Patents Examined by Alexander Valvis
  • Patent number: 10071272
    Abstract: A firefighting installation includes a network of vacuum sprinklers. The installation incorporates a trip device that triggers the application of water to the network of sprinklers. The trip device includes: a master actuator sensitive to the pressure present in the sprinkler network and capable of moving a yoke from a first to a second position; a lock for locking a member of the actuator in position; and a transmission member transmitting between the yoke and the locking means. The actuator includes a piston able to move in a cavity of the body, and has an external portion extending outside of the cavity and being provided with a ring whereon the lock means is intended to act.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: VACTEC
    Inventor: Maurice Kadoche
  • Patent number: 10065204
    Abstract: A disperser system includes a disperser body that defines a substantially air-tight chamber therein. A sprayer assembly includes a passage, a fluid coupling, a nozzle, a valve, a valve trigger and a pouch. The passage is in fluid communication with the chamber. The valve is in fluid communication with both the passage and the fluid coupling and opens to the nozzle. The valve trigger is configured selectively to open the valve, thereby placing the passage and the fluid coupling in fluid communication with the nozzle. The pouch contains a fluid. When the chamber is charged with a gas and when the valve is opened, the gas flows through the passage and the fluid flows through the fluid coupling into the valve so that the gas entrains the fluid and delivers a suspension of the gas and the fluid to the nozzle, out of which the suspension is sprayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Dennis Neal
  • Patent number: 10065221
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a spray cleaner head for a cleaning system. In one aspect of this disclosure, the spray cleaner head includes a gear system configured to regulate rotation of a nozzle, and the gear system includes a central bore receiving an inlet shaft. In another aspect of this disclosure, spray cleaner head includes an adjustable brake assembly configured to selectively regulate rotation of the nozzle. In yet another aspect of this disclosure, the spray cleaner head includes first and second seals provided axially between the first and second bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NLB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald Anthony Wojciechowski, III, Matthew O. Herhold
  • Patent number: 10065609
    Abstract: In a washer nozzle for a windshield washer system of a motor vehicle with a heating element held in a duct, a sealing compound for holding the heating element and a sealing element are manufactured from different materials and spaced apart from one another. Consequently, the sealing element may be manufactured from a material having poor heat conduction and the sealing compound from a material having good heat conduction. The washer nozzle has an especially long service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Munk, Andreas Rehs, Heiko Weitzel
  • Patent number: 10060105
    Abstract: A combination showerhead with press button switching includes a fixing holder mounted to a supporting arm and including an inlet passage and at least two diversion passages; a first showerhead mounted to the fixing holder and connected to at least one diversion passage; a second showerhead connected to another diversion passage; and a switching mechanism including a diversion plate movable relative to the fixing holder and cooperating with passages to switch waterways by a predetermined angle of rotation; a sliding block slidably connected to the fixing holder; a transmission mechanism connected between the sliding block and the diversion plate to drive the diversion plate to rotate by back-and-forth sliding of the sliding block; and a press button movably connected to the fixing holder and connected to the sliding block to drive the sliding block to slide. The transmission mechanism includes a valve core and a shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde Lin, Mingfu Zhang, Wenxing Chen
  • Patent number: 10041459
    Abstract: A pressure control valve for a fuel injection system, in particular a common-rail injection system, for controlling pressure in a high-pressure fuel reservoir, includes a magnetic actuator configured to actuate a spherical valve closing element. The magnetic actuator interacts with a reciprocatingly displaceable armature that is connected to an armature pin in order to transmit a force of the magnetic actuator to the spherical valve closing element. At least one of the spherical valve closing element and the armature pin is axially displaceably guided in a valve piece which forms a valve seat configured to interact with the spherical valve closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Schuerg, Vittorio Caroli
  • Patent number: 10029265
    Abstract: An irrigation sprinkler can include a reversing mechanism configured to transition the nozzle turret of the irrigation sprinkler between a forward direction of rotation and a reverse direction of rotation. The reversing mechanism can include shifting frame having an input gear and at least one output gear. The at least one output gear can be mounted on an axle of rotation which permits lateral movement of the at least one output gear between a power transmitting position, wherein rotational power from a gear reduction is transferred to the nozzle turret, and a disengaged position wherein rotational power from the gear reduction is not transferred to the nozzle turret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HUNTER INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: James A. Bell
  • Patent number: 10028497
    Abstract: A misting system having an external compartment, an interior housing, a container housing, an electrical compartment, a lid assembly, and at least one outlet. The external compartment has a top face with a hole, a cavity, and an electrical cover panel. The interior housing has a top face with a hole, and lateral faces with a respective pivot hole. The container housing has lateral faces having pivoting protrusions, which are positioned onto each pivot hole of the interior housing lateral faces. The electrical compartment has a cover panel, a battery and a pump assembly. The lid assembly has a locking tab, a panel locking tab, a latching-limiter rod, and a spear. The electrical cover panel of the external compartment mounts onto the electrical compartment, and the cover panel of the electrical compartment mounts onto the external compartment. The lid assembly covers the external compartment and the electrical compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ZAP MOSQUITO SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Keith Donald Brookins
  • Patent number: 10029943
    Abstract: A rotary atomizer for receiving molten material and projecting droplets of the molten material there from; the rotary atomizer having a rotating well for receiving molten material. The well comprising a base and a peripheral wall extending from a peripheral rim around the base, the top of the peripheral wall having an inner top edge and a lip region extending away from the inner top edge at an angle of 0-60 degrees below the horizontal. Preferably the upper region of the peripheral side wall extending to the inner top edge is substantially vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Dongsheng Xie, Bernard Washington, Steven Sanetsis
  • Patent number: 10029131
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fan unit (1) for mobile use for ventilating an area in which it is deployed, in particular for circulating fresh air in areas contaminated by smoke or gases, which comprises a main frame (2), having a lifting frame (4) mounted thereon and an axial fan (3). A first pivot arrangement (8) for the lifting frame (4) is disposed on the one hand in the region of a frame part (7) extending up from a base frame (6) and on the other hand in a first end region (14) of the lifting frame (4) facing the frame part (7). The lifting frame (4) can be adjusted in terms of its vertical distance from the base frame (6) from a non-operating position lying closer thereto into a raised deployment position. A second pivot arrangement (17) is disposed on the lifting frame (4) about which a support frame (19) is mounted so as to be pivotable in terms of its relative position with respect to the base frame (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Rosenbauer International AG
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Uwe Koch
  • Patent number: 10022575
    Abstract: An antifreeze fire protection sprinkler system is provided including a water supply and a water distribution pipe system having a plurality of segments disposed in a potentially freezing environment and having a check valve and a plurality of fire protection sprinklers disposed in each segment wherein the plurality of fire protection sprinklers are designed to limit the atomization of the antifreeze solution. A pressure regulating device is disposed in the water distribution pipe system for limiting a maximum pressure of water supplied to the water distribution pipe system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: The Viking Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Bosma
  • Patent number: 10021875
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide an illumination system with an outer housing including a base, a central housing pivotably coupled to the base including a fluid inlet, and an upper housing including a fluid outlet. The inner housing defines a chamber and is coupled to the base, and includes a fluid aperture adjacent to the base, and a fluid aperture adjacent to the upper housing and a viewing aperture. The chamber houses an evaporator system not visible through the outer housing, and an illumination device. Some embodiments include a repellent system with a base including a fluid inlet pivotably coupled to a main housing enclosing an inner region, and including an upper portion with at least one fluid outlet. In some embodiments, an evaporator system within the inner region is not visible through the main housing. Some embodiments include an evaporator assembly that includes a lockable evaporator support to render the system non-refillable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Karen Formico, Jeffery Emmerich
  • Patent number: 10024287
    Abstract: A valve body for a fluid injector includes a central longitudinal axis and a one-piece base body. The base body has a side wall defining a recess extending from a fluid inlet side to a fluid outlet side of the base body. The side wall has a thin portion having a decreased wall thickness relative to further portions of the side wall that adjoin the thin portion along the longitudinal direction towards the fluid inlet side and the fluid outlet side. The valve body includes a metallic reinforcement jacket that is rigidly coupled to the base body and which axially overlaps the thin portion having the decreased wall thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Mauro Grandi, Francesco Lenzi, Valerio Polidori
  • Patent number: 10016776
    Abstract: An articulated connection joint between a liquid supply line and a sprinkler barrel includes a fixed tubular body to be connected to the supply line and a movable tubular body to be connected to the fixed tubular body and to the barrel. These bodies have end portions with equal curvature, one of which slidingly fits into the other one with a sealing element interposed therebetween. The tubular bodies, once coupled, define a common curvature plane and are hinged to each other about a transverse axis, which is substantially perpendicular to the curvature plane to provide for a relative inclination that can be adjusted with a plate-shaped member substantially parallel to the curvature plane and laterally secured to one of the bodies. A plurality of through holes in the plate-shaped member can receive a first pin fitted into a seat formed on the other body to selectively lock the inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventor: Arno Drechsel
  • Patent number: 10012425
    Abstract: Various embodiments of modular dual vector fluid spray nozzles are disclosed. Embodiments of the nozzles are characterized by specially shaped fluid channels, impingement surfaces and exit orifices used to generate atomized mists of fluid under pressure. Embodiments of the nozzles are generally characterized by composite fluid spray density patterns having horizontal and vertical components, i.e., dual vector in nature. The nozzles disclosed are modular and may be easily installed or removed from a given fluid spray system, nozzle head, or fixture as dictated by any given application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Mitchell Joe Dodson
  • Patent number: 10004843
    Abstract: A marking tool for use in the context of radiological and other medical imaging is disclosed. The product is a marking tool for distributing an imaging material onto a patient's skin to mark that part of the patient's body for imaging. The imaging technician then knows the area of medical interest, such as an internal injury, and can image that area more accurately. The imaging material shows up on a resulting medical image such as an X-Ray, CT Scan, or MRI to direct a radiology professional to the most important area on the image for diagnostic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventors: Brian H. Hamilton, Kimberly M. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 9999793
    Abstract: A dry sprinkler includes a flexible tube section that maintains a pressurized fluid, such as a liquid antifreeze solution, between a first end and a second end. A first seal prevents fluid from a supply line from entering the flexible tube section. The first seal is maintained in a sealed position by a pressure of the pressurized fluid. A sprinkler head is coupled to the second end of the flexible tube section, and includes a frame, an output orifice, a deflector, a second seal that seals the output orifice, and a thermally responsive element configured to maintain the second seal in a sealed position when the thermally responsive element is in a non-responsive state. A differential pressure controller maintains a ratio between the pressure of the pressurized fluid in the flexible tube section and a pressure of a supply fluid in the supply line to at least a certain ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: The Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Multer
  • Patent number: 9999181
    Abstract: A sprinkler system to control distribution of water flow to a plurality of sprinkler heads, the heads providing an outlet to dispense water passing through a corresponding one of the plurality of sprinkler heads and a plurality of distribution control devices, one of the plurality of distribution control devices coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of sprinkler heads, wherein the distribution control device controls water flow to an associated sprinkler heads for a first predetermined period of time when a flow of water through the distribution control device is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Inventor: Carl A. Giordano
  • Patent number: 9995262
    Abstract: A fluid injection valve has a valve needle and an electromagnetic actuator assembly with a pole piece and an armature. The valve needle includes a retainer element for limiting an axial displacement of the armature with respect to the valve needle in a first axial direction. The pole piece has a central opening with a step so that it has a first section in which a first portion of the retainer element is arranged and a second section for receiving a second portion of the retainer element. The first section of the central opening has a smaller cross-sectional area than the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Mauro Grandi, Francesco Lenzi, Valerio Polidori, Stefano Filippi
  • Patent number: 9987668
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus comprising a fluid line configured to extend into a tank and to receive a liquid, a rotary head being arranged on the pipe and fitted with a rotary hub that comprises a liquid ejection nozzle for ejecting the liquid, the rotary head being rotatable in a first direction and the rotary hub being rotatable in a second direction, such that the liquid ejected by the nozzle is ejected in a pattern on an interior surface of the tank. The liquid ejection nozzle comprises a first liquid outlet capable of ejecting the liquid in a first direction towards the interior surface of the tank, and a second liquid outlet capable of ejecting the liquid in a second direction towards the interior surface of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Kim Kjellberg, Leon Hjorslev