With Vaporized Liquid Stop Patents (Class 137/200)
  • Patent number: 10393286
    Abstract: A valve shutter including an indicating unit configured to indicate opening angles of a valve of gas tank, the value coupled to the indicating unit, a first rotating unit configured to rotate the indicating unit up to a maximum opening angle of the valve, a second rotating unit configured to selectively interlock with the first rotating unit, a holding pin configured to be rotated by the second rotating unit, a shutting unit configured to prevent a rotation of the holding pin, a limit plate configured to be selectively rotated by the first rotating unit in a closing direction and an opening direction of the valve, and a stopper configured to restrict a rotation of the limit plate in the closing direction of the valve may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Suk Lee, Sang-Won An, Duk-Chun Jang
  • Patent number: 10307689
    Abstract: A liquid separator and concentrator is disclosed. An example liquid separator and concentrator includes a separator column. A spray chamber has a sprayer nozzle to spray an influent within the spray chamber and create a falling film in the separator column. A heating jacket surrounds the separator column, wherein the heating jacket heats the falling film to evaporate at least one portion of the falling film and leaves a concentrate. A concentrate collection vessel receives the concentrate from the separator column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Colorado Extraction Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Michael David Allen, Quinton Lane Van Gundy
  • Patent number: 9977438
    Abstract: A resettable thermal pressure relief device (TPRD) is disclosed. The TPRD includes a piston, a housing adapted to receive the piston and allow movement between an open and a closed position. The housing includes an actuator having a temperature sensitive material disposed therein. The temperature sensitive material volumetrically expands, increasing a length of the actuator and forcing a lever from a first position to a second position. The piston is held in the closed position by the lever in the first position. When the lever moves to the second position, the piston is allowed to move to the open position, allowing a fluid to flow through the TPRD from a high pressure vessel in communication therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Rainer Pechtold
  • Patent number: 9416879
    Abstract: An aseptic double seat valve has a housing, which has connections for two pipe conduits. A first valve seat and a second valve seat are arranged spaced apart from one another in the direction of a longitudinal axis in the housing between the connections for the two pipe conduits. A first closing body interacts in a sealing manner with the first valve seat, and a second closing body interacts in a sealing manner with the second valve seat. A first elongate valve stem, which is of hollow design is connected to the first closing body, and a second elongate valve stem, which extends through the interior of the first valve stem, is connected to the second closing body. A diaphragm, which has a radially inner opening, serves to seal off a gap present between the first valve stem and the second valve stem. An outer rim of the diaphragm is fixed in a sealing manner on the second closing body, and the inner rim of the diaphragm is fixed in a sealing manner on the first valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Pentair Südmo GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Fath, Heiko Stark, Frank Neuhauser
  • Patent number: 8360087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reducing agent tank for holding a liquid reducing agent as a so-called SCR tank. The SCR tank comprises at least one device for deaerating the tank, which device is closed off by means of at least one pressure-compensating element which permits an exchange of gas but which closes off the tank in a liquid-tight manner. The reducing agent tank also comprises at least one deaeration line which communicates with the pressure-compensating element, with the deaeration line being guided at least to a point above the maximum permissible fording level of the tank when the tank is in the installation position. The deaeration line has at least one first downward-sloping line section which branches into a second rising line section for deaeration and a third falling line section for gravity-induced condensate drainage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Kolberg, Jaroslav Maglovsky, Volker Treudt, Robert Schwar
  • Patent number: 6315212
    Abstract: A float vent is described for automatically venting gas from liquid, such as air from water in a domestic radiator system. In addition to a float valve (2), a subsidiary valve (6) is provided that can seal the vent path and displace the float valve from its closed position. The subsidiary valve may be a thermostatic or hygroscopic valve, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Inventors: John Francis Steeple Heffernan, Charles Bonello
  • Patent number: 5413137
    Abstract: A fuel vapor vent assembly with liquid trap is incorporated in a vent valve mounted on a motor vehicle fuel tank. The vent valve operates to vent the fuel tank through a vertically oriented orifice in the vent assembly when the valve is in a normal upright position and closes the orifice when the fuel tank together with the valve is tipped to a significant degree from this position. An elevated liquid trap is provided in the vent assembly at the outlet of the orifice that traps liquid from the venting fuel vapor while permitting venting to continue therethrough and then drains the trapped liquid back past the valve into the tank when the pressure in the latter is relieved. An insert mounted in the valve body is adapted to define both the orifice and liquid trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.
    Inventor: David R. Gimby
  • Patent number: 5042678
    Abstract: The foregoing and other objects of the invention will be realized by a closure assembly engageable with the filler tube of a fuel tank for preventing the outflow of fuel vapors from the fuel tank during a filling procedure and including a manually grippable generally circular top member having a central axial opening therein for permitting the passage of a fuel delivery nozzle therethrough and receiving a relatively smaller press fitted cap thereat. A threaded bottom member of generally circular cross section extends from the top member for threadable engagement with a threaded opening in the filler tube. The bottom member is of a generally hollow construction and has a central axial opening therein and in which a resilient circular annular fuel vapor absorbent filter element is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Inventor: Preston T. Munguia