With Antisplash Means Not In Flow Passage Patents (Class 137/582)
  • Patent number: 11725370
    Abstract: The device and method disclosed comprises a portable housing continuous with a base that affixes to a drain stopper or directly to a sink or water basin to receive and direct water from a faucet or other similar dispenser, enlarging the surface area upon which the water flows. Greater water disbursement caused by the different flow configuration created by this device allows the sink or basin to stay cleaner by reducing dirt, debris, germs and grime buildup that would otherwise occur with use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Jackson McFarland
  • Patent number: 11280557
    Abstract: A tank-type water heater includes a storage tank and a heating circuit outside of the tank. The heating circuit includes at least one heat engine and at least one pump for circulating water from the bottom of the tank through the heat engine and back to the top of the tank. A stratifier introduces the heated water from the heating circuit into the top of the tank in a diffuse manner to promote stratification of hot water in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: A. O. SMITH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yingwu Teng, Michael W. Schultz
  • Patent number: 9970389
    Abstract: An antivortex device for use in suppressing formation of a vortex created by fluid flowing through multiple outlet ports defined in a sump is provided. The antivortex device includes a plurality of center plates extending through a central axis of the sump, an extension plate substantially aligned with one of the plurality of center plates and extending substantially radially outward from the central axis, and a top plate coupled to the plurality of center plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Alfredo Lopez, Gary David Grayson, Stephen Michael Addison
  • Patent number: 9750232
    Abstract: The present invention, relating to a water-pollutant separation device, on which a water-pollutant separation and filtration device, an ornamental fish tank water-pollutant separation and filtration system, and a high density cultivation water-pollutant separation, filtration and oxygen aeration system are based on, comprises a tank, a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe respectively communicated with the top of the separation tank, and a pollutant discharge pipe disposed at the bottom of the tank; the inner cavity of the tank is provided with a separation structure which is in an inverted barrel shape, having an upper closing cover and slightly smaller external dimensions than that of the tank which provides a gap between the separation structure and the bottom of the tank; a spoiler is installed onto the water inlet pipe after the water inlet pipe passes through the upper closing cover of the separation structure in the tank; the spoiler is sealed at the lower end, and is provided with a plurality of o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Junbin Chang
  • Patent number: 9671008
    Abstract: An oil suction device including a primary suction port installed at an inflow end of a thin pipe for sucking oil in an oil storing section, and a third suction port formed in a gap between a first tapered surface and a second papered surface due to a relative movement of the thin pipe to the thick pipe. At a suction pressure of the oil pump less than a predetermined pressure, the oil suction device sucks only oil from the primary suction port, and at a suction pressure of the oil pump equal to or more than the predetermined pressure, air is sucked from the third suction port formed in a gap between the first tapered surface and a second tapered surface due to the relative movement of the thin pipe to the thick pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Minaminakamichi
  • Patent number: 8899266
    Abstract: A transmission is provided including a sump at least partially defining a sump volume and operable to contain a fluid. The transmission further includes a hydraulic pump. An inlet tube is disposed at least partially within the fluid and is operable to communicate the fluid from the sump volume to the hydraulic pump. A fluid displacement reservoir defining a reservoir volume and disposed at least partially within the sump volume is also provided. The fluid displacement reservoir is operable to selectively displace or impede the movement of at least a portion of the fluid when the fluid within the transmission is subject to acceleration, such that the amount of the fluid required within the sump volume to maintain the inlet tube disposed within the fluid is reduced. The fluid displacement reservoir is also operable to selectively contain or receive at least a portion of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: David J. Varda
  • Patent number: 8844565
    Abstract: An anti-vibration system for a fluid reservoir. The system includes a baffle disposed within the fluid reservoir. The baffle includes a mounting mechanism and one or more apertures. The mounting mechanism is adapted to mount the baffle within the reservoir. In addition, and a reservoir cover, enclosing the fluid reservoir, includes receiving fixtures to receive the mounting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Adam Wirth
  • Patent number: 8622084
    Abstract: A liquid-suctioning tank includes a liquid inflow port, a gas outflow port, a baffle plate and a guide member. The liquid inflow port communicates with an upper space of a surface of a liquid, and configured and arranged to be connected to a liquid-suctioning object. The gas outflow port communicates with the upper space, and configured and arranged to be connected to a suctioning device so that a negative pressure is applied to the upper space by the suctioning device to trap liquid from the liquid-suctioning object using suction. The baffle plate is disposed in the upper space so that the liquid flowing from the liquid inflow port collides against the baffle plate. The guide member has a guiding wall configured and arranged to guide the liquid that has collided with the baffle plate from the baffle plate toward the surface of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Akihiro Satake, Nobuyuki Hayasaka
  • Patent number: 8590565
    Abstract: An improved fuel tank is disclosed. In the fuel tank, a shock-absorbing member comprising a plurality of foam members is mounted to an in-tank functional component provided inside a resin fuel tank body. When the fuel inside the tank sloshes up and down, the fuel strikes the shock-absorbing member, causing the force of the waves to be dispersed, and reducing the fuel sloshing sound created by the sloshing of the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Shinya Murabayashi, Kiyofumi Shida
  • Patent number: 8573246
    Abstract: An automatic filling termination device and a cryogenic vessel are provided including a body with a chamber, defined in the cryogenic vessel and provided with an inlet, communicated with the inlet for filling cryogenic medium into the chamber, and an outlet, arranged on the top wall of the body for discharging the cryogenic medium in the chamber into the cryogenic vessel; a flow termination member blocking the outlet, defined in the chamber of the body and has a predetermined weight to not be floated in the cryogenic medium; a floater, located outside the body and moving up and down when the liquid level of the cryogenic medium as filled into the cryogenic vessel is changed; and a connection, penetrated through the outlet to connect the flow termination member with the floater, wherein the outlet internal diameter is greater than the connection outer diameter by a predetermined dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignees: Nantong CIMC Tank Equipment Co., Ltd., China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoquan Lv, Minghua Deng, Pingan Jiang, Kun Wang
  • Patent number: 8517053
    Abstract: A vortex suppression device is provided which includes a plurality of spaced apart porous panels arranged generally parallel with respect to each other for placement adjacent a suction pipe inlet. The panels of the suppression device are oriented generally perpendicular to, or parallel to the suction pipe inlet. The device serves to prevent formation of a sufficiently strong vortex capable of pulling a continuous gas core into the suction piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert E. Henry, Hans K. Fauske, Robert J. Hammersley, James Farrington
  • Patent number: 8375988
    Abstract: A baffle device, configured to be disposed near an outlet of a fuel tank, includes a fitting having an aperture therethrough and a first baffle. The first baffle includes a passageway in fluid communication with the aperture and a first baffle aperture configured to permit entry of fuel vapor into the passageway and exit of fuel vapor from the passageway. The baffle device also includes a second baffle overlying at least a portion of the first baffle aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventor: Peter D. Shears
  • Publication number: 20100193055
    Abstract: A liquid-suctioning tank includes a liquid inflow port, a gas outflow port, a baffle plate and a guide member. The liquid inflow port communicates with an upper space of a surface of a liquid, and configured and arranged to be connected to a liquid-suctioning object. The gas outflow port communicates with the upper space, and configured and arranged to be connected to a suctioning device so that a negative pressure is applied to the upper space by the suctioning device to trap liquid from the liquid-suctioning object using suction. The baffle plate is disposed in the upper space so that the liquid flowing from the liquid inflow port collides against the baffle plate. The guide member has a guiding wall configured and arranged to guide the liquid that has collided with the baffle plate from the baffle plate toward the surface of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ISHII, Akihiro SATAKE, Nobuyuki HAYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20090173388
    Abstract: A deflector for a shower to direct a flow of water from a shower away from a body, while for example a temperature setting of such water is adjusting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventor: Gil SEVER
  • Patent number: 7222638
    Abstract: A liquid gathering and transferring apparatus for gathering liquid from a liquid source containing a quantity of liquid having a liquid surface and containing debris and discharging the liquid into a liquid receiving location includes an intake chamber having a chamber discharge end in fluid communication with the liquid receiving location and a chamber structural end opposite the chamber discharge end and a chamber side wall extending between the chamber discharge end and the chamber structural end and a longitudinal series of liquid intake ports in the chamber side wall extending generally between the chamber discharge end and the chamber structural end, the intake ports being of generally increasing diameter along the chamber side wall toward the chamber structural end for minimizing liquid vortex formation at the intake ports; so that the intake chamber can be suspended below the liquid surface at a minimal depth where less debris is present and draw liquid with negligible vortex formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Inventors: Kau-Fui Vincent Wong, James R. McNew, Eudoro Lopez
  • Patent number: 7159575
    Abstract: Surplus fuel returns from an engine into the sub-tank through a bellows pipe. A downstream end of the bellows pipe is supported by a sub-tank lid that closes an opening of a sub-tank. One ends of arms engage with the top of a pump module, which includes a fuel pump. The other ends of arms engage with the outer peripheral wall of the sub-tank. Thereby, the arms connect between the pump module and the sub-tank. Surplus fuel flows into the sub-tank through the bellows pipe, and strikes against the arm. Thereby, return fuel, which comes back into the sub-tank, decreases in kinetic energy. Thus, sound and vapor generated from fuel in the sub-tank can be reduced when return fuel comes back into the sub-tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Inoue
  • Patent number: 6966401
    Abstract: A sound absorbing device is attached to an inside of a fuel tank for alleviating and absorbing sound of liquid accompanied by fuel movement inside the fuel tank. The sound absorbing device includes a screen member formed in a flat bag shape, and small pieces stored inside the screen member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 6722389
    Abstract: Liquid transfer apparatus transfers liquid between containers, and includes a liquid storage chamber having an inlet and an outlet; a pump chamber having an inlet and an outlet; a passage connecting the storage chamber outlet to the pump chamber inlet; a suction pump mechanism for sucking air from the storage chamber via the pump chamber inlet; and a valve for selectively opening and closing the inlet of the liquid storage chamber, allowing liquid to flow into the storage chamber by a pump and opening of the inlet. A carry case stores the liquid transfer apparatus and three different adaptors, which can be connected to an aperture of a container for use with a liquid transfer apparatus. One adaptor has a radially adjustable thread engaging components to enable the adaptor to be connected to different sized apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Stevens Nominees (QLD) Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Alec Martin Stevens
  • Patent number: 6474357
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement in a vacuum sewer system, which comprises a sewer network having a sewage source and sewer piping adapted for receiving sewage from the sewage source. A liquid driven ejector device functions as a source of vacuum for the vacuum sewer system. In order to improve the efficiency of and to ensure the function of the ejector device, the ejector device forms a primary circuit, which is separated from a secondary circuit formed by the sewage collecting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Evac International Oy
    Inventor: Tommi Naski
  • Patent number: 6269833
    Abstract: A transfer system for transferring liquid from a liquid source to a reservoir which includes a fluid conduit having a coupling attached to an inlet end and an anti-siphon apparatus, having an upper and lower end, attached to an outlet end. The coupling may be a quick-connect coupling. The anti-siphon apparatus is mounted on the inlet end of the fluid conduit such that the lower end is located below the minimum water level of the reservoir and the upper end is located above the maximum water level of the reservoir. In addition, the upper end of the anti-siphon apparatus is located above the liquid outlet of the fluid conduit. The anti-siphon apparatus includes a baffle suitable for maintaining an air gap between water in the reservoir and the liquid outlet. Optionally, the transfer system may have an apparatus for removably mounting the system to an object such as a seal gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: STP Nuclear Operating Company
    Inventors: Herman W. Hein, Rene R. Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 6014987
    Abstract: The invention is an anti-vortex assembly for mounting at the entrance to the outlet port of a propellant tank. In detail, the anti-vortex assembly includes a hollow cylindrical frame assembly having a longitudinal axis, open top and bottom ends, and top and bottom circular shaped support members connected together by equally spaced vertical support members. A baffle assembly is mounted within the frame assembly and which includes a plurality of perforated baffle plates having first and second ends. The first ends of the baffle plates are joined together at the longitudinal axis of the frame assembly and the second ends are joined to the vertical support members of the frame assembly. A first cylindrical shaped filter assembly is mounted about the frame assembly and a second flat disc shaped filter assembly is mounted over the top opening thereof. Fasteners are used to secure the frame member and the first filter assembly to the tank about the periphery of the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Carl List, Jennifer Erin Kinzy
  • Patent number: 5779092
    Abstract: The tank and baffle system comprises a tank for transporting liquids, having a plurality of baffles for controlling surges and excess liquid movement produced by movement of the tank. The present invention is particularly useful where there is a large ratio of tank width to tank support and lateral bending loads may be in excess of longitudinal bending. The baffles are rigidly secured to a tunnel structure that spans longitudinally from the front to the rear of the tank, and forms a continuous structure in both longitudinal and transverse directions. A further aspect of the invention is the use of chamfered corners on the baffle plates to provide fluid communication between chambers of the tank, as well as to reduce surging of the liquid contents and reduce or eliminate joint fatigue. Access ports in the baffles that are covered by access covers during use are another aspect of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Mega Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald L. Hehn, John Cain
  • Patent number: 5575307
    Abstract: In a device for the disposal of liquid media, such as cooling-lubricating liquids containing production residue, such as chips from industrial processes, wherein these media can be returned via at least one pipe line to a return reservoir and from there through a pipe line connected near the bottom to at least one collecting tank by means of at least one return pump, it is intended to prevent deposits of production residue in the return reservoir and to clean it. This is accomplished in that the return reservoir has the approximate shape of a standing circular cylinder, in which at least one pipe line supplying liquid media terminates approximately tangentially. Because of this a circulating flow of the liquid media is generated in the return reservoir, which cleans the interior wall of the return reservoir and prevents the deposit of production residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: F&F Filter- Und Fordertechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Martinitz, Klaus Santler
  • Patent number: 5105663
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring low fuel level in a fuel tank having a fuel pump with an anti-slosh pot supplied with fuel from a predelivery pump in the fuel pump. Fuel measurement is effected by sensing delivery of air to the anti-slosh put by the predelivery pump when the fuel level in the tank is low, and measuring the amount of fuel in the anti-slosh pot when delivery of air is sensed. The amount of fuel measured in the anti-slosh pot accurately represents the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Pierburg GmbH
    Inventor: Ernst Kuhlen
  • Patent number: 5000217
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for keeping a rain water well unfrozen. The apparatus comprises a cover (12), walls (13) and an outlet (15), which defines an air space (16) of the well above the outlet and a water space (17) of the well below the outlet. According to the present practice, the whole surface area of the water in a rain water well is in contact with open air, which results in that the well freezes relatively easily under the joint influence of wind and frost. This problem is solved according to the invention in such a way that the apparatus comprises a funnel (1) positioned under the cover (12) of the well and a flow tube (5), the cross section of which is substantially smaller than the diameter of the well and which tube extends from the lower part of the funnel (1) under the water surface of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Kiinteistojen LVI-Palvelu ja Suunnittelu H. Armanto KY
    Inventor: Heikki Armanto
  • Patent number: 4792113
    Abstract: A flow limit valve for limiting the flow rate of a pressurized fluid includes a valve body with an interconnecting cavity of circular cross section. Within the cavity is a piston that slides within the cavity under force generated by a pressure differential across the piston to a closed position in engagement with a seat at the end of the cavity. A first encapsulated magnet is carried within the valve body in a chamber located on the side of the seat opposite the cavity. The first encapsulated magnet can be moved in response to another magnet outside the valve body to move a pin which can extend through the seat when the piston is in a closed position to thereby move the piston to an open position. The magnetic forces applied through the valve body affect internal valve operation via the pin and thus avoids the dange of noxious fluids escaping through sliding seals or flexible membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignee: Integrated Flow Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul G. Eidsmore
  • Patent number: 4657156
    Abstract: A fuel tank comprising a fuel inlet pipe and a cap detachably attached to the fuel inlet of the fuel inlet pipe. The fuel tank has a small chamber expanding downward from the bottom wall of the fuel tank. The fuel outlet of the fuel inlet pipe is open to the small chamber. A baffle member made of a porous material is fixed to the inner bottom wall of the small chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Uranishi, Takaaki Ito, Toshio Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 4241755
    Abstract: A liquid transport container unit carried by a vehicle for transporting liquid products such as water or gasoline is disclosed, such unit utilizing an elongated base section positioned parallel to the direction of movement of the vehicle. This base section contains an internal chamber for containing the liquid to be transported. An elongated upper section positioned substantially parallel to the base section is also mounted to the vehicle. This upper section is elevated with respect to the base section and also has an internal chamber for receiving the liquid. A plurality of return portions are connected between the base section and the upper section and are adapted for communicating the liquid between the internal chambers of the upper and base sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Inventor: Wesley L. Snyder
  • Patent number: 3942379
    Abstract: A gage mechanism for determining the level of a liquid, comprising a measuring means joined to a liquid level indicating device, a floating stilling chamber circumscribing the periphery of the liquid level indicating device, said stilling chamber having walls extending above wave action of the liquid, and vertical guide means for controlling lateral movement of the chamber at all levels at which the liquid level is to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1976
    Assignee: Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
    Inventor: Alfred Avery Kanzler