Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a modularized vessel droplet generator assembly (MGDVA) including a droplet generator assembly (DGA). Under a normal operation, the liquid fuel moves along an operation pathway extending through the DGA to eject or discharge the liquid fuel (e.g., liquid tin) from a nozzle of the DGA into a vacuum chamber. The liquid fuel in the vacuum chamber is then exposed to a laser generating an extreme ultra-violet (EUV) light. Under a service operation, the operation pathway is closed and a service pathway extending through the DGA is opened. A gas is introduced into the service pathway forming a gas-liquid interface between the gas and the liquid fuel. The gas-liquid interface is driven to an isolation valve directly adjacent to the DGA. In other words, the gas pushes back the liquid fuel to the isolation valve. Once the gas-liquid interface reaches the isolation valve, the isolation valve is closed isolating the DGA from the liquid fuel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a valve (1) for obturating a pipe (2), having: a central axis X, a body (10) having an inlet (12) and an outlet (14), defining an aperture (18), a plurality of obturating portions (30) for obturating said aperture (18), a valve mechanism (70), the plurality of obturating portions (30), moveable from a first closed position (8) to a second open position (9), a valve seat (20), a plurality of first fixed pivot mounts (41) on the body (10) and wherein each obturating portion (30) is pivotally mounted within a first fixed pivot mount (41); a plurality of second non-fixed pivot mounts (42) connected to the valve mechanism (70) and wherein each obturating portion (30) is pivotally mounted within a second non-fixed pivot mount (42); and wherein the valve mechanism (70) and hence each second non-fixed pivot mount (42) is movable in three dimensions.

Abstract: A cooling medium distribution apparatus includes a valve housing with an inner space, a plurality of pass-through channels in communication with the inner space, and a plurality of distribution channels extending from the pass-through channels; a reservoir tank mounted to the valve housing and connected to the pass-through channels or the distribution channels, the reservoir tank being configured to store a cooling medium; and a valve mounted to the valve housing, the valve being configured to be rotated in order to change a distribution direction of the cooling medium. The cooling medium distribution apparatus may be installed in a vehicle to distribute the cooling medium to various cooling system parts such as the reservoir tank, a water pump, and a heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a modularized vessel droplet generator assembly (MGDVA) including a droplet generator assembly (DGA). Under a normal operation, the liquid fuel moves along an operation pathway extending through the DGA to eject or discharge the liquid fuel (e.g., liquid tin) from a nozzle of the DGA into a vacuum chamber. The liquid fuel in the vacuum chamber is then exposed to a laser generating an extreme ultra-violet (EUV) light. Under a service operation, the operation pathway is closed and a service pathway extending through the DGA is opened. A gas is introduced into the service pathway forming a gas-liquid interface between the gas and the liquid fuel. The gas-liquid interface is driven to an isolation valve directly adjacent to the DGA. In other words, the gas pushes back the liquid fuel to the isolation valve. Once the gas-liquid interface reaches the isolation valve, the isolation valve is closed isolating the DGA from the liquid fuel.

Abstract: A method diagnoses a state of deterioration of an uplock having an unlocking actuator provided with a hydraulic cylinder. The method includes the step of supplying the cylinder with pressurized fluid with an evolution law according to which the pressure of the fluid is, for a predetermined period, equal to a predetermined pressure lower than a full pressure, then equal to the full pressure. The method further includes the steps of determining a time of deactivation of the uplock and comparing it with the time when the predetermined time period ends; and deducing therefrom a state of deterioration of the uplock.

Abstract: A system includes an electrostatic chuck defining a first conduit configured to emit a first gas. The system includes a conduit check apparatus for identifying a first conduit status of the first conduit. The conduit check apparatus includes a thermochromic structure including a first region positioned relative to a flow path of the first gas emitted from the first conduit. The first region of the thermochromic structure produces a first visual indication of the first conduit status.

Abstract: A repeatable use valve in a tennis ball that uses an inflation tube inserted into the valve opening to increase or decrease the pressure inside the ball. The increase or decrease in pressure will cause the ball to have respectively higher or lower bounce. The valve can be installed in new tennis balls at the time of manufacture. The valve can also be installed in used tennis balls, including used balls that have lost some or all of their original factory pressure.

Abstract: A check valve assembly can include a housing including an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow chamber defined by the housing and fluidly coupling the inlet port to the outlet port, an actuation chamber, and a piston assembly movable between a closed position and an open position. The piston assembly can include a poppet positioned in the flow chamber and can be configured to sealingly engage the housing in the closed position to fluidly separate the inlet port from the outlet port, and a flange positioned in the actuation chamber. The flange can contain a sealing member positioned between the flange and the housing to fluidly separate a forward actuation chamber from a rearward actuation chamber. A shaft can extend between the poppet and the flange. A biasing member can be operably coupled to the piston assembly wherein the biasing member biases the poppet assembly closed.

Abstract: An electromechanical valve (10), comprising in a housing (20), a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism comprises a core (34) of magnetizable material surrounded by a coil (32) to be supplied with excitation current, a stack (36) of plates of magnetic material secured in a first end thereof, and a valve seat (38). The stack (36) of plates is provided in a space between the core (34) and the valve seat (38) to open/close the valve in response to an excitation current supplied to said coil (32) by displacing the stack (36) of plates from the valve seat when excitation current is supplied to the coil (32), the stack of plates providing a return spring force when the stack of plates is attracted to by an energized coil, wherein the core (30) is plate shaped and less than 3 mm thick.

Abstract: A novel backflow valve for use in homes and apartments, which can serve to prevent back flow such as when there is downstream clogging, is described herein. The operational part of the valve includes a washer maintained with the valve housing and a floatable ball wherein in the non-engaged position allows for the free draining of water, and in the engaged position, when drain water is backflowing into the valve housing, the ball floats and engages with the washer to seal the opening and prevent further backflow. There is a platform on which the floating device is in contact with, and allows a rolling motion, for a free flowing and unobstructed water flow when in the non-engaged position. Also described herein is a leak alert system which may be incorporated into the backflow valve assembly of the present invention.

Abstract: An assembly for a pressure relief valve includes a valve seat member, a piston and a fluid outlet. The valve seat member includes a fluid inlet, a seat sealing surface and an axial bore. The axial bore includes a first cavity and a second cavity. The seat sealing surface is disposed axially between the first cavity and the second cavity and the fluid inlet is disposed axially between the seat sealing surface and the second cavity. The piston is movable within the axial bore. The piston includes a piston sealing surface, a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion. The first cylindrical portion configured to be retained by and slidably engage with the first cavity and the second cylindrical portion configured to be retained by and slidably engage with the second cavity. The piston sealing surface is disposed axially between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A faucet is disclosed comprising a main body having a lower inlet operative to receive a waterway and an upper outlet. A spout has a first portion connected to the upper outlet of the main body and operative to receive water flowing from the waterway, and a second portion extending along a plane outward from the main body and operative to allow water from the waterway to flow therethrough. A spout tip connected to the second portion of the spout provides an exit for water flowing from the waterway. A flow rate controller is connected to at least one of the spout or the spout tip to provide for maintaining or adjusting a flow rate of water flowing through the exit as at least one of the spout or the spout tip pivots in response to a user input.

Abstract: A clamp assembly for adjusting the fluid flow rate in an infusion set is provided. The clamp assembly includes a housing having two opposing side walls spaced apart from each other and having opposing guide grooves, a guide wall disposed between the side walls, an elastomeric segment disposed between the two opposing side walls and the guide wall, the elastomeric segment having a lower compression set performance that the compression set performance of first and second IV tubes of the infusion set, and first and second tubing ports. A flow-regulating member is seated in the guide grooves and is configured to remain in a set position during use of the infusion set based on the compression set performance of the elastomeric segment until the roller wheel is moved by a user. A method of operating a clamp assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for preventing a hydrocarbon fuel from being pumped through a fire department connection line (FDCL) of a building into a riser line and a sprinkler system of the building (SSoB) is disclosed. The method employs a non-permissive fire connection system (NPFCS) installed in-line with the FDCL, within the building. The NPFCS includes a hydrocarbon detection sensor (HDS), an electronic shut-off valve (ESV), an ESV activation logic circuit, and a fail-safe logic circuit. The HDS is calibrated to detect a hydrocarbon in a liquid being pumped into the FDCL. When the liquid is the hydrocarbon fuel, a hydrocarbon is detected by the HIDS in the hydrocarbon fuel being pumped into the FDCL. When the hydrocarbon is detected by the HDS, the ESV activation logic circuit closes the ESV and shuts off the flow of the hydrocarbon fuel into the riser line and the SSoB.

Abstract: A genderless aseptic connector system in which a plurality of connectors of substantially identical configuration each include connector housing having an internal surface defining a fluid passage between a connector end and connector housing face having an annular seal and a membrane positioned to cover the annular seal, wherein, upon engagement of a first connector housing and a second connector housing along a common juncture, a first membrane and a second membrane when correspondingly removed from a first annular seal coupled to the first connector housing and a second annular seal coupled to the second connector housing allow the first annular seal to engage the second annular seal to provide a sterile fluid passage.

Abstract: A pressure protection valve provides more versatility and improved performance over conventional configurations. The pressure protection valve includes a valve body made of a first material (e.g., plastic) and having multiple integrated fluid connections. A valve base made of a second material (e.g., metal) is connected to the valve body at an inlet portion. A valve stem moves within the valve body to open and close the valve. Fluid connections, therefore, are integrated into the valve body with any suitable number and configuration, which therefore is adaptable with any desired valve base configuration. The valve stem is insertable through the inlet portion of the valve body during assembly, which permits overpressure protection to be blowout-proof. An internal side surface of a valve seat of the valve base, and a valve bore of the valve body through which the valve stem moves, have matched diameters to reduce hysteresis effects.

Abstract: A method for controlling valves of a spraying boom of an agricultural spreading machine, comprising the steps of: generating valve-specific voltage signals for controlling several valves arranged on the spraying boom and providing the valve-specific voltage signals to the a respective valve, wherein the valve-specific voltage signals are pulse width modulated and each have a valve-specific duty cycle, where the valve-specific duty cycles compensate for or reduce influence, which is dependent on the position of the respective valves on the spraying boom, on the valve-specific flow volume of spraying liquid.

Abstract: A variable valve device changes a valve lift amount in a cylinder head. The device includes: a camshaft having plural cams with different valve lift amounts; plural rocker arms in contact with the plural cams to move a valve; a switching mechanism that couples and separates the rocker arms by oil pressure; and an oil control valve that controls the oil pressure. The switching mechanism includes a hydraulic piston moveable forward and backward to couple and separate the rocker arms. First and second oil passages extend from the oil control valve to the hydraulic piston. The first oil passage includes an oil groove allowing oil to pass at a predetermined rotation phase of the camshaft. The second oil passage is opened and closed during forward and backward movement of the hydraulic piston. A bypass passage is provided for bypassing the oil groove when the second oil passage is closed.

Abstract: A combined fuel level sending unit and fuel fill limit vent valve configured for use with a fuel tank is disclosed including a sending unit rod having a first end and a second end defining a length and a plurality of sensors disposed along its length mounted to a valve body which includes a first valve port, including a receptacle and a valve seat, and a second valve port, mounted to the valve body, in fluid communication and defining an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall. An ullage float comprising a magnet is also slidably mounted on the sending unit rod between the first end and a sealing ledge on the valve seat so that the ullage float fits within the receptacle and valve seat in the valve body. It comprises a magnet configured to interact with the plurality of sensors to provide an indication of a level of fuel in the fuel tank.

Abstract: A processing chamber and port adaptor are provided. Processing chambers include a chamber body having a lid coupled to the first end of the chamber body, a gas ring adjacent the first end of the chamber body, and a substrate support, where a processing region is defined between the substrate support and the lid. The processing chamber includes a port adapter coupled to the second end of the chamber body. The port adapter includes a body defining a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the processing region, where each of the apertures are spaced apart along the body such that a distance between adjacent apertures is within about 20% of an average aperture spacing distance, an individually controllable valve fluidly coupled to one or more of the plurality of apertures, and an exhaust system in fluid communication with a system foreline and the plurality of apertures.