Abstract: A fluid actuated control device for operable connection with a hydraulic valve, such as a pilot valve, and comprising a coupler bolt secured directly to the valve spool, a fluid actuated cylinder and piston assembly connected with the coupler bolt for reciprocation thereof, a helical spring member disposed around at least a portion of the coupler bolt and cooperating with a pair of oppositely disposed spring retainer cups for maintaining a normal neutral position for the valve spool, the coupler bolt being reciprocal by the fluid actuated cylinder and piston assembly upon the application of fluid pressure to the assembly for shifting of the valve spool from a remote position without interference with the normal manual operation of the valve.

Abstract: A hydraulic damper includes a cylinder receiving hydraulic liquid therein, a piston working in the cylinder and partitioning the interior thereof into two chambers, a piston rod secured to the piston and extending through one of the two chambers to the outside of the damper and having an axial bore extending therethrough, a valve mechanism mounted on the piston, an elongated adjusting rod axially displaceably disposed in the piston rod with the inner end thereof cooperating with an orifice member which is mounted on the piston rod, and a by-pass passage including the axial bore in the piston rod and an orifice of the orifice member and connecting the two chambers. The orifice member is axially adjustably mounted on the piston rod such that the location of the orifice member with respect to the piston rod can be adjusted to abut with the adjusting rod when the adjusting rod is at an innermost position.

Abstract: A pressure reducing and regulating valve having a body with a body cavity and a seal container movable in the cavity. The container includes primary and vent seals. At least one flow plate is positioned in the body adjacent the container and includes primary, secondary and vent ports. The improved seal container has the primary and vent seals positioned in the container on opposite sides of the central axis of the container, allowing the container and thus the body to be of a smaller size, thereby reducing the pressure forces applied against the interior of the body. The primary and vent seals are spaced on opposite sides of the central axis at locations for reducing the side loading forces acting around the central axis as the container is moved.

Abstract: The angle cock valve has all plastic parts to prevent galvanic corrosion when used in hot water tanks and the like. The valve includes a valve body, a valve stem and a stem retainer. The valve body has an inlet bore, an outlet bore, and a valve stem receiving bore disposed in fluid communication with each other. The inlet and valve stem receiving bores taken together form a linear bore for allowing a rod to pass into the water tank to dislodge accumulated sediment. An annular seat is disposed between the inlet and outlet bores. The valve stem has an enlarged handle portion at one end and a detent for mounting a seat seal at the other end. The valve stem and the stem receiving bore are threaded to enable the seat seal to be selectively moved longitudinally against the annular seat. A pair of annular ridges receive an annular seal. Facing the handle portion, the ridges have a generally transverse surface. The stem retainer is mounted on the exterior of the valve body.

Abstract: A piston valve comprising a housing and a piston slidably engaged therein. The valve is especially adapted to be molded of plastic for use in fuel lines of lawn mowers and other small gasoline-powered engines. Also, a combination fuel tank and piston valve assembly.

Abstract: An FCB-making machine is provided with an adjustable faucet that is energized by a pressurized fluid such as carbon dioxide or air, which is controlled by a momentary-contact switch-actuated three-way solenoid valve. Dispensing is started by depressing the switch and terminated by releasing the switch (or automatically). By using this valve many conventional liquid drink dispensers, milkshake freezers and similar machines may be converted to the production of FCB's. A provision is made for performing faucet seal repairs without affecting the pressure or contents of the machine.

Abstract: A gas-operated valve actuator having a gas operated motor, a mechanism for disengaging the valve's manual operation apparatus, and a device for quickly shutting off the actuator when the valve's drive shaft reaches its travel limit.

Abstract: A valve structure is provided for use in an integral hydraulic pump and valve assembly having a housing adapted to be integral with a pump housing with spaced apart low pressure and high pressure ports corresponding to the low pressure inlet port and high pressure outlet port of said pump, a low pressure chamber, a high pressure chamber and a cylinder chamber in said housing spaced apart and generally parallel to one another, a transverse bore in said housing intersecting said chambers, valve means movable axially in said bore, said valve means having an annular groove intermediate its ends capable of connecting said low pressure and high pressure chambers in a first neutral position, capable of connecting all of said chambers in a second position and connecting only the low pressure chamber in a third position, detent means in said housings extending into said bore and annular groove in the valve member, detent engaging means in said groove intermediate its ends and stroke limiting means extending into the b

Abstract: A dispensing valve comprising a gate slideable transversely over the outer end of a passage from which is to be dispensed various viscous substances. The gate is slideable substantially at a right angle to the axis of the passage and the gate slide and guide are curved transversely relative to the direction of sliding movement so that the gate will be pulled axially into sealing engagement with the outer end of the passage as it moves thereover. Reciprocation of the gate can be accomplished with the fingers of one hand due to the provision of the cooperating lug arrangement on the slide gate and guide.

Abstract: A pinch valve for selectably controlling flow of fluid through one of two resiliently deformable tubes used e.g., for transporting water in a steam iron. The valve comprises a body member defining a compression surface supporting each one of the tubes. A selector lever is pivotally mounted on the body for selectably moving an integral cam abutment between individual tube shut-off positions. A rocker element supported on the tubes is captively held in the body member intermediate the selector lever and the compression surface for rocking movement between tube pinching positions. The cam abutment continually presses on the rocker causing the rocker to bear upon each one of the tubes on the compression surface. As the selector lever is pivoted, the cam abutment engageably slides along the rocker to rock the rocker between its tube pinching positions. The tubes are thus isolated from sliding contact with the cam abutment by the interposed rocker thereby preventing frictional wear of the tubes.

Abstract: A valve for automatically dumping a load of solids entrained within a fluid transport medium in response to flow interruption is disclosed. The automatic dump valve is particularly well-suited for use in combination with a nodule transport riser in deep ocean mining operations. The automatic dump valve system is combined with a tubular conduit defining a longitudinally extending flow passage having a sidewall opening defining a dump port. The automatic dump valve assembly includes a movable dump port cover plate and a hydraulic actuator coupled to the cover plate. The hydraulic actuator is operably responsive to pressure changes within the flow passage relative to the pressure exerted by a surrounding body of water to open and close the dump port.

Abstract: The locking valve apparatus includes a valve housing containing a rotatable cylinder lock with a keyway extending into the cylinder from one end and with a stationary cylindrical member of the valve housing encircling this rotatable cylinder. An alignment element on the outside of this stationary cylindrical member is adapted to position, align and guide a removable handle for the valve. This removable handle includes a sleeve defining a socket which is adapted to nest over the stationary cylindrical member of the valve housing when the handle is engaged for operating the valve. A key is located inside of this sleeve socket, being adjustably secured therein, and the socket is provided with a slot, which the user of the handle must align with the alignment element, otherwise the handle cannot be positioned on the valve housing.

Abstract: An operting handle assembly for actuating a valve or the like including an adjustable actuating cam member that controls the degree of deflection of the valve to obtain different output pressures for a given handle position, for example, and an adjustable friction brake mechanism that sets the desired tension for handle operation.

Abstract: A balanced stem gate valve incorporating a slab gate having hard friction resistant sealing face surfaces that cooperate with friction resistant seat assemblies to provide for low operating torque under high pressure conditions. Seat carrier rings are supported within the valve chamber and define seal recesses within which are retained a metal back-up seal ring and a hard friction resistant face sealing ring that is compatible with the sealing surface material of the gate. Metal-to-metal back sealing is provided between the stem and bonnet and between the pressure balancing stem and the valve body structure, depending upon the position of the reversable gate member.

Abstract: A shutoff device comprises a housing having a closable flow passage which is closed by a closing plate member which moves into a recess defined in said housing forming a receiving seat. The closing plate member is closed by the movement of a fluid pressure operated piston which moves the closing plate member rapidly into the closed position. In order to prevent the closing plate member from slamming into the valve seat and damaging the valve seat, there is provided a bolster member in the form of a stop which is disposed in the path of movement of a stop face connected to a piston rod of the fluid pressure's piston which is connected to the closing member.

Abstract: Modular fire fighting apparatus includes a power module having a turbine driven by fluid, such as water, introduced at a supply inlet to a housing for the module, a drive shaft driven by the turbine and extending from a coupling face of the housing and a fluid outlet disposed at the coupling face of the housing, and various penetrating and extinguishing tool modules each having a housing within which are disposed a fluid receiving inlet and a driven member. The penetrating and extinguishing tool modules are each adapted to be mounted on the power module such that the driven member is releasably engaged with the drive shaft and fluid supplied to the power module housing is delivered to the penetrating and extinguishing tool module housing via the fluid outlet of the power module housing and the fluid receiving inlet of the penetrating and extinguishing tool module housing.

Abstract: A dispensing valve comprising: a first tubular member closed at one end by a wall; a second tubular member telescopically housed in said first tubular member and closed at the opposite end by a wall; said second tubular member being slidable with respect to said first member from a rest position in which it is housed inside said first tubular member into abutment against its end wall, to a position in which it projects out of said first tubular member; a piston like member secured to the closure wall of said first tubular member and capable of slidingly penetrating with a close fit into the tubular passage of said second tubular member for a distance shorter than the maximum sliding stroke of said second tubular member with respect to said first tubular member; a first radial inlet port in said first tubular member at a position near its closed end, and a second radial outlet port in said second tubular member at a position in which said outlet port is wholly housed inside said first tubular member in the sai

Abstract: A fuel valve actuator hold open lock is disclosed comprising a formed member insertable into an opening in a trigger guard in a gasoline pump delivery valve assembly, the member having longitudinally spaced apart abutment shoulders for engaging the valve actuating trigger.

Abstract: An automatic flue damper positioned respectively to open and closed positions by means of motive apparatus, such as a solenoid motor, is provided with mechanical means for automatically latching the damper in its open position.

Abstract: A valve made up of a body and a sleeve telescopically received in the body. A hand wheel is concentrically received on the sleeve and threadably received on the body for moving the sleeve axially of the body. A seal is provided in the body between the body and the sleeve. The seal closes the flow passage between the body and the sleeve when the sleeve is moved to one extreme position and opens the flow passage when the sleeve is moved to another extreme position. The sleeve is noncircular so that it will not rotate relative to the body. The valve is suitable for use on hot water tanks and the like for closing off the flow of water. The body has axially extending hooks that engage the body when the seal is moved to the open position so that the relative movement of the sleeve and body are limited and the sleeve and body will not separate.

Abstract: A flush valve of the tilting pilot valve type in which stops are provided for the manually or pedal-actuated handle so as to provide a low volume or a normal volume as desired. In one form an attachment having a low volume stop is provided on the conventional handle housing. In another form the conventional housing is replaced by a modified housing provided with the low volume stop. In still another form an attachment in the form of a clamp is provided on the handle to provide the low volume.

Abstract: A proportional fluid flow control hydraulic valve including a valve body in which a by-pass flow passage leads from an inlet port to a by-pass outlet port. A valve chamber is arranged between the inlet port and a regulated flow outlet port and the by-pass outlet port. The by-pass flow passage includes an annular auxiliary flow channel which extends in bypassing relationship around the valve chamber. A valve member movably mounted in the valve chamber has valve ports therein for controlling fluid flow from the inlet port and the auxiliary fluid flow channel past the valve member to the regulated flow passage. In one form, the valve member is normally disposed in balanced hydraulic equilibrium in the valve chamber to prevent fluid flow from the inlet port through the auxiliary fluid flow channel and the valve ports in the valve member into the valve chamber and thence into the regulated flow passage.

Abstract: Cardiovascular malfunction is corrected by implantation through open-heart surgery of a prosthetic valve assembly in which a specially formed valve retainer ring, designed to be secured within a blood vessel by means of sutures, supports a plurality of valve flaps in uniquely hinged relationship. The hinged valve flaps are arranged to normally occur in a closed position in which adjacent flap edges, when in abutting relation to one another, limit hinging movement in one direction. The valve flaps are designed to closely resemble valve flaps in a human heart with hinged mountings devised to insure pronounced longevity being provided. Each valve flap, in response to systolic pressure, is free to move away from the normally closed position described. There is thus produced a central passageway through which fluid may flow in a substantial linear path of travel with little, if any, turbulence or traumatic effects being induced.

Abstract: Mounted adjacent the end of a plastic hose remote from its connection to a kitchen sink faucet or other such water source is an improved hose-pinching clamp assembly of the present invention which enables effective watering of remotely located plants. The significant improvement in performance is that the clamp, during normal watering service, is confined to providing a desirable "soft" stream by a pliable sleeve or tube in covering relation over the clamp, said tube maintaining the clamp partially closed upon the hose so as to restrict flow to said "soft" stream. Prior art clamps, in contrast, can inadvertently be opened too much, and may therefore operate with a watering stream that splashes or otherwise is unsuitable for the purposes intended.

Abstract: A fuel flow adjusting device for use in gas-fueled lighters includes a coarse fuel flow adjuster arranged rotatably within an outer cylindrical body in threaded engagement therewith, and a fine fuel flow adjuster arranged rotatably within said coarse fuel flow adjuster in threaded engagement therewith, wherein a fuel flow adjustment is carried out by said coarse fuel flow adjuster and said fine fuel flow adjuster in combination.

Abstract: A hydraulic valve has a valve member whose travel is limited at one end by an abutment. The abutment is part of a hydraulic piston-cylinder arrangement, and when the piston-cylinder arrangement is pressurized and the valve member is moved to the end of its travel, the abutment is held in a first position where the valve is only open to a small extent. If the piston-cylinder arrangement is then pressure-relieved, the force moving the valve member against the abutment displaces the abutment so that the valve can open further.

Abstract: The invention provides a hot and cold water mixing and flow control faucet of the hydraulically unbalanced piston type. A control stem of the piston passes through a seal of a self-energizing nature for connection to an actuating member operative to rotate and reciprocate the piston. The piston is substantially pressure balanced in the closed position by virtue that shut-off of the faucet is effected at the inlet ports, and is biased axially in the open position by virtue that the opposed pressure-effective areas of the piston are unequal. These opposed areas of the piston differ by an amount corresponding to the cross sectional area of the control stem, and the diameter of the stem is limited to a maximum of 6 mms. to correspondingly limit the force biasing the piston axially.

Abstract: A valve construction having a housing provided with an inlet and an outlet interconnected together by a valve seat of the housing carries a movable valve member for opening and closing the valve seat, the valve member having an elongated valve stem extending from one side thereof. The housing has axially spaced guides to provide the sole means for guiding axial movement of the valve stem, the valve stem having a guide collar thereon disposed closely adjacent the valve member and cooperating with one of the guides of the housing. Such guide collar is also utilized as a stop means for limiting axial movement of the valve member in one direction of movement thereof.

Abstract: Valve for a swiveling faucet having a valve casing, a valve disk inserted in the valve casing and an outlet tube swivelable to operate the valve disk and to thereby open and close a water passage. The valve disk comprises a unitary assembly of a first member, a second member and a soft packing interposed between the first and second members. The second member has a semicircular recessed surface and thick plate-like portions at the opposite ends of the recessed surface respectively. The valve casing is formed with vertical guide channels for guiding the thick plate-like portions of the second member.

Abstract: A fluid valve especially adapted for manually controlling pilot valves and other fluid valves. The manual override valve includes an axially slideably movable plunger which is contained and recessed within a fluid passageway in the valve. Slide bar positioning means are included for holding the plunger in a predetermined axial position to control fluid flow through the fluid passageway. The slide bar and plunger are color coded for visual determination of the plunger position. For safety considerations, the override valve requires two-hand operation using a probe smaller than the override valve passageway in which the plunger is mounted.

Abstract: A self-contained vacuum aspirator system is disclosed which comprises a container having a vacuum applied therein; a valve assembly secured to said container for selectively allowing the passage of fluid into said container; a curette in communication with an aperture in said valve assembly; and an air permeable collection means supported within said container by the aforementioned valve assembly in communication with an opening in said valve assembly for accumulating matter collected by said currette when the valve assembly is operating to establish communication between the aforementioned aperture and opening.