Abstract: A valve-coupler system has a lever that extends under a length axis of the valve body to enable one-handed operation. The valve-coupler body has an opening that is configured over a valve stem and a seal actuator having a lever that can be rotated about a pivot with a single hand to create a seal around the valve stem. Additionally, a valve-coupler may have a gas inlet valve that can be activated by the same single hand to open the valve and allow gas to flow into the valve stem. The inlet valve may be configured in line with the lever whereby the inlet valve is opened when the lever is rotated about the pivot to contact the inlet valve. The inlet valve may be configured on the valve body for manipulation by a user's finger or thumb. The inlet valve may be on the top of the valve body.

Abstract: A portable air pump includes a head member located on one end of the pump body thereof and having a beveled face, a biasing member carrying a pressure gauge and having a beveled face pivotally connected to the beveled face of the head member in such a manner that the biasing member is biasable relative to the head member between a received position where the biasing member is kept in axial alignment with the portable air pump and an extended position where the pressure gauge is kept facing toward the handle of the portable air pump convenient for reading by the user and the biasing member is workable as a footplate for supporting the portable air pump on the floor for use as a floor type air pump.

Abstract: A pressure monitoring device in accordance with the present invention comprises a housing 1 within which are provided an air inlet 2 and an air outlet 3. Connecting the air inlet 2 and the air outlet 3 is an air passage way 4 which includes a pressure take off point 9. The air inlet 2 includes' a threaded bore section 2a into which is screwed a coupling device 7 for coupling with the air outlet of a compressed air supply. The air outlet 3 is also configured to receive a coupling device 8 for coupling with the air inlet of a paint spray gun. A digital pressure gauge 5 is housed in a top surface of the housing 1 as shown in the figures. The gauge samples air pressure at the pressure take off point 9 through conduit 9a. Screw threaded into a bore 11 in the housing is a needle valve 6 which can be adjusted by means of valve adjustment means 10a, 10b to move further towards or away from the pressure take off 9.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for servicing a coolant system, such as, an automobile air conditioner are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus may comprise a device for measuring a parameter of the coolant system; and means for selectively switching between providing: (i) communication between the coolant system and said measuring device, and (ii) communication between the coolant system and the coolant supply.

Abstract: A printing press including a frame and a central impression drum rotatably supported on the frame. A plurality of first side printing stations is circumferentially spaced about the central impression drum and in communication therewith. Each of the plurality of printing first side printing stations is adapted to print an image on a first side of a substrate. A perfecting printing station is disposed at a position about the central impression drum. The perfecting printing station includes a multi-purpose drum having a substrate retainer for securing the substrate thereto. The multi-purpose drum forms an impression cylinder and is in communication with an image transfer cylinder for imparting an image on a second side of the substrate. An ink fixing unit is disposed between the first side printing stations and the perfecting station. The ink fixing unit fixes the image on the first side of the substrate prior to the image being imparted on the second side of the substrate by the perfecting station.

Abstract: A tire inflation gun has a valve having several positions. When fully closed, the gun does not fill or empty a tire, but allows the tire pressure to be measured. When the valve is partially opened, the tire pressure can still be measured, but air is allowed to escape from the tire. Fully open, the gun allows the tire to be filled by a pressurized air source but closes the connection between pressure gauge and pressurized air source. This prevents the pressure gauge from being damaged by the high pressure.

Abstract: In the state where a tire valve cap body has been fixedly screwed onto a valve mouthpiece, a top cover is pushed to open a tire valve, allowing introduction of a tire air pressure. A piston is slidably incorporated in a cylinder chamber defined within the top cover and is urged by a return spring. Upon the introduction of the tire air pressure, the piston is displaced to a position at which the biasing force of the return spring balances with the force of the introduced air pressure. An indication mechanism is provided to indicate, through an indication window formed in a cylinder member, a position of the piston member displaced by the tire air pressure introduced, thereby indicating a measurement value of the tire air pressure.

Abstract: An anti-seepage, self-gauging inflation valve system includes an inlet port and an outlet port; a filler valve for introducing fluid under pressure from the inlet to the outlet port; a vent structure; an isolation chamber communicating with the vent structure; a gauging valve for sealing the chamber from the vent structure and automatically opening when the pressure in the chamber exceeds a predetermined level; an anti-seepage isolation valve for isolating the chamber from the outlet port; and an actuator device for opening the isolation valve to enable access between the gauging valve and the outlet port to vent pressure in excess of the predetermined level while the actuator device holds open the isolation valve.

Abstract: A pneumatic calibration device is provided including a body having an air inlet port and an air outlet port, a pressure gauge extending from the body, and a mechanism for adjusting pressure disposed within the body. The pressure adjusting mechanism communicates with the pressure gauge. The air inlet and outlet ports are pneumatically coupled to the pressure adjusting mechanism so as to regulate inflation of an inflatable member.

Abstract: A flat tire inflation device for emergencies is provided which includes a flexible hose a supply chuck that is temporarily securable to a inflated tire by means of a spring loaded retaining clip and having a pressure gauge on the inflation chuck at the other end of the tube. An extension projects from the inflation chuck for connecting the inflation chuck to recessed valve stems.

Abstract: A valve cap adapted to be screwed onto the valve of a pneumatic tire gives a pressure drop indication. To this end the valve cap comprises a deflectable diaphragm which separates the housing interior into a first chamber adjacent a transparent section of the closed housing end portion and a second chamber which is in communication with the tire interior through a port formed in a transverse housing wall and through the open tire valve. When the valve cap has been tightly screwed onto the tire valve and the tire valve has been opened, the desired tire pressure will be built up in both chambers. Upon closing of the second chamber a reference pressure corresponding to the desired tire pressure will prevail therein. Any reduction of the tire pressure relative to the reference pressure will cause the diaphragm to converge towards the transparent housing portion, thus serving as an indication.

Abstract: A tire pressure control system having a pressure switch installed in a rim, which pressure switch, as part of a tuned circuit, damps, across an air gap, an HF transmitter, installed in a wheel web and having downstream analysis electronics, the pressure switch having a diaphragm pressure cell with a reference pressure, the diaphragm of which reference cell is subjected on one side to the reference pressure and on the other side to the tire pressure. A valve installed in the pressure switch makes it possible to adjust the reference pressure so that, when filling the tire, the desired tire pressure is simultaneously retained as the new reference pressure in the diaphragm pressure cell for the tire pressure control system.