Abstract: The present invention provides a check valve including a seal door which is normally spring biased towards a closed position but which is responsive to a flow of fuel for displacing to an open position to allow fuel to pass in a first direction and for thereafter preventing passage of liquid fuel or fuel vapors in a second direction. According to the invention, the check valve is disposed at a lower end or in the midsection of a fuel tank filler pipe. The check valve includes an annular housing having a concentric annular valve seat portion including a frustoconical valve seat facing toward the lower end of the filler pipe. A seal door attached to a hinge member is resiliently biased toward engagement with the valve seat by a spring member. The inflow of fuel overcomes the bias of the spring member which causes the seal door to displace to an open position to allow passage of fuel to the fuel tank.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve assembly has a tubular body (10) with an internally projecting first valve seat (34, 80). An annular seal carrier (22) supports a resilient seal (24) which is spring-biased into engagement with the first valve seat (34). A movable valve member (44) has a second valve seat (46) which is spring-biased into engagement with the resilient seal (24), the range of movement of the movable valve member (44) towards the resilient seal (24) being limited by an abutment formation (52) which engages with a complementary formation (54) on the body (10). The resilient seal (24) comprises a body portion (26) abutting the seal carrier (22), a first lip portion (32) capable of flexing movement relative to the body portion (26) and adapted to engage with the first valve seat (34) and a second lip portion (48) capable of flexing movement relative to the body portion (26) and adapted to engage with the second valve seat (46).

Abstract: A uniform cross-section and ribbed thermoplastic compressor valve which can be used as a discharge valve for a compressor and has internal rib structure and uniform wall thickness. The valve member can be made of high-performance polymeric resin such as polyimide. The valve member comprises a base member, an annular wall member, a central member protruding from the base member, and a plurality of internal wall members. The internal wall members provide the internal rib structure which strengthens the valve member and allows for light-weight construction. Preferably, there are six internal wall members and the central member has a cavity.

Abstract: A check valve having a valve housing with a pair of opposite end faces including an upstream end face and a downstream end face. The valve housing has a fluid passage extending axially therethrough between the upstream end face and the downstream end face. A first seating surface is formed within the valve housing around the fluid passageway and adjacent to the upstream end face. A seating ring is provided having a second seating surface adapted to engage the first seating surface when the seating ring is disposed in engagement with the valve housing. An o-ring is sized to reside between the first seating surface and the second seating surface when the seating ring and valve housing are placed in engagement to maintain the seating ring and valve housing in fixed relation to each other notwithstanding an outward axial biasing force thereon.

Abstract: A flow control system is used to control fluid flow at the boundary layer an object or body about or within which the fluid flows relative to the body. The flow control system includes an actuated membrane that is displaced in a direction substantially tangential to the actuated membrane, thereby causing a disturbance or modified shear stress distribution in the boundary layer fluid flow. One or more sensor elements are disposed proximate a top region of the actuated membrane for sensing fluid conditions at the boundary layer flow. A membrane actuator provides the displacement, for example, by extending or contracting the actuated membrane in a direction substantially tangential to the actuated membrane. A feedback device is responsive to a system of sensor elements and is coupled to a system of membrane actuators to cause the displacement in one or more regions of the actuated membrane in response to the sensed fluid conditions.

Abstract: A check valve assembly mounted on an end surface of a projection of a valve body. The check valve assembly includes a valve having a curved sealing surface disposed adjacent a fluid inlet intersecting the end surface of the projection. The check valve assembly further includes a rigid mounting plate having a cavity that receives and maintains the valve between the cavity and the fluid inlet. The curved surface of the valve partially extends into the fluid inlet and has a circular line of contact against the end surface of the projection around the fluid inlet to define a closed valve position. The valve is positioned away from the closed valve position to define an open valve position.

Abstract: A toilet room flush valve body is connected to a control stop body by means of a tail having a tapered outer surface. The larger end of the tail is connected to the control stop body and the smaller end of the tail is connectd to the flush valve body. The connection between the flush valve body and the tail is fixed, with the connection between the control stop body and the tail being adjustable. The connection between the control stop body and the tail includes a coupling nut threadedly connected to the stop body and having a flange which is inwardly directed toward the tail tapered outer surface. The stop body outlet has an end surface thereon which, with said control nut flange, define a chamber extending peripherally about the tail.

Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for opening and closing a high performance shape memory alloy (SMA) fuel injector that minimizes performance variations due to changes in ambient temperature. When opening the injector to commence fuel injection, a relatively high voltage is applied to an SMA element of the injector to quickly heat the element to its high temperature state, quickly opening the valve. The current level is monitored as a measure of the element resistivity, and when the determined resistivity indicates that the high temperature state transition is complete, the voltage is reduced to a hold value, sufficient to continue resistivity measurement. When the determined resistivity indicates that the element is beginning to transition back to the ambient temperature state, the high voltage is re-applied to begin a new control cycle. To close the injector, the electric heating is discontinued, and fuel circulating through the injector cools the element to its ambient temperature state.

Abstract: A method and system for automatically verifying the function of pressure and vacuum relief valves for low-pressure storage vessels and tanks, which can be remotely operator actuated to insure venting when emergencies occur, allows for on-line verification of the relief valve functionality and proper operation. The system periodically checks the set pressure of the valve by attempting to lift its pallet and measures the deviation from a set point. It also indicates unplanned occurrence of valve lifting, as a result of unforeseen upset in storage vessel pressure. This apparatus is electrically operated and controlled and relies on electromagnetic means for tractive or pull-force, as well as for detecting valve lifting.

Abstract: A female coupler includes a housing adapted to receive a male coupler. A port is provided in the housing for supplying pressurized fluid to the bore. A cylindrical valve body is disposed in the bore and is axially movable in the housing. The valve body includes an interior annular valve seat. A cylindrical poppet valve is normally spring biased against the valve seat and includes a projection adapted to engage a valve member in the male coupler. A cylindrical piston is closely received about the poppet valve and disposed between the poppet valve and the valve body. The piston includes an axial passage which fluidly interconnects an inlet passage of the valve body to the rear surface of the piston. When the piston moves forwardly, the piston engages an enlarged head on the poppet valve. The fluid passage through the piston facilitates moving the piston, and hence the poppet valve forwardly against the valve member and the male coupler when there are excessive pressures contained in the male coupler.

Abstract: An air diffuser system contains a manifold and a plurality of elastomeric "duckbilled" check valves. The manifold is constructed from a conduit material and can be arranged in many different configurations. The valves are made from an elastomeric material, such as rubber, preventing the valves from being clogged with sludge, sediment, or other debris commonly found in waste treatment water. Additionally, the valves can be bored with predetermined orifice sizes, allowing the volume and pressure of escaping air to be determined prior to installation. To make installation of the valves easier, various types of coupling devices may be used to attach the valves to the manifold. Examples of coupling devices include restrictive orifices, "Y"-shaped conduits, and nipple conduits. Multiple valves can also be fabricated on a common cuff prior to installation.

Abstract: A valve plate for a piston compressor, in particular for air compression in motor vehicles, consists of two mutually facing and connected plate halves, each of which is made of a diecast material such that the valve plate consists of two diecast plates. The two diecast plates are joined together by coating or gluing, the sealant in the sealing gap between the two diecast plates being protected against thermal effects in the region of the pressure apertures by protective bodies (sleeves, steel rivets) that can be inserted in the pressure apertures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a double seat valve in which it is possible to clean an upper valve seat and a lower valve seat separately. To that end, a cylinder is provided as the drive mechanism, which in contrast to the prior art makes do with only three pistons. Nevertheless, in the cleaning stroke additional closing force can be brought to bear on a valve plate that is closed in that process.

Abstract: A valve, which opens upon a not permissible underpressure in a cooking utensil and upon a manual operation and which is stored in the lid of the cooking utensil suffices, without a valve spring and with a minimum of structural parts, when its flexible valve plate consists in one piece of a pressure part for manual operation and a seal collar, for abutment on a valve seat, and a connecting corpus therebetween. The seal collar is swivelled upon an overload on a swivel edge of the valve member and disengages from the abutment on the valve seat thus opening the valve.

Abstract: A linear mechanical line break detector for use on a mobile transport, the mobile transport having a supplying vessel disposed thereon for transporting a fluid product, the vessel having an outlet for transferring fluid product from the supplying vessel, the flow of fluid product from the outlet being controlled by a fluid product shut off valve, the outlet being coupled to a transfer line during transfer of fluid product under pressure from the supplying vessel to a receiving vessel, the transfer line being coupled to the receiving vessel for effecting transfer of the fluid product to the receiving vessel, includes a sensor/actuator that is in fluid communication with the transfer line for sensing the pressure of the fluid product therein.

Abstract: A control circuit (20) of a mass flow control device (1) retains the relation (Cd=f(ReTH)) between the Reynolds number and the actual discharge coefficient of a sonic nozzle (13) in the area where the Reynolds number is small. In such an area, the sonic nozzle can be used as a variable mass flow element for controlling mass flow rate. If a pressure Pu and a temperature Tu of an upstream fluid of the sonic nozzle 13 are detected, the theoretical mass flow rate QmTH and the theoretical Reynolds number ReTH can be calculated; since the actual discharge coefficient Cd can be calculated by the above relationship Cd=f(ReTH) based on the calculated Reynolds number, the actual mass flow rate Qm can be calculated based on the relation of Qm=Cd.multidot.QmTH.

Abstract: A dual isolation valve comprises: a valve body with opposed inlet and outlet ports that defines an inner cavity; a first valve member; and a second valve member. The first valve member (preferably a plug) has a narrower first end and a wider second end and is rotatably mounted within the valve body cavity for rotation about a first axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the flow axis defined by the inlet and outlet ports. The first valve member includes a substantially rectangular flow passage.

Abstract: An improved valve mounting assembly for a hermetically sealed compressor. The valve mounting assembly includes a valve, a damper, and a retention yoke. The valve, valve damper, and retention yoke cooperate to provide a valve mounting arrangement having high efficiency and low noise. The retention yoke includes an extension which is received between a yoke attachment and a valve plate. The extension is formed from a vibration attenuating material and reduces the communication of vibrations from the valve and valve plate to the yoke attachment. The retention yoke retains the valve and damper in position, and serves as a bumper to back up the damper and limit movement of the damper and valve.

Abstract: A switch-over valve for a compound water meter includes an annular-shaped housing defining an annular valve seat and a central throughflow cross section, a pivot extending across the housing and supported at opposite ends in opposed portions of the housing, a closure member formed by a divided flap having a pair of wings disposed along opposite longitudinal sides of the pivot and articulated by the pivot for movement between opened and closed positions relative to the annular valve seat and the central throughflow cross section and a spring disposed about the pivot biasing the wings toward the closed position. The two wings of the divided flap are connected hinge-like one with the other along and via the pivot which extends along and in the region of division of the flap. The divided flap, due to its construction, has gaps along its region of division and along the pivot which are covered by a flat flexible seal disposed on an upstream side of the divided flap.

Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a fuel derived from one or more fuels having different octane ratings respectively stored in a plurality of storage tanks. The fuels are passed from their respective tanks to a mixing zone for mixing to form a blended fuel. The blended fuel is passed from the mixing zone to a dispensing nozzle while the octane rating of the blended fuel is sensed. The flow of each fuel from its tanks to the mixing zone is controlled accordingly to establish and maintain a predetermined octane rating of the blended fuel.