, and a drive part that drives a piston of the actuating cylinder. In a low-speed step and a high-speed step for injecting the molding material, the piston of each actuating cylinder is driven forward, and hydraulic oil is supplied to the injection cylinder. In a pressure-increasing step, the pistons of the actuating cylinders are driven forward, and hydraulic oil is supplied to the injection cylinder. As the injection apparatus includes a plurality of actuating mechanisms, the speed and pressure of the injection cylinder can be increased without requiring high performance from the drive parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventor: Kazuyuki Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20140130911Abstract: An energy capturing system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a spacer element, a pressurization device, an energy capturing device and a pressure stabilizing device. The first chamber and the second chamber are adapted to contain a liquid. The spacer element is located between the first chamber and the second chamber. The second chamber is connected with the first chamber via an opening of the spacer element. Two ends of the pressurization device are connected with the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively. The energy capturing device is located on the opening. The pressure stabilizing device is connected with the first chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Inventors: Shih-Ying CHIANG, Yi-Chen LI, Sheng-Chung LO
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Patent number: 8708663Abstract: A fugitive gas capture system includes a variable volume gas storage assembly (e.g., a bag) that expands and deflates between a first position and a second position, respectively, where the positions influence control of a switch coupled to a throttle on a gas engine that powers a compressor or coupled to a valve input to a gas booster compressor. The compressor is coupled to an output pipeline to provide the compressed gas in liquid or gas form to a pipeline under consistent pressure. Alternatively, the compressed gas may be on-site in a separator, in a heater treater, for various controls, as engine fuel, or with any other energy source employed on site, e.g., electric power from offgas vapors used to generate on-site electricity.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Inventors: Frederick T. Varani, Paul Bertram Trost
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Publication number: 20140083536Abstract: A working fluid supply device of an electric discharge machine draws up a cleaned fluid from a cleaned-fluid tank by means of a pump and supplies it to a working tank. The pump is connected with a first fluid circuit configured to supply the drawn cleaned fluid to the working tank and a second fluid circuit configured to supply the drawn cleaned fluid to an ion-exchange resin and a refrigerator. In supplying the cleaned fluid to the working tank, the first and second fluid circuits are opened and closed, respectively. In supplying the cleaned fluid to the ion-exchange resin and the refrigerator, the first and second fluid circuits are closed and opened, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke YOSHIZAKI, Yoshinori MAKINO
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Patent number: 8678032Abstract: A method and apparatus for fluid storage and pumping comprising a fluid storage tank incorporating a housing cavity.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Inventor: Gary Ike
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Publication number: 20140076412Abstract: A method of draining heat-transfer oil in a solar power plant, and equipment for draining, storing and repositioning heat-transfer oil in order to implement the method, includes filling auxiliary ducts, flushing the oil from the solar power plant loop, cooling the outgoing oil and extracting the oil by suction; replenishing includes filling the loop by impulsion and emptying the auxiliary ducts by aspiration, with the installation including an oil tank (7); a pumping assembly (6); an oil cooler (5); communication ducts between same; a depressor or aspiration assembly (8); an assembly of ducts for emptying (3) the loop of the installation, forming a closed loop; and an assembly of filling ducts (4), forming a closed loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: LOGISTICA Y ACONDICIONAMIENTOS INDUSTRIALES, S.A.UInventor: Jesùs Lacalle Bayo
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Patent number: 8671977Abstract: A container assembly for windshield or headlight washing fluid in a vehicle. It includes in combination: an elongated hollow structure demarcated by a wall with a plurality of asymmetric accordion folds that can be arranged in a stable retracted position and in a flexible extended position, in which it is suitable for being installed in a useful space of an engine compartment in the vehicle, the hollow structure in the extended position containing an operational amount of windshield or headlight washing fluid; a filling opening located at an inlet end portion of the hollow structure; at least one pump associated to the hollow structure for transferring contained fluid to a service point; and a securing device for securing the inlet end portion and one or more sections of the hollow structure to the engine compartment in an installation area.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2007Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Fico Transpar, S.A.Inventors: Mariano Gonzales Sanz, Miguel Mota Lopez
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Patent number: 8671978Abstract: A refueling device (1) for refueling a fuel tank (2) of an internal combustion engine (3) in a motor vehicle (4) has a filler connector (5) for feeding fuel to the fuel tank (2). An integrated fuel feed device (10) feeds the fuel from the filler connector (5) to the fuel tank (2).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Fritz, Josef Oesterle, Horst Petri
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Publication number: 20140064852Abstract: A distribution system and method for simultaneously distributing and reclaiming a liquid with a single, multi-directional system pathway. The system pathway follows a circuitous path for both receiving liquid from and returning reclaimed liquid to a reservoir positioned beneath a ground surface. A distribution pathway, such as a pipe, may carry the liquid with pressure from the reservoir to a distribution outlet. A reclamation pathway, such as a perforated pipe, may encapsulate the distribution pathway, and capture runoff and excessive liquid through at least one aperture for returning the liquid back to the reservoir. In some embodiments, the system pathway may include one perforated pipe that forms a barrier between the distribution pathway and the reclamation pathway. A film may cover the perforations to allow for pressurizing the water. A system of pumps, valves, and a control apparatus help regulate the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventor: Charles Tyler Livvix
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Patent number: 8646480Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus or fuel pump unit includes a lower case having a flange plate fixed to a fuel tank and upstanding walls extending into the fuel tank. An upper case housing a fuel pump therein is provided that includes brackets disposed along inner sides of the upstanding walls. The upstanding walls having engaging holes defined therein, and the brackets having attachment members engaging in the engaging holes. The brackets include tongues projecting heightwise beyond the upstanding walls.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Keihin CorporationInventors: Shinya Koyama, Kyohei Hosoya, Kuniharu Kimura, Junji Miyazaki, Hikaru Tsukamoto, Toshihiko Naito
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Patent number: 8640735Abstract: A waste water lifting installation has a collection container and a pump assembly. The pump assembly is fastened on a flange plate which closes an opening on the upper side of the collection container. The flange plate, on a first side edge which faces the middle region of the waste water lifting installation, is releasably fixed on the collection container with a single locking element.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Grundfos Holding A/SInventors: Luca Casalini, Alessandro Iacoponi, Ralf Schomäcker
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Publication number: 20140020775Abstract: A manifold battery for hydrocarbon fields has an entrance manifold which is connected to a plurality of separators which are operatively connected through ducts and valve sets, with gas storage devices and a pair of circulating pumps. A purging chamber is also provided which is connected to the storage devices and to the separators. An auxiliary tank reduces the adverse impact to the environment, accidents, dangers and consequential risks of flammable, toxic and damaging substances concentration, as well as reducing the operative times and the related costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Cristian Javier Iboldi, Carlos Andres Maeda, Norberto Osvaldo Rodriguez, Juan Alberto Ignacio Churrarin
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Patent number: 8631860Abstract: A water tank includes a box, an air valve body, a valve core, a cap, and an elastic element. The box defines an accommodating space and a vent communicating with the accommodating space. The air valve body is extended out from the box and adjacent to the vent. The valve core is mounted to the valve body to airproof the vent, and comprises a first end inserted into the accommodating space through the vent and a second end opposite to the first end. The elastic element is arranged between the cap and the valve core. The valve core will open the vent to deform the elastic member and allow heated air in the accommodating space to leak out of the accommodating space through the vent, in response to an air pressure in the box is greater a reference air pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xian-Xiu Tang, Zhen-Xing Ye
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Publication number: 20140007961Abstract: An apparatus for enclosing an organ after harvesting and before implantation, having; a vessel enclosing a fluid, a connection tube for connecting a circulation hose to the organ for passing a fluid to the organ by a pump, and a degassing hose extending from the connection tube to the vessel. A pinch valve is arranged in the degassing hose. During a degassing phase, the pinch valve is opened to allow fluid flow from the pump, via the circulation hose to the connection tube and via the degassing hose to the vessel for expelling air entrapped in the fluid flow system. A balloon is arranged to prevent fluid flow via the connection tube to the organ during the degassing phase. A sterility arrangement closes the vessel at the top and may be replaced by further sterility arrangements without compromising the sterility.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: VIVOLINE MEDICAL ABInventors: Stig Steen, Audrius Paskevicius, Benjamin King
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Publication number: 20130333760Abstract: The present disclosure is directed generally to waste water vessels with multiple valved chambers, and associated systems and methods. A method in accordance with a particular embodiment includes drawing waste water into a first chamber under vacuum while the first chamber and a second chamber have at least approximately the same internal pressure. The method further includes allowing the waste water to pass from the first chamber to the second chamber while the first chamber and a second chamber have at least approximately the same internal pressure, releasably sealing the first chamber from fluid communication with the second chamber, and simultaneously adding waste water to the first chamber and removing wastewater from the second chamber while the first chamber is sealed from fluid communication with the second chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: SAPPHIRE SCIENTIFIC INC.Inventors: Michael James Roden, Bill Elmer Richardson
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Publication number: 20130333776Abstract: A check valve is provided that includes a body defining a flow path between an upstream side and a downstream side. A pivot pin is disposed within the body in the flow path, and includes a longitudinal shaft and one or more bearings rotatably coupled along at least a portion of the shaft. The check valve also includes at least one valve plate rotatably coupled with at least one of the one or more bearings to regulate fluid flow through the check valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Aaron L. FREEMAN, Neil J. DAVIES
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Publication number: 20130298998Abstract: A water distribution system having a dual use water treatment unit. The same water treatment unit can be used to treat water supplied from a fill port to a storage tank during a fill operation, as well as water leaving the storage tank for supply to one or more points of water use during a supply operation. When a diverter valve is in a fill position, water supplied to the fill port can flow through the diverter valve and to the water treatment unit for treatment then to the storage tank for storage. When the diverter valve is in a supply position, the water from the storage tank can be delivered using means for pressurizing water to the same treatment unit for treatment, then through the diverter valve and to a point of water use device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventor: Peter Daniel Nolan
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Publication number: 20130291972Abstract: There is provided a radioactive sludge transfer apparatus for safely and surely transferring radioactive sludge contaminated by radioactive substance stored in a sludge storage tank to a transfer tank for the sake of tank inspection.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: TAIHEI DENGYO KAISHA, LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Aizawa, Osamu Ogata
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Publication number: 20130276907Abstract: A valve assembly configured to close off the flow of fluid within a fluid injection assembly includes a fluid column having a first open end and a second open end. A fluid flow path is defined between the first and second open ends of the fluid column, and a saturation valve portion is disposed within the fluid flow path. The saturation valve portion is a first configuration when no fluid is flowing through the fluid flow path, and the saturation valve portion transitions to a second configuration when fluid is flowing through the fluid flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: UTILX CORPORATIONInventors: James Steele, William R. Stagi, Alexander Babchanik
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Publication number: 20130269349Abstract: A system for recirculating a vented fuel to a fuel delivery system of a gas turbine generally includes a vented fuel conduit in fluid communication with the fuel delivery system and a container in fluid communication with the vented fuel conduit. A pump is disposed downstream from the container and a fuel conduit is disposed downstream from the pump. The fuel conduit may provide fluid communication from the pump to the fuel delivery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Easwaran Rathinam
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Patent number: 8555861Abstract: A fuel pump apparatus for supplying fuel to an engine includes a lid member is formed divisionally from a first lid member having a fuel supply path, and a second lid member removably provided on the first lid member and having a fuel inflow path. A fuel filter is disposed between the first lid member and the second lid member. Since the fuel filter is built in the lid member, a protective case for protecting the fuel filter and a stay for attaching the fuel filter to a vehicle body are not required. The fuel pump apparatus so configured eliminates the requirement for a protective case for protecting a fuel filter and an attaching stay for attaching the fuel filter to a vehicle body and can achieve reduction of the cost.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshihito Tokuda
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Publication number: 20130263926Abstract: Systems and methods of fluid conveyance and/or heating are provided. A system according to the present invention provides improved selected localized or distributed fluid heating, master/slave dual pump control, hose construction, and/or a combination thereof. Another system according to the present invention provides a portable plural fluid heating apparatus, which may be located closer to a fluid application point than a fluid source, thereby minimizing the distance required to be traveled by fluid after heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Lee H. Stellmacher, Brock E. Stellmacher
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Publication number: 20130247995Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for a control valve. In one embodiment, a valve can be provided. The valve can include a flow restrictor portion operable to generate a pressure drop in a fluid flow by viscous dissipation; a throttle portion operable to change a flow rate of the fluid; and a guard portion operable to separate the flow restrictor portion from the throttle portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATIONInventor: Daniel A. Ehrlich
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Publication number: 20130233390Abstract: The invention relates to a collecting tank for multi-phase mixtures from a hydrocarbon source, having at least one inlet (20) for introducing multi-phase mixtures into the collecting tank (10), and having a plurality of outlet connectors (30), which can be connected to pumps (3) via which multi-phase mixtures are pumped, the outlet connectors (30) being assigned inwardly directed internals (40) which project upwards beyond the collecting-tank base (11) and have a first, upper opening (42) and a second, lower opening (41), wherein the flow cross section of the lower opening (41) is smaller than that of the upper opening (42).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: JOH. HEINR. BORNEMANN GMBHInventors: Axel Jaeschke, Gerhard Rohlfing, Jens-Uwe Brandt, Marco Bredemeier geb Drewniok, Mark Reichwage
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Publication number: 20130228244Abstract: A sewage tank for use with a pump such as a grinder pump to convey sewage. The sewage tank includes a container having an upper portion and a lower tapering portion defining a chamber for containing the pump. The lower tapering portion has a reduced size compared to the upper portion. The upper portion and the lower portion may include a plurality of intersecting vertical ribs and horizontal ribs defining a plurality of recessed pockets. The lower portion of the sewage tank may also include an outwardly-extending flange sufficiently sized so that soil may be backfilled around the bottom of the tank to prevent the tank from floating upward out of the ground due to its buoyancy under high ground water conditions. A sewage tank having a stepped flange is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: Paul J. DALEY, Clark A. HENRY, Graeme HISGROVE, Adrian MASSEY
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Publication number: 20130228132Abstract: A pet drinking fountain assembly having a pump forming part of a fountain mounting arrangement that includes a lift tube coupling a cover to the pump coupled to a lower basin by a mount. The mount and lift tube attenuate pump noise and vibration by providing isolation from the basin and cover and can function as dampeners. In a preferred embodiment the pump is part of a pump module that includes a module housing to which the pump is attached by another noise-attenuating mount. Each mount is formed by one or more suction cups with the cups and lift tube made of vibration dampening material, such as a resilient vibration dampening or isolating material that can be an elastomeric material. The module includes a lift tube coupling discharge that registers in fluid flow communication with a pump outlet and can include a ring or bushing therebetween providing additional noise attenuation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Pioneer Pet Products, LLCInventors: John M. Lipscomb, Qing He, Stanley Suring
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Patent number: 8522816Abstract: A device for collecting fuel in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle having a prefilter arranged inside a swirl pot. The prefilter has a section rising from a horizontal plane and a section lying in the horizontal plane. The sections of the prefilter are produced as one piece and are connected to the swirl pot. The prefilter has an especially large surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Karl Eck, Dieter Hagist, Matthias Kadler, Martin Maasz, Oliver Schönert, Michael Teichert
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Patent number: 8522817Abstract: An insulation gas recovery and charge apparatus is provided comprising a pump, a connect, an inflatable collection device and at least one valve.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Jefferson Science Associates, LLCInventor: Kevin Jordan
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Publication number: 20130213502Abstract: Provided is a pumping system which may include a tank, a pump and a valve configured to have a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the valve may be configured to allow fluid to flow from the pump to the tank and, in the second configuration, the valve may be configured to allow fluid to flow from the pump to an outside structure. Provided also is a fluid delivery device may include a tank and a pumping system configured to provide fluid to the tank and extract the fluid from the tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventor: Loren Van Wyk
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Publication number: 20130213299Abstract: A liquid tank includes at least one main tank, a supplemental tank and a transmission module. The main tank is supplied with a first liquid. The supplemental tank is supplied with a second liquid. The transmission module is connected between the supplemental tank and the at least one main tank. The transmission module is configured to supply the second liquid into the main tank while the first liquid in the main tank is lowered down to a first position, and to stop supplying the second liquid into the main tank while the first liquid in the main tank is raised up to the first position. A thin film deposition apparatus using the aforementioned liquid tank is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: PINECONE MATERIAL INC.Inventors: FU-SHUN HU, CHIH-CHIEH CHU, HENG LIU
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Patent number: 8505575Abstract: A water supply module for hydrotherapy, which includes a pump, a water inlet, a micro bubble water outlet, a pressurized water outlet, a relief valve, and a mixer. The water inlet is connected to the pump. The micro bubble water outlet and the pressurized water outlet are connected to an outlet of the pump. The relief valve is installed in between the outlet of the pump and the micro bubble water outlet, and the mixer is installed in between the water inlet and the relief valve. A drain valve is further connected off the bottom of the pump to drain out the residual water from the pump and the piping. The integrated water supply module provides space-saving advantage. Furthermore, by draining the residual water, the water supply module also improves SPA hygiene by reducing the risk of skin diseases and infections.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Cashido CorporationInventors: Shih-Chang Chen, Tsair-Rong Chen, Shih-Chieh Tsai, Chun-Lung Chiu, Chih-Hsiang Chen
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Publication number: 20130192701Abstract: A compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling system has a single compressor, a storage tank configured to receive CNG from the compressor, and a CNG feedback to the compressor from the storage tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: J-W POWER COMPANYInventor: J-W POWER COMPANY
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Publication number: 20130192702Abstract: A plastic fuel tank and a process for manufacturing a fuel tank, the fuel tank including an upper wall, a lower wall, and at least one kiss point formed by welding together a multiplicity of contact points of the upper and lower walls and an accessory. Both the upper and lower walls show a concave recess in the kiss point area so that the weld of the kiss point is located in between planes defined by the upper and lower walls respectively; a bottom of the upper concave recess extends substantially beyond the weld of the kiss point, while a bottom of the lower concave recess does not; the accessory is at least partially located under the extension of the bottom of the upper concave recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: August 1, 2013Inventors: Joseph Douglas Chiasson, Paul Daniel Reuther, David Hill
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Publication number: 20130160864Abstract: A brake bleeding kit includes a first part 214 to be fitted to a brake fluid container 212, a second part 216 to be fitted to a master cylinder reservoir (252) of a brake system and tubing (218) to connect the first part and second part to transfer brake fluid from the container to the master cylinder reservoir via the first and second parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Inventor: Nigel Alexander Buchanan
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Patent number: 8464693Abstract: A fuel pump module including a reservoir and a sender gauge. The reservoir includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, a floor connecting the inner and outer walls, and N sets of supports fixed to the floor and disposed between the inner and outer walls and around the inner wall. The sender gauge is supported and retained by one of the N sets of supports, wherein N is an integer greater than one.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CorporationInventors: Patrick Powell, Kishore Tammineedi
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Publication number: 20130139892Abstract: A method and a device used to store a product inside a receptacle. The product includes a first liquid component and at least a second component. Inside the receptacle, the product is circulated by a conveying apparatus which is positioned in the region of a tubular guide element arranged inside a receptacle. At least one component of the product fed to the receptacle flows first into an internal space of the guide element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: SIG TECHNOLOGY AGInventors: Franz-Willi Spelten, Bernd Kluth
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Publication number: 20130118597Abstract: A liquid delivery system and method move an air impermeable membrane adjacent a liquid chamber in response to withdrawal of liquid from the chamber to move a plunger. The plunger moves between a first position fluidly connecting a fluid source and a fluid actuated valve to open the valve and supply liquid to the liquid chamber and a second position blocking connection of the fluid source and the fluid actuated valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2013Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Publication number: 20130098456Abstract: Pulses in a pumping system resulting from paired reciprocating pumps are dampened by a pressure vessel that includes two compartments separated by a flexible membrane and otherwise isolated from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: Bio-Rad LaboratoriesInventor: Bio-Rad Laboratories
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Patent number: 8424566Abstract: A fluid transfer system includes a fluid supply source. The fluid supply source includes at least one wall extending from a floor. The fluid transfer system also includes at least one fluid transfer apparatus positioned within the fluid supply source. The fluid transfer system further includes a fluid control system. The fluid control system includes a plate coupled within the fluid supply source at least partially between the wall and the at least one fluid transfer apparatus. The fluid control system also includes at least one partition extending from the plate between the wall and the at least one fluid transfer apparatus. The at least one partition cooperates with the plate to at least partially direct fluid flow into the at least one fluid transfer apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Laxmikant Merchant, Jitendra Harish Bijlani, Robert L. Baran, Venkateswara Rao Akana
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Patent number: 8424565Abstract: A fuel module for a vehicle has a fuel tank opening cover pivotably coupled to a module housing that holds multiple components including a fuel pump, filter, etc. The housing can be advanced lengthwise through the opening of a shallow fuel tank then turned horizontally to rest on the bottom of the tank, with the cover remaining parallel to the opening such that when the housing is in place in the tank the cover blocks the opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jorge Solorio
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Publication number: 20130074268Abstract: A pneumatic accumulator integral to a structural member of a person-support apparatus to store air is disclosed. The accumulator serves as a reservoir available for rapid changes in demand for pressurized air, for use by a variety of devices integral or external to the person-support apparatus or for extension and retraction of at least one portion of the person-support apparatus. A pump supplies air to the accumulator. The pump and at least one pressure sensor are in communication with a controller. At least one valve in the fluidic path is in communication with the controller and meters the supply of air. The controller may further be connected with an alarming unit, hospital network, activity log, communication station nurse call system or electronic medical records.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Inventors: Timothy Joseph Receveur, Christopher R. O'Keefe, Eric R. Meyer, Jason Brennan Grace
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Publication number: 20130068326Abstract: A submersible, water circulation system for enclosed tanks such as used by municipalities, fire districts, and industries. The system includes a driving unit having a shell extending along an axis with a pump supported within the shell. The shell has at least one inlet and at least one outlet and is positionable on the floor of the tank with the outlet facing upwardly. In operation, the pump continuously draws an incoming flow of water from outside of the driving unit adjacent the tank floor through the inlet of the driving unit and preferably drives all of the continuously incoming flow out through the upwardly facing outlet. The upwardly facing outlet is preferably a thin, elongated slot that creates a thin, substantially planar discharge of water therethrough that presents a very large surface area for its volume and induces water adjacent the shell to move upwardly with it.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: Medora Environmental, Inc.Inventors: Douglas P. Walter, Joel J. Bleth, Willard R. Tormaschy, Corey M. Simnioniw, Jonathan L. Zent
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Publication number: 20130068327Abstract: The present invention concerns an electrolyte supplying apparatus including a tank which stores an electrolyte, a supply-receiving unit to which the electrolyte in the tank is supplied, a pipe which connects the tank and the supply-receiving unit, a gas pressure feeding unit which feeds an inert gas under pressure into the tank so that the electrolyte in the tank is supplied to the supply-receiving unit via the pipe by increasing an internal pressure of the tank, and a mass flowmeter which is provided in the pipe and detects a mass flow rate of a fluid flowing in the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Yamada, Masahiko Sugiyama, Kuniyoshi Wakamatsu, Akinori Miura
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Publication number: 20130061962Abstract: In one embodiment, a microfluidic system includes a fluidic channel coupled at each end to a reservoir. A fluid actuator is located asymmetrically within the channel to create a long side and a short side of the channel and to generate a wave propagating toward each end of the channel, producing a unidirectional net fluid flow. A controller is to selectively activate the fluid actuator to control the unidirectional net fluid flow through the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Pavel Kornilovich, Alexander Govyadinov, David P Markel, Erik D. Torniainen