Patents Examined by Alexander Valvis
  • Patent number: 9487935
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dual-purpose faucet comprising a faucet pipe, a ball valve for gradually blocking and unblocking the faucet pipe at the free end thereof, and a fountain check valve extending through the upper surface of the faucet pipe from within the faucet pipe. When a fluid is being discharged from the faucet pipe, and, at which point, as the control means is operated so as to block the faucet pipe, the backpressure created as a result thereof, upon reaching a threshold pressure, causes the fountain check valve to open allowing the fluid to pass therethrough resulting in the discharge of a fluid jet therefrom; the trajectory of the fluid jet adjustable by adjusting the control means as adjusting the control means regulates the backpressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: John Steven Waddell
  • Patent number: 9485923
    Abstract: An irrigation drip emitter, and methods relating to same, are provided for delivering irrigation water from a supply tube to an emitter outlet at a reduced and relatively constant flow rate. The emitter having at least one movable member for compensating for fluctuations in supply line fluid pressure. In one form the movable member includes a tapered baffle section movable between a first position wherein fluid is allowed to flow over the tapered baffle section and a second position wherein fluid is prevented from flowing over at least a portion of the tapered baffle section and the tapered baffle section effectively lengthening the extent of a pressure reduction passage. In another form, first and second movable members are provided for compensating for such pressure fluctuations. In another form, a plurality of inputs are provided which are movable between first and second positions to compensate for such pressure fluctuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Mark M. Ensworth, Jae Yung Kim, Mark Richard Edris, Joseph Nazari
  • Patent number: 9463341
    Abstract: An automatic fire extinguishing system includes a canister having a central axis, an outlet port disposed on the canister, a dip tube disposed in the canister about the central axis and in partial fluid communication with the canister and coupled to the outlet port, a propellant gas mixture of CO2 and N2 disposed within the canister and a gaseous fire suppression agent disposed in the canister.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert G. Dunster, Paul W. Weller, Robert Pallant, Francis T. Clarence, John W. Porterfield, Jr., Daniel R. MacLachlan
  • Patent number: 9440104
    Abstract: A dry sprinkler for a fire protection system having a configuration with one or more coupling arrangements for connection to a fluid supply piping of the system. The dry sprinkler structure further includes an inner surface and inner assembly to provide a preferred discharge performance. The dry sprinkler provides for a flow rate from the outlet of the sprinkler in accordance with the start pressure at the inlet of the sprinkler and the rated discharge coefficient, K factor, ranging between 16.8 GPM/PSIĀ½ and 33.6 GPM/PSIĀ½.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Yoram Ringer, Manuel R. Silva, Jr., George B. Coletta, Roger H. Leduc, Sean D. Weed
  • Patent number: 9427610
    Abstract: A dry sprinkler for a fire protection system having multiple alternative coupling arrangements for connection to the fluid supply piping of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventors: Yoram Ringer, Manuel R. Silva, Jr., George B. Coletta, Roger H. Leduc, Sean D. Weed
  • Patent number: 9427129
    Abstract: A sprayer assembly that includes a reservoir for storing liquid, a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir, first and second supply tubes in fluid communication with the pump wherein the pump is configured to draw liquid from the reservoir and discharge the liquid into the first and second supply tubes, a first nozzle in fluid communication with the first supply tube, a second nozzle in fluid communication with the second supply tube, and a collar having at least one protrusion and rotatable between a first position in which the at least one protrusion pinches closed the first supply tube but not the second supply tube, and a second position in which the at least one protrusion pinches closed the second supply tube but not the first supply tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Antares Capital LP
    Inventor: Mark L. Butts
  • Patent number: 9427749
    Abstract: A switching method of a button switching shower includes: step 1, pressing a button slidingly connected to the shower, and then the button slides; step 2, the button acts on the linking seat of the pawl for rotating the pawl; step 3, the pawl rotates the ratchet wheel through the control end of the pawl, and the shape of the elastic claw of the pawl is changed for restoring energy; step 4, the rotation of the ratchet wheel rotates the water diversion disc, and then the water diversion disc is in place, and then the water diversion disc switches the outlet functions, the stopping claw of the pawl is against the ratch of the ratchet wheel for stopping the ratchet wheel inversion; step 5, the pressing is loosened for resetting the button, and the elastic energy of the elastic claw is released for resetting the pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Jianmin Chen, Renzhong Li, Bin Chen
  • Patent number: 9422479
    Abstract: A mode shifting apparatus for a decoking tool. A diversion plate can be used to provide selective delivery of a pressurized decoking fluid to one or the other of nozzles in the tool. The mode shifting apparatus can be used to switch between a cutting mode of operation and a drilling mode of operation by rotation of the diversion plate, where a biasing force causes the diversion plate to unseat itself from an adjacent surface of the tool in order to reduce friction forces between them. The diversion plate may be temporarily unseated from an adjacent surface of the mode shifting apparatus prior to relative rotation between them such that both rotationally-induced forces and the need for relying upon a lubricating fluid to achieve damping between adjacent component surfaces may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Daniel O. Arzuaga, Jagadish Janardhan
  • Patent number: 9415476
    Abstract: A coolant application device includes a nozzle which spouts coolant and a motor which adjusts the rotation angle of the nozzle. The coolant application device also includes a housing, a hollow shaft rotatively and fluid-tightly inserted into the housing, a coolant passage formed in the hollow shaft, a port arranged at a lateral wall of the hollow shaft and communicating with the coolant passage, and an inlet passage arranged in the housing and communicating with the coolant passage through the port. The nozzle is connected to the hollow shaft and communicates with the coolant passage. The hollow shaft is coaxially arranged and directly connected to an output shaft of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Ogihara, Masao Kato
  • Patent number: 9416760
    Abstract: A fuel injector includes an injector body that defines a fuel inlet, a drain outlet and a nozzle outlet, and has disposed therein a nozzle chamber, a needle control chamber and a valve chamber. The needle control chamber is fluidly connected to the drain outlet through a drain passage that includes the conical seat, is fluidly connected to the nozzle chamber through a Z orifice, and fluidly connected to the valve chamber through an A orifice. The nozzle chamber is fluidly connected to the valve chamber by a pressure passage that includes an F orifice that opens through a flat seat. A control valve member is trapped to move between contact with conical seat and contact with the flat seat. An electrical actuator is operable to push the control valve member away from the conical seat toward the flat seat when energized. A direct control needle valve has an opening hydraulic surface positioned in the nozzle chamber and a closing hydraulic surface positioned in the needle control chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Hoisan Kim, Mark F. Sommars, Xiangdong Ding
  • Patent number: 9415249
    Abstract: A device inhibiting propagation of explosions using a pipe having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is connectable to a container to be protected or to a conduit to be protected. The device further includes a mechanism for building up a pressure difference so that a higher pressure is generated in a first region of the pipe located upstream of the outlet in the direction of the inlet and a lower pressure is generated in a second region located upstream of the first region in the direction of the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: REMBE GMBH SAFETY+CONTROL
    Inventor: Bernhard Penno
  • Patent number: 9409194
    Abstract: A trigger-operated dispensing device for a liquid comprising a tang (12) applied to the exit duct, a nozzle (30) applied to a tang, an insert (60) applied to the nozzle (30), axially bound and rotatable around the dispensing axis (X), provided with two openings (62, 64) for dispensing the liquid as a spray or as a foam. The insert (60) comprises an obturator (68), shaped to close/open the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Guala Dispensing S.p.A.
    Inventor: Riccardo Alluigi
  • Patent number: 9409550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle window spraying nozzle arrangement comprising a first feeder arranged for feeding window fluid and a nozzle head for dispensing window fluid towards a window when mounted. The nozzle head being arranged to be mounted to a vehicle body part with a first main surface facing towards the vehicle exterior and a second main surface facing towards the vehicle interior. The nozzle head is arranged to be connected to the first feeder. The assembled first feeder and the nozzle head are comprised in a spraying nozzle chain assembly which is arranged for mounting in a vehicle body part aperture in the vehicle body part from the second main surface towards the first main surface. The vehicle window spraying nozzle arrangement furthermore comprises a cover part arranged for mounting to said vehicle body part aperture from the first main surface towards the second main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Kristian Albert Oestergren
  • Patent number: 9393531
    Abstract: A connecting piece is provided for a static spray mixer for mixing and spraying at least two flowable components which has a tubular mixer housing having at least one mixing element as well as an atomizing sleeve, wherein connecting piece has an inlet region for cooperating with the distal end region of the mixer housing as well as an outlet region for cooperating with the atomizing sleeve, with the inlet region and the outlet region including a deflection angle (?) different from zero, and wherein the outlet region has at its end remote from the inlet region an end section whose outer contour is the same as that of the mixer housing so that the end section of the outlet region can cooperate with the atomizing sleeve in the same manner as the distal end region of the mixer housing can cooperate with the atomizing sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Andreas Hiemer
  • Patent number: 9393336
    Abstract: An insert, a system, and a method are provided for dispensing a compressed gas product. The insert includes a swirl chamber, inlet ports to the swirl chamber, and an outlet orifice. The insert has specifically configured parameters relating to the diameter of the swirl chamber, the diameter of the outlet orifice, the length of the outlet orifice, and the depth of the swirl chamber. The insert, system, and method can provide a dispensed compressed gas product with a remarkably constant flow rate and with a remarkably constant particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhaveshkumar Shah, Nitin Sharma
  • Patent number: 9395161
    Abstract: An animal and attacker deterrent system to be mounted to a bicycle or to an similar vehicle is disclosed herein. The deterrent system in one example comprises a compressed gas cylinder where the gas includes a chemical animal deterrent and a carrier. In one example the system utilizes a user-actuated valve coupled to the compressed gas cylinder. The actuator for the valve mounted within easy reach of the user (vehicle operator) such as mounted to the bicycle handlebars. The system in one example comprises a short gas conduit having a first end coupled to the user-actuated valve and a second end fluidly coupled to a plurality of mist producing spray apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Inventor: Harry E. Hegarty
  • Patent number: 9394259
    Abstract: An auto-rebound switching apparatus has: a body provided with a water-separating apparatus, an upper cover rotatably arranged on the rear side of the body, a passive disc rotatably arranged between the rear side of the body and the upper cover, a clutch mechanism comprising a bi-directional ratchet gear and a bi-directional pawl matching the ratchet gear, the ratchet gear being rotatably arranged on the rear side of the body and transmissively connected to the water-separating apparatus, thus allowing the ratchet gear, when rotating, to drive the water-separating apparatus into motion to allow switching, the bi-directional pawl, the upper cover, and the passive disc being interconnected, allowing the upper cover to rotate relative to the passive disc thus driving the bi-directional pawl to move between a forward rotation position, a reverse rotation position, and a detached position, and a rebound apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Wei Zhang, Jianmin Chen, Bin Cao
  • Patent number: 9381533
    Abstract: The fluid section or head (10) for a plural component applicator can be easily assembled or removed from the air section (12) by turning the fluid head ? of a turn. The fluid head (10) has four tabs (14) that protrude and engage with four undercut features (16) within the handle (12). Tabs (14) are inserted through corresponding openings (16) in the front (12a) of air section (12) and rotated such that tabs (14) are retained behind lips (18). A locking tab feature (20) in the hose manifold (24) mates to a recess feature (22) in the handle (12) to prevent the fluid section (10) from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Pellin, Joseph E. Tix, Mark T Weinberger
  • Patent number: 9366209
    Abstract: An injection hole inlet is disposed at the upstream side face of the injection hole plate in such a way that, assuming that ? denotes the angle between respective lines obtained by vertically projecting a straight line that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and the center of the valve seat and the major axis of the injection hole inlet onto a perpendicular plane that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and is perpendicular to the center axis of the valve seat and assuming that ? denotes the angle between respective lines obtained by vertically projecting the straight line that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and the center of the valve seat and the minor axis of the injection hole inlet onto the perpendicular plane, ?<? is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Hashii, Tsuyoshi Munezane
  • Patent number: 9352340
    Abstract: A device for ejecting an at least diphasic mixture includes an injection inlet for a liquid and a gas, a distribution chamber for producing a first liquid-gas mixture, an ejection nozzle of the first liquid-gas mixture in a main direction defined by an axis-vector. The ejection nozzle has a geometry comprising, on its length at least, a minimal section or neck at a location of the axis-vector. Among others things, due to the nozzle geometry, the expansion obtained inside the ejection nozzle allows the first liquid-gas mixture from the distribution chamber to be converted into a second mixture, according to the flow configuration, consisting for instance of a diphasic mist jet having an ejection range and liquid particle size that can be controlled according to the liquid and gas mass flow and to the absolute pressure at the injection inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: SIEMENS S.A.S., UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE(CNRS)
    Inventors: Thibaut Bourrilhon, Bernard Dusser, Patrick Fernandes, Jean-Paul Thibault