Abstract: A vacuum relief valve is provided. The vacuum relief valve includes a body having a side wall, and a stem that is movable with respect to the body between an open position and a closed position. The stem is biased in the closed position. The vacuum relief valve further includes a first sight glass coupled to the body and configured to enable visual inspection of a sealing area of the vacuum relief valve. The sealing area includes at least a portion of said stem.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 8, 2013
Assignee:
American Railcar Industries, Inc.
Inventors:
Theodore Arthur Stocker, Jr., Christopher Andrew Edmonds
Abstract: A disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent assembly having a bodyside liner, an outer cover, an absorbent structure, a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region, longitudinally opposite ends, and laterally opposite side edges. A pair of hip panels releaseably secures the first and second waist regions together. One of the hip panels extends laterally outward from one of the side edges in one of the first and second waist regions and the other hip panel extends laterally outward from the opposite side edge in the one of the first and second waist regions. Each of the hip panels has an upper edge, a lower edge, a fixed and a free end. Each of the upper and lower edges has a length and is curved along at least a portion of its length. The curved portions of the upper and lower edges are substantially identical.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2008
Date of Patent:
January 17, 2012
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Inventors:
Melissa Christine Putzer, Gary Lee Travis
Abstract: A pressurized fluid system provides electrical power to a load and includes a fluid motor, a generator, an energy storage device and a controller. The system supplies fluid to the fluid motor, which provides a generator with power producing a voltage used to supply power to a load and provide energy to the energy storage device. The controller selects which of various sources within the system provides fluid to the fluid motor based on the operating mode of the system. When fluid supplied to the fluid motor is discontinued, the energy storage device discharges providing power to the load.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2000
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2002
Assignee:
GE Harris Railway Electronics LLC
Inventors:
David M. Peltz, Jerome J. Tiemann, Russell S. DeMuth, Robert Steigerwald, Paul Houpt, Roy Malac, Glen Peltonen