Diaphragm Patents (Class 251/331)
  • Patent number: 8720858
    Abstract: Diaphragm valve having a valve body with an inlet and an outlet, a sealing membrane, and a connecting piece connecting the sealing membrane to a pressure piece of a drive. The valve body, the sealing membrane and the connecting piece are rigidly connected together to form an interchangeable, sealed valve body unit that can be connected to the drive. The connecting piece is molded on the sealing membrane, and the valve body and the sealing membrane are welded ultrasonically to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Sartorius StedimBioteen GmbH, Gemue Gebr. Mueller Apparatelbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lars Böttcher, Jan Schäfer, Kai-Uwe Wolpert, Jürgen Mayer
  • Patent number: 8714517
    Abstract: Bonnet apparatus to provide live-loading to a seal are described herein. An example bonnet assembly includes a housing having a recessed opening to define a shoulder and a sealing disc disposed within the recessed opening. A biasing element is disposed in the recessed opening between a flange of the sealing disc and the shoulder of the housing to provide a load to a seal to be disposed between the housing and the fluid device. The biasing element biases the sealing disc away from the housing and the biasing element enables the sealing disc to move within the recessed opening relative to the housing when the bonnet assembly is coupled to the fluid device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLC
    Inventors: Richard James Anagnos, Thomas Jeffrey Miller
  • Patent number: 8714515
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuating device for a sliding stem control valve assembly is mounted between a control valve and an actuator housing. The hydraulic actuating device is connected to one of a control valve stem, an actuator stem, and a stem connector and the hydraulic actuating device moves either the control valve stem, the actuator stem, or the stem connector in response to varying hydraulic pressure within the hydraulic actuating device. The hydraulic actuating device may be used to override an actuator of the sliding stem valve during emergency operations, or to provide a backup actuator in the case of a primary actuator malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Emerson Process Management (Tianjin) Valces Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Li Nannan, Gao Chun
  • Patent number: 8708690
    Abstract: A blow valve comprises at least one blow valve body, an environmentally controlled first receiving space constructed in the blow valve body and having at least one entry opening and at least one exit opening for receiving and conveying an operating gas, and a second receiving space constructed in the blow valve body for the guidance of a pressure distribution member such as, for example, a piston element. A sealing component prevents exchange of gas between the first receiving space and the second receiving space and is arranged between the first and second receiving spaces. The sealing component has a stationary part for fixing to the blow valve body and a movable part for changing the flow rate of the operating gas, wherein the setting member is surrounded in part by the sealing component and is coupled to the movable portion in order to move it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Josef Knott, Eduard Handschuh
  • Patent number: 8708308
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve is disclosed. The diaphragm valve includes a valve body including a housing defining a fluid flow passageway and a valve seat. A bonnet assembly including a housing is mounted to the valve body. A diaphragm, a backing cushion and a resilient member are positioned between the bonnet assembly and the valve body. The resilient member is sandwiched between the housing of the bonnet assembly and the backing cushion for urging the backing cushion toward the diaphragm, thereby urging the diaphragm against the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Timofey Sitnikov
  • Patent number: 8689817
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve including a valve body, a diaphragm assembly and an actuator assembly having a housing body that isolates the actuator from the ambient atmosphere. The diaphragm assembly is welded to the valve body to reduce and/or eliminate fluid leakage around the diaphragm assembly. Additionally or alternatively, the housing body for the actuator assembly may be welded to the valve body to reduce fluid leakage. The welding may be performed using ultrasonic welding techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Leys, Mike Schleicher
  • Patent number: 8678349
    Abstract: A ball valve and a valve shaft are in a valve chamber. The ball valve opens and closes a valve port. A coil spring arranged in a spring chamber pushes the valve shaft against a diaphragm via a spring bracket of the valve shaft. A cone portion and a flat portion (or a concave portion) inside the cone portion are on the diaphragm. A diaphragm-side end face of the valve shaft is larger in diameter than the flat portion of the diaphragm. When the diaphragm is initially deformed, a boundary portion interposed between the cone portion and the flat portion abuts on the diaphragm-side end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Saginomiya Seisakusho
    Inventors: Tadaaki Ikeda, Yasumasa Takada
  • Publication number: 20140077109
    Abstract: In a fluid control valve, a valve part houses a diaphragm in a valve body including a valve seat, first and second ports, and a drive part includes a piston dividing a piston chamber in a cylinder body into first and second chambers, and a rubber sealing member attached to the outer peripheral surface of the piston. A constriction is provided between the piston chamber and the surface of the cylinder body contacting the valve body. The cylinder body is formed with an exhaust port communicating with the first chamber, an operation port communicating with the second chamber, and a purge port communicating with a fluid non-contact chamber. The piston is formed with a flow path which enables communication between the first chamber and the fluid non-contact chamber. Accordingly, a temperature increase of the drive part can be restricted, and degradation of internal parts can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: CKD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio Miyashita, Yukie Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8667989
    Abstract: An aseptic valve or sanitary valve has an elongated tubular, cylindrical valve housing, with one or more top-hat diaphragms and associated valve plugs positioned transverse to the axis of the tubular valve housing. An actuator urges the stem and head of the valve plug upward so that the associated diaphragm is urged against a valve seat to close the valve. The actuator also moves these elements downward and away from the seat to open the valve. Plural valve arrangements can be joined end to end to accommodate multiple flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Feldmeier Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert H. Feldmeier
  • Publication number: 20140061526
    Abstract: A fluid inflow passage 3 is made up of an inner communication portion 11 having an upper end opening that leads to a center portion of a bottom surface of a recess 5 in a body and a lower end surface that is closed and an outer communication portion 12 having one end that leads to the inner communication portion 11 and the other end that forms a fluid inlet. The inner communication portion 11 has a column-like protruding portion 13 provided on the lower end surface 11a so as to form a column-like non-passage portion in the inner communication portion and thereby forms a cylindrical-hollow passage. It thus becomes possible to provide a diaphragm valve 1 with which a Cv value can be increased without increasing an outer shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Fujukin Incorporated
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Izuru Shikata
  • Publication number: 20140061525
    Abstract: A weir-type diaphragm valve a valve body with a fluid channel and a weir having a weir sealing portion; and a diaphragm with two or more diaphragm portions, including a diaphragm weir sealing portion at the weir to respond to one force and travel against the weir sealing portion to close the weir-type diaphragm valve and stop fluid flow through the fluid channel, and respond to a second force and travel away from the weir sealing portion to open the weir-type diaphragm valve and allow fluid flow through the fluid channel, a center flexing portion off the weir configured to experience convex and concave flexing extremes when the weir-type diaphragm valve is closed and opened, and an outer sealing portion configured to be fully constrained between components, one of which includes the valve body, when the weir-type diaphragm valve is closed and opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventor: Louis E. MATALON
  • Patent number: 8628055
    Abstract: A bi-directional electrostatic microvalve includes a membrane electrode that is controlled by application of voltage to fixed electrodes disposed on either side of the membrane electrode. Dielectric insulating layers separate the electrodes. One of the fixed electrodes defines a microcavity. Microfluidic channels formed into the electrodes provide fluid to the microcavity. A central pad defined in the microcavity places a portion of the second electrode close to the membrane electrode to provide a quick actuation while the microcavity reduces film squeezing pressure of the membrane electrode. In preferred embodiment microvalves, low surface energy and low surface charge trapping coatings, such as fluorocarbon films made from cross-linked carbon di-fluoride monomers or surface monolayers made from fluorocarbon terminated silanol compounds coatings coat the electrode low bulk charge trapping dielectric layers limit charge trapping and other problems and increase device lifetime operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Mark A. Shannon, Byunghoon Bae, Richard I. Masel
  • Publication number: 20140001392
    Abstract: A fluid transfer device for transferring fluid into or out of a fluid vessel, such as a tank, and is particularly useful in transferring fluids with particulates or high viscosity in a substantially aseptic, hygienic, or sterile manner. The device has a body with an elongate passage extending through the body. The body has a proximal end and a distal end. A longitudinally displaceable shaft is disposed in and extends along the passage in the body. A plug sealing the passage is at a first location. A diaphragm sealing the passage is at a second location intermediate the plug and the distal end of the passage. The shaft extends through and is secured to the diaphragm. A fluid transfer opening is located in the passage between the diaphragm and the plug. Longitudinal displacement of the shaft causes the fluid transfer opening to be in fluid communication with a fluid vessel, the diaphragm stretching to accommodate the displacement of the shaft while maintaining an aseptic seal of the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Allpure Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Zumbrum
  • Publication number: 20140001391
    Abstract: Provided is a diaphragm valve that can improve durability when the diaphragm valve is downsized. In a pressing adaptor, a whole lower surface thereof has a taper shape at a predetermined inclination angle. A bottom surface of a depression of a body has a circular flat portion and a depression that is continued to an outer circumference of the flat portion and is depressed with respect to the flat portion. In a diaphragm, in a state where a fluid inflow channel is opened, an upper surface of an outer circumferential edge portion comes into surface contact with the taper-shaped lower surface of the pressing adaptor, and a lower surface of the outer circumferential edge portion comes into line contact with the outer circumference of the flat portion of the bottom surface of the depression of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Kazunari Watanabe, Mutsunori Koyomogi, Izuru Shikata
  • Patent number: 8616525
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve for separating product media in pipes of a product-carrying system. The valve comprises a valve housing and a valve body arranged in a valve housing interior. The valve has a drive element which is movable in the axial direction, is connected to the valve body and is intended for moving the valve body. The valve further comprises a sealing diaphragm for sealing a valve housing interior on the drive side. The sealing diaphragm has a radially extending diaphragm body with a radially inner opening through which the drive element reaches. The diaphragm body has a radially outer edge region and a radially inner edge region which surrounds the radially inner opening. The radially outer edge region is clamped radially and the radially inner edge region is clamped axially. The sealing diaphragm is manufactured from a dimensionally stable material which is thermally resistant up to at least approximately 130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Südmo Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Franz, Frank Neuhauser
  • Publication number: 20130341550
    Abstract: A two-way valve includes a valve body made of a resilient member and connected to a lower end of a shaft. The valve body is made up from a main body portion having an axial member connected to the shaft, and a thin film skirt portion formed on an outer circumferential side of the main body portion. An outer edge of the skirt portion is sandwiched and gripped between a small diameter part of a housing and a connector of a body. Further, lips that project in a downward direction are formed in a central portion of the main body portion. The lips are seated on a top portion of a partition wall in the body, so that the two-way valve is placed in a valve-closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SMC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro FUKANO, Tadashi Uchino, Yasunori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130334452
    Abstract: A dosage valve for a fluid product, for example a colorant, comprising an at least partly elastic or elastomer element, having at least a cut in the central part so as to define at least two closed/open cooperating lips, which comprises a sensor element associated with the at least partly elastic element in order to detect at least a closed or open condition of the lips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: CPS Color Equipment Spa Con nico Socio
    Inventor: Emanuele Morselli
  • Publication number: 20130331715
    Abstract: A flow rate control valve includes a casing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port through which a fluid, the flow rate of which should be controlled, flows in and out, a diaphragm that partitions a space inside the casing into a flow space in which the fluid flows and a working space in which a working medium is present, and a valve body provided on a portion of the diaphragm that opposes the inlet port. The diaphragm is displaced in accordance with a change in the internal pressure of the working space, and the valve body is accordingly moved. This results in a change in the distance between the valve body and the inlet port, and thus the flow rate of the fluid flowing into the flow space through the inlet port is adjusted. Therefore, the flow rate of the fluid flowing out through the outlet port is variably controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: OMRON HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Sano
  • Patent number: 8602386
    Abstract: A valve having a membrane for controlling flow through the valve, the membrane having open and closed positions. An element urges the membrane to the closed position, and a vacuum pressure at one end of the valve may overcome the urging of the element, thereby moving the membrane to the open position. An actuator is provided for easing or initiating the movement of the membrane. In some embodiments, the valve may take the form of a valve assembly for use in a variety of applications, for example, a valve assembly for relieving a vacuum pressure wherein the assembly includes intake and exhaust ends, a membrane for controlling flow through the assembly, a spring providing a closing bias to the membrane that the vacuum pressure may overcome to move the membrane, and an actuator for initiating the movement of the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: James Russell Hornsby, Marcellus Rambo Benson, James Augustus Keefe, III, Joseph Lee McGowan
  • Patent number: 8602052
    Abstract: A diaphragm sealed flow cavity comprises a first body comprising a support surface, a diaphragm comprising an outer portion that is joined by a weld to the first body, a clamped portion, and an inner portion that is movable along an axis, with the clamped portion of the diaphragm being compressed between the bearing surface and the support surface. The diaphragm sealed flow cavity may include a cylindrical body having a crimped portion for joining the cylindrical body to the first body. The diaphragm sealed flow cavity may also include a member that applies a live load to the clamped portion of the diaphragm. In the exemplary embodiments, the diaphragm sealed flow cavity may be realized as part of a diaphragm flow control valve having a valve body, diaphragm and a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Branden W. Keeper, William H. Glime, III, Daniel E. Zeiler
  • Publication number: 20130309619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas combustor, comprising: a gas intake valve, the bottom of a valve tube axially formed in a valve member is installed with a filter member, a first spring is installed above the filter member and inside the valve tube, the top of a valve pin is protruded out of a tube opening formed at and communicated with the top of the valve tube, a plug outwardly protruded at the bottom of the valve pin is abutted against the first spring, the plug is enabled to seal the tube opening through the first spring being stretched, and when the top of the valve pin is axially subject to a force, the valve pin and the plug are downwardly moved, the first spring is compressed thereby enabling the tube opening to be opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: Chin-Lin TSAI
  • Patent number: 8573247
    Abstract: A highly versatile flow-rate controller that is easy to handle and a regulator unit and a valve unit used for the same are provided. The flow-rate controller includes a regulator unit having a regulator and a first pressure sensor, a valve unit having a second pressure sensor and a flow-rate control valve, and an orifice unit that is connected to the regulator unit and the valve unit in a detachable manner and that has a fluid channel and an orifice that connect to the regulator unit and the valve unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ushigusa, Hiroki Igarashi, Masahiro Hasunuma
  • Publication number: 20130271538
    Abstract: An integrated multifunctional valve device includes a surface member having a first port and a second port formed therein, a flexible disk member having a central portion and a surrounding portion, a first seat member extending outward from the surface member and coupled to the surrounding portion of the flexible disk member, a second seat member extending outward from the surface member and surrounded by the first seat member. The central portion is movable between an open port position to establish fluid communication between the respective ports and a close port position to stop the fluid communication between the respective ports. The second seat member is configured to selectively receive the central portion of the flexible disk member corresponding to the close port position. The integrated multifunctional valve device also includes an actuator member configured to selectively move the central portion of the flexible disk member into the open port position and the close port position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick V. Boyd, David Olsen, Milo A. Undlin
  • Publication number: 20130233395
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling liquid flow wherein the apparatus comprises an orifice and an adjacent flexible diaphragm separated from each other by a gap through which a liquid flows. The diaphragm is sufficiently flexible to vary the gap thereby controlling the rate of liquid flowing through the orifice or to provide a positive liquid shutoff of liquid flowing through the orifice. A method for controlling liquid flow through the apparatus comprises flexing said diaphragm to vary a size of the gap to control the rate of liquid flowing through the orifice or to provide a positive liquid shutoff of liquid from flowing through the orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Thuc M. Dinh, Benjamin Y.H. Liu, Yamin Ma
  • Patent number: 8528591
    Abstract: A micro valve includes a first valve chamber and a second valve chamber as well as a closing element, which is adjustable between an opening position, in which the valve chambers are connected to each other, and a closing position in which the valve chambers are separated from each other. A reference chamber is provided, which is delimited by the closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tjalf Pirk, Michael Stumber
  • Patent number: 8522813
    Abstract: A sampling port includes a housing and a valve assembly. The housing includes an internal passage through which fluids flow and defines a port in fluid communication with the internal passage. The valve assembly is mountable adjacent the port of the housing and includes a bezel having a channel extending therethrough and a bladder mounted adjacent the bezel. The bladder includes a bladder base and a bladder stem depending from the bladder base which is at least partially received within the channel of the bezel. The bladder stem is movable within the channel of the bezel between a first position substantially preventing fluid flow through the valve assembly and a second position in which a fluid path is established through the valve assembly and in fluid communication with the internal passage of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Geoffrey R. McElroy
  • Publication number: 20130220461
    Abstract: A diaphragm device comprising: a supporting member; a flexible membrane that is supported by the supporting member; and a housing that accommodates the flexible membrane and the supporting member, and wherein the flexible membrane air-tightly separates a first chamber and a second chamber connected to the outside through a through-hole formed in a membrane supporting portion of the supporting member, inside the housing, wherein an avoidance recessed portion to avoid interference with an opening edge of the through-hole is formed at a position corresponding to the through-hole in the flexible membrane, wherein the avoidance recessed portion is provided at a thick portion thicker than the other portion of the flexible membrane, and the thick portion protrudes toward the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicants: Denso Corporation, Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Advics Co., Ltd., Denso Corporation
  • Patent number: 8517338
    Abstract: Diaphragm valve (1) comprising a housing upper part (2), which receives an actuating device (4) for actuating the valve (1), and a housing lower part (3), which has a receiving region (9) for receiving a diaphragm (11), wherein in the housing lower part (3) below the diaphragm (11) a central region forming a flow channel (17) is designed, wherein the cross-sectional surface of the flow channel (17) in the central region (51) of the housing lower part (3) is constant when the valve (1) is in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Georg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG
    Inventors: Christian Hunnekuhl, Juergen Stumpp, Joerg Hunnekuhl, Walter Bannwarth
  • Patent number: 8511643
    Abstract: Provided are a diaphragm, a diaphragm valve, and a method of manufacturing a diaphragm capable of increasing a flow rate (Cv value) of gas without degrading long-term durability even when a displacement amount is increased. A diaphragm (1) has an outer diameter ? of 10 to 35 mm and includes a dome portion (1D) in a dome shape and a flange portion (1T) formed continuously at a peripheral edge of the dome portion (1D) via a boundary portion (1K), the boundary portion (1K) has a radius of curvature R of 0.6 mm or more on a convex side of the dome portion (1D), and the diaphragm is formed of a cobalt-based super-alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Kamada, Kyotaro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8505767
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a leak proof drinking cup including a valve assembly and a removable lid with a drinking spout and a vent. The valve assembly includes a drinking valve, a venting valve, or both. When in use, the valve assembly engages with the lid to prevent leaks or spills and to permit the flow of air into the cup. When not in use, the valve assembly disengages from the lid and the valve is open to facilitate proper cleaning of the valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Giraud, Michel Zbirka
  • Publication number: 20130200287
    Abstract: A valve assembly having a valve-seal on a valve member that moves between an open and a closed position within a valve support housing for controlling fluid flow, particularly for use as a shut-off valve. In many embodiments, advancing the valve member sealingly engages the valve-seal with a valve seating area of the housing to close the valve and shut-off fluid flow through the housing, while retracting the valve member moves the valve-seal away from the seating area to allow fluid flow around the valve-seal and through the valve-seating area. In many embodiments, the valve member includes a proximal handle and angled ramp that engage with a helical ramp of the housing to translate rotation of the handle into axial movement of the member between open and closed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Automatic Bar Controls, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8480053
    Abstract: Mechanical actuation of valves in flexible fluidic structures allows for the regulation of fluid flow. In accordance with the disclosure herein, a fluidic structure is provided wherein mechanical actuation is conferred using a pin to actuate a flexible layer to occlude fluid flow in a fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James R. Heath, Michael Van Dam, Arkadij Elizarov
  • Publication number: 20130168592
    Abstract: The diaphragm valve includes an outer casing, a winding stand, a magnetizable valve core, a nozzle, a rubber diaphragm, a bottom seat, a bottom board, a spring, a rear lid and a copper pin. The rubber diaphragm is fixed at the front end of the valve core, and has a circumferential edge to communicate with the center of the rubber diaphragm through a resilient protruding ring. The nozzle has a flange, a radial hole and an eccentric axial hole. The nozzle is fixed at the front end of the winding stand by the flange. The flange has a stepped hole to mate with the circumferential edge of the rubber diaphragm, a central hole to mate with the center of the rubber diaphragm, and an eccentric hole. The stepped hole communicates with the radial hole through the central hole and communicates with the axial hole through the eccentric hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Hong YAN
  • Publication number: 20130165868
    Abstract: The current invention relates to infusion devices, specifically to peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters. In particular, the invention relates to peripheral IV catheter assemblies having features to enable selective and reversible activation of fluid flow through the catheter assembly. Some implementations of the present invention include various configurations of septum valves having a barrier surface that is stressed to bias the barrier surface and provide a pathway through the septum valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: S. Ray Isaacson, Kelly D. Christensen, Lawrence J. Trainer, Weston F. Harding
  • Patent number: 8469332
    Abstract: A valve-closing pressure chamber and a valve-opening pressure chamber are arranged on both sides of a main diaphragm inside an outlet shutoff valve. An upper supply/discharge tube and a lower supply/discharge tube are connected to a housing forming the outlet shutoff valve. The upper and lower supply/discharge tube supply and discharge air to and from the valve-closing pressure chamber and the valve-opening pressure chamber, respectively. An opening end, which is on the pressure chamber side, of each supply/discharge tube is obliquely cut relative to the direction of axis of the supply/discharge tube, which increases the opening area of the opening end. This prevents water present in the pressure chamber from adhering to the opening end of each supply/discharge tube and prevents the adhered water from freezing. This in turn prevents the opening end of the supply/discharge tube from being closed or the opening area from being reduced. As a result, operation performance of the outlet shutoff valve is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20130119289
    Abstract: There is disclosed a diaphragm for a high pressure gas diaphragm valve. The diaphragm comprises a sealing body defining a sealing face for seating against a valve seat of the valve to close the valve; an outer flange for attaching the diaphragm to the valve, the outer flange defining a flange plane; and a deformable web that extends between the outer flange and the sealing body, the deformable web including a gusset that has at least one convolute portion. The gusset is deformable to allow the sealing body to move between a natural configuration in which the sealing body is on a first side of the flange plane, and a raised configuration in which at least part of the sealing body is on the opposing side of the flange plane, and wherein the at least one convolute portion biases the sealing body towards the natural configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Georgina E. Morris, Christopher W. Shorey
  • Patent number: 8430376
    Abstract: A valve module for removable installation inside the outer case of a sprinkler after removal of a riser with a nozzle turret normally mounted for reciprocation within the case. The module includes an upper valve support housing and a lower support basket removably connected to the valve support housing. A valve member is vertically reciprocable within the valve support housing to engage and disengage a valve seat in the support basket. The support basket is loosely connected to the valve support housing so that the valve seat can reciprocate relative to the valve support housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred M. Danner, Jeff M. Smith, LaMonte D. Porter
  • Patent number: 8430378
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a valve apparatus is provided to proportionally control fluid flow. The valve apparatus includes a housing having a valve body with an inlet port having a valve seat and an outlet port; a valve assembly including an armature, a movable fluid control member, and at least one spring biasing the valve assembly into a closed position, a diaphragm in contact with the valve seat of the inlet port when the valve is in the closed position, and a poppet plate backing the diaphragm, in contact with the fluid control member and extending beyond the valve seat on the inlet port. The valve apparatus also has a solenoid assembly including an electromagnetic coil and a pole piece, the solenoid moves the armature when energized to allow fluid to flow through the valve apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: South Bend Controls Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Peter G. Hutchings, Mark A. Beasley, Deron Kaczorowski, Donald Sack
  • Patent number: 8425863
    Abstract: A micro fluidic device includes a valve/pump-unit with reduced dead volume having a substrate. The lower surface of the substrate includes two micro channels spaced apart by a valve area of the substrate that separates the two micro channels. A flexible membrane is arranged on the lower surface of the substrate facing an actuating element located in a through going cut-out of a cover element. Movement of the actuating element towards and away from the valve area of the substrate causes a pump and/or valve action of the flexible membrane area, respectively, to cause or stop a directed fluid flow between the two micro channels through a channel formed between the valve area of the substrate and the flexible membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Chris Van Haag, Ronald Cornelis De Gier, Adrianus Wilhelmus Dionisius Maria Van Den Brijgaart, Gheorghe Sorin Stan
  • Patent number: 8418715
    Abstract: A control system for a purge valve that can be actuated by low pressure, which can be used for a low pressure or vacuum waste water system, encompassing a first valve and a second valve. The purge valve can be actuated as a function of its position, and the accumulated waste water can be drawn off via the sewage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Roediger Vacuum GmbH
    Inventor: Artur Spitzer
  • Patent number: 8418991
    Abstract: A faucet for controlling the dispensing of liquids including a valve element movable from a first position for blocking flow between an inlet and outlet to a second position for permitting flow between the inlet and the outlet. An insert member is rotatably connected to a bonnet and defines an opening through which a stem extends. The insert member is located with no portion being clamped between the bonnet and a valve body. An actuator handle assembly includes a lever pivotally connected to an end of the stem and a cam actuator connected to the lever. The cam actuator moves between an engaged position in which movement of the lever is effective to move the valve element from its first position to its second position and a disengaged position in which movement of the lever is ineffective to move the valve element from its first position to its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Meyer Company
    Inventors: Michael H. Meyer, Michael A. Kolar, Eric J. McCarty
  • Publication number: 20130074341
    Abstract: When manufacturing a disk valve having a ring-shaped elastic seal member fixed to one side thereof for use in a cylinder type hydraulic shock absorber, a disk valve blanked from a plate material is set on a bottom of a lower mold member that is curved to be convex on one side. Mold clamping is performed to form a cavity by a cylindrical mold part and to press the disk valve with a press part to deform the disk valve into a shape that is convex on one side. In this state, a rubber material is filled into the cavity through a passage and vulcanized and cured to mold and fix an elastic seal member to the disk valve. At this time, the disk valve is deformed in a direction in which the curvature reduces by shrinkage of the rubber material. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce variations in flatness of the disk valve and hence possible to obtain stable damping force characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8376317
    Abstract: A microfluidic purge valve in a microfluidics system includes a notch defined in the valve seat of a microfluidic valve. The notch is sized so that gas entrained within a liquid pumped through the microfluidics system can pass freely therethrough but the liquid cannot. The notch is sized so that the resistant force generated by the surface tension of the liquid is equal to or greater than the force generated by the fluid pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Han-Sheng Chuang, Steven T. Wereley
  • Publication number: 20130032600
    Abstract: A direct-touch diaphragm valve according to the present invention includes a valve body having inlet and outlet passages, a valve chamber being in communication with the inlet and outlet passages, a valve seat located around an open inner end of the inlet passage and a diaphragm arranged on the valve seat so as to hermetically seal the valve chamber and open or close the inlet and outlet passages, wherein the valve seat and the diaphragm have respective contact surfaces formed therebetween such that: such that: the contact surface of the valve seat has a surface roughness Ra of 0.1 to 10.0 ?m and a curvature radius Ra of 100 to 1000 mm; and the area ratio Sb/Sa of a contact area Sb of the valve seat with the diaphragm to a gas contact surface area Sa of the diaphragm ranges from 0.2 to 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tomonori Umezaki, Kenji Tanaka, Akifumi Yao, Tatsuo Miyazaki, Isamu Mori, Tadayuki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8366602
    Abstract: A system for facilitating obesity control includes an inflatable gastric banding device, a fluid reservoir couplable to the inflatable portion, and an implantable fluid handling device including one or more piezoelectric valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Janel A. Birk, Sean Snow
  • Publication number: 20130009086
    Abstract: An irrigation valve has a valve body with an inlet passage, an outlet passage, and a valve seat intermediate the inlet passage and the outlet passage. A diaphragm includes a valve seat engaging portion that cooperates with the valve seat to control flow through the valve. The valve seat and the valve seat engaging portion of the diaphragm are offset relative to the inlet passage to improve flow through the valve to reduce pressure and energy loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventor: Samuel C. Walker
  • Publication number: 20130001457
    Abstract: A flush valve diaphragm is provided. The diaphragm includes at least two by-passes orifices. Each by-pass orifice in the diaphragm has a by-pass associated therewith. Each by-pass having a passage therethrough, allows communication with the control chamber above the diaphragm with an inlet chamber below the diaphragm. The diaphragm also integrates the function of locating and providing sealing means to the flush valve system's aux valve mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: John R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8327877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure reducing apparatus. A diaphragm made from an elastic material is provided in the interior of a body. The diaphragm includes a main body portion having a seat member that is capable of being seated on an inner tubular member of the body, a retaining portion disposed on an outer peripheral side of the main body portion and which is slidably displaceable with respect to the inner tubular member, and a skirt that is retained on a flange of the body. Additionally, by flexing of the skirt by means of an elastic force of a spring, the seat member thereof separates away from the inner tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Ito, Michihiro Hanada
  • Publication number: 20120305817
    Abstract: A flow regulator comprising a needle valve assembly secured in a molded valve body having offset mounting flanges to permit a variety of flow control and monitoring components to be secured thereto. The valve body has parallel inlet and outlet passageways connected by a transverse passageway, with a metal ring forming a valve seat molded into the valve body around the transverse passageway. A valve stem mounted within a valve stem receiver by a support member is selectively advanceable against and away from the valve seat to control flow therethrough. A lateral expander positioned in a slot in the valve stem is compressed axially upon rotation of the valve stem causing the expander to expand in the slot to secure the valve stem in place relative to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: BURGER & BROWN ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Philip M. Burger, Mark A. Brown, Jimmie L. Robinson
  • Patent number: 8316878
    Abstract: A single chamber two-way servo-operated valve includes: a valve body presenting an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, and an access; a cover to close the access of the valve body; a port dividing the valve body interior into an inlet section and an outlet section; a valving element including a disc for closing the port; and an actuating chamber at least partially defined by the cover. The disc and a flexible diaphragm are connected to the valving element. The disc of the valving element includes a rigid central core which is at least partially covered by a rubber layer adhering to the central core. The rubber layer extends from the edge of the disc to form the flexible diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Inventor: Alberto Lodolo