Sectional Patents (Class 251/367)
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Patent number: 8413682Abstract: Fluid valves having an integral safety shut-off are described. An example valve assembly includes a body defining a flow path between an inlet and an outlet and opposing seating surfaces. The example valve assembly includes first valve trim including a first valve stem operatively coupled to a first closure member, the first closure member to engage one of the seating surfaces to control fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet during normal operation. The example valve assembly includes second valve trim including a second valve stem operatively coupled to a second closure member, the second closure member to engage the other one of the seating surfaces during a failure condition to restrict fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet. A surface of the second closure member to define a partial wall of the flow path during normal operation such that a profile of the flow path defined by the body and the second closure member is substantially continuous.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLCInventor: David Joseph Greif
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Publication number: 20130075638Abstract: A valve assembly, in particular a solenoid valve, is disclosed. The valve assembly includes an at least two-part housing that has a first housing sleeve and a second housing sleeve, the housing sleeves being held against each other by compression of a fastening zone. The valve assembly further includes a valve receptacle in which the valve is inserted and by means of which a press-in ring positioned in the region of the fastening zone is held. The press-in ring rests radially against the first housing sleeve and axially against the second housing sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Edgar Kurz, Dietmar Kratzer
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Patent number: 8387656Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2005Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Inventors: Simon Davies, Paul Lawrence Garlick, John Anthony Rogers
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Patent number: 8371555Abstract: The present invention is a splittable multi-piece hemostasis valve that is held together in an assembled condition via a binder formed about the assembled valve. The binder may be a sleeve of thin polymer material shrink-wrapped about the valve. When the valve needs to be split in order to clear a medical device such as a pacemaker lead, the sleeve is split and the valve is disassembled.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2005Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.Inventors: Claude Rickerd, Kirk Honour, Daniel J. Potter
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Patent number: 8365760Abstract: A slide valve for blocking a line conveying media includes a housing having a passage opening and a slider plate moveable within the housing at right angles to the passage opening. The slider plate can be displaced from an open position into a closed position blocking the passage opening tightly by a drive mechanism. A lateral seal is disposed in a respective groove in the housing above the passage opening on both sides of the slider plate at right angles to its direction of displacement. The inside and outside of the housing and the slider plate are provided with at least one layer forming a temperature barrier, and the lateral seal includes a high temperature-resistant layer or sealing compound. The risk of a leak into the atmosphere and/or in the passage during a fire or during extinguishing efforts is thus substantially reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: SISTAG AG AbsperrtechnikInventor: Hans-Jorg Sidler
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Patent number: 8365770Abstract: A faucet including a molded waterway assembly having a plurality of tubes overmolded within a valve interface member.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignees: Masco Corporation of Indiana, Mercury Plastics, Inc.Inventors: Kurt Judson Thomas, Alfred Charles Nelson, Derek Allen Brown, Joshua R. Barber, Thomas C. Pinette
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Patent number: 8336848Abstract: An on-off flow valve extends along an axis and has a valve body through which a supply duct and a delivery duct pass; a main shutter assembly; and a cover fitted to the valve body by means of a snap-on coupling system.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: R.P.E. S.r.l.Inventor: Andrea Foglia
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Publication number: 20120286187Abstract: A new valve for regulating the flow of liquid has two housings that are removably attached to one another. When the housings are separated, the liquid can no longer pass through the valve. The valve is typically connected to an indwelling bladder catheter and the valve allows the patient to be at least temporarily disconnected from a collection bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventor: Kevin J. Spolski
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Publication number: 20120286185Abstract: A new valve for regulating the flow of liquid has two housings that are removably attached to one another. When the housings are separated, the liquid can no longer pass through the valve. A system of magnetic elements is used to cycle the flow of liquid (urine) through the valve. The valve is typically connected to an indwelling bladder catheter and the valve allows the patient to be at least temporarily disconnected from a collection bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventor: Kevin J. Spolski
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Publication number: 20120286186Abstract: A new valve for regulating the flow of liquid has two housings that are removably attached to one another. When the housings are separated, the liquid can no longer pass through the valve. The valve is typically connected to an indwelling bladder catheter and the valve allows the patient to be at least temporarily disconnected from a collection bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: November 15, 2012Inventor: Kevin J. Spolski
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Patent number: 8297593Abstract: A valve for pressurized or liquefied gas comprises a valve body (12) with a gas flow channel (16) and in this channel a sealing seat (30) for an open/close element (32) having a free end (60) where a shoulder (62) is provided. An annular seal (64) is mounted on the free end (60) of the open/close element (32), the annular seal (64) having a front end face (66) facing the sealing seat (30) and a rear end face (68) resting on the shoulder (62) of the open/close body. A holding ring (70) surrounds the annular seal (64) circumferentially and comprises a radial lip (72) that bears on the outer edge of the front end face (66) of said annular seal (64). The annular seal (64) includes an outer annular shoulder (74) on the edge of its front end face and the radial lip (72) with the holding ring (70) has an annular bead (76) facing this outer annular shoulder (74) of the annular seal (64).Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Luxembourg Patent Company S.A.Inventors: Paul Muzzo, Paul Kremer, Walter Grzymlas
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Patent number: 8297592Abstract: A plug valve has a valve body, a cage fitted within the valve body and a rotatable plug housed within a cylindrical cavity in the cage, for controlling fluid flow through the valve. The cage has first and second opposed flat side surfaces, each side surface has a port for receiving a replaceable flow-path insert in a fluid-tight seal. In one embodiment, the plug also includes at least one inset seal for sealing the at least one of the ports when the plug is in a closed position to inhibit leakage through the valve at low fluid pressures.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Stinger Wellhead Protection, Inc.Inventors: Bob McGuire, L. Murray Dallas
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Publication number: 20120267558Abstract: The invention relates to a self-lubricated plug valve having a quick-change jacket, having a tapered shutter (2) and jacket (3) in one body (4) and an upper lid (5), connected by studs (6) and nuts (7), in which the jacket (3) is inserted in a removable jacket mounting (10), the configuration of which is adjusted in order to adapt to the inside of the body (4), allowing the entire mounting unit (10), jacket (3) and shutter (2) to be replaced in order to replace the jacket (3). The removable jacket mounting (10) has side windows aligned with the through hole of the jacket (3) in which a set of additional mounting seals (11) have been provided to guarantee the seal thereof. The removable jacket mounting (10) is attached to the body (4) by means of Allen® screws (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventor: Javier Vega Villa
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Patent number: 8292260Abstract: An impulse tolerant valve body is longitudinally deformable, acting through its convex valve seat interface and a concave valve seat to beneficially reduce closing energy impulse amplitude, increase impulse duration, damp induced resonance vibrations, and narrow the characteristic vibration spectrum. Elastic longitudinal valve body deformability results from elasticity in valve body construction materials and, in certain embodiments, from at least one fluid-filled internal elastic space in fluid communication with at least one internal surge chamber via at least one fluid flow restrictor. Fluid flow from elastic space to surge chamber allows substantially central longitudinal valve body compression, followed by elastic valve body rebound with reverse fluid flow. Beneficial effects are achieved through dissipation of impulse energy as heat lost through fluid flow friction and valve body hysteresis.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Inventor: Dennis W. Gilstad
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Patent number: 8276609Abstract: Disclosed is a concealed plumbing fixture including a connection member that is provided with at least one connection for a water pipe, especially a domestic cold water pipe and/or a domestic warm water pipe, and at least one fastening element for fixing the connecting member in a mounting hole. Said plumbing fixture further includes a functional unit, particularly with a plumbing valve that is provided with connection means for creating a water connection to complementary connecting means of the connecting member, and a joining device that allows the functional unit to be removably fixed to the connecting member. The connecting member is preferably provided with an adjustable fastening device by means of which the same can be fixed in the mounting hole at different mounting depths. The inventive plumbing fixture also includes at least one fastening ring that can be moved in an axial direction along the connecting member as well as at least one means for locking the fastening ring on the connecting member.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Hansa Metallwerke AGInventor: Christof Frey
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Patent number: 8267371Abstract: An impulse tolerant valve body has at least one internal variable-volume space capable of elastic longitudinal compression and rebound. Each such space is filled with incompressible fluid and has fluid communication with at least one internal surge chamber. A closing energy impulse due to valve closing causes elastic longitudinal compression of at least one variable-volume space, with consequent flow of incompressible fluid to at least one surge chamber via at least one fluid flow restrictor. During subsequent elastic rebound, incompressible fluid flows from at least one surge chamber to at least one variable-volume space, again via at least one fluid flow restrictor. A portion of valve closing impulse energy is thus redistributed as heat generated due to fluid friction losses and valve body hysteresis loss. Valve closing energy impulse amplitude is thereby reduced, impulse duration is increased, vibration spectrum is narrowed and induced resonance vibrations are damped.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Inventor: Dennis W. Gilstad
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Publication number: 20120181472Abstract: A fluid adjusting device is installed in a valve unit so as to control the volume or pressure of the fluid passing through the valve unit. The fluid adjusting device includes three parts retractably connected to each other and holes are defined through each of the three parts. By expanding or retracting the three parts, the holes can be exposed or hidden to adjust the volume or pressure of the fluid passing through the valve unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE.Inventors: Yeuan-Jong Cheng, Chih-Hsin Chang, Po-Yi Tseng
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Patent number: 8087641Abstract: For providing a fluid control valve capable of preventing looseness of a screw part between a valve main body and a valve upper body, the fluid control valve comprises a resin valve main body wherein a valve seat comes into or out of contact with a diaphragm, and a resin valve upper body engaged with the valve main body. The fluid control valve comprises a holding member to keep the valve main body and the valve upper body threadedly screwed together.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: CKD CorporationInventor: Akinori Masamura
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Patent number: 8066028Abstract: A valve arrangement has a valve unit (3) fixed in position via two mutually spaced attachment structures (27 and 28) on a mounting face (6) of a valve support (2). The first attachment structure (27) includes two mutually engaged hook sections (32 and 33). The second attachment structure (28) includes a U-like retaining clip (58), which is so able to be attached to the structural unit comprising the valve unit (58) and the valve support (2) that its clamping limbs (63 and 64) act on clip sections (54 and 55) and accordingly braces the valve unit (3) onto the valve support (2).Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Festo AG & Co. KGInventor: Ulrich Kees
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Publication number: 20110253925Abstract: A stopcock includes a housing and a sealing insert. The housing includes a first surface, a first blind hole defined in the first surface, and a through hole defined in a first bottom surface of the housing in the blind hole. The through hole tapers toward the bottom surface. The sealing insert includes a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion connected to the first engaging portion. The first engaging portion is engagingly received in the blind hole. The second engaging portion is engagingly received in the through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: MING-LUNG GUO
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Patent number: 8033294Abstract: Fluid valves having an integral safety shut-off are described. An example control valve having opposing seating surfaces includes a first bonnet removably coupled to the control valve. The first bonnet has a first bore receiving a portion of a first valve trim. The first valve trim comprises a first valve stem operatively coupled to a first valve plug or closure member to engage one of the seating surfaces to provide a fluid seal between the first bore and the portion of the first valve trim. Additionally, the control valve includes a second bonnet removably coupled to the control valve. The second bonnet has a second bore receiving a portion of a second valve trim. The second valve trim comprises a second valve stem operatively coupled to a second valve plug or closure member to engage the other one of the seating surfaces to provide a fluid seal between the second bore and the portion of the second valve trim.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLCInventor: David Joseph Greif
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Publication number: 20110220831Abstract: A film for a flush valve being integrally made of ethylene propylene diene monomer, and a hardness of the film being between shore A 70±5 degrees; a second top surface of a pressed portion the film includes a plurality of projected members arranged evenly thereon, a sum of areas of the projected members is between 12%-33% of an area of the second top surface of the pressed portion; the film being limited between a flowing loop of a positioning seat and a seat to expand and retract properly; the flowing loop including a circular recess formed on an upper side of the second fixing border to decrease a friction area as the film retracts to stabilize the retracted film; such that the film is deformed by the water pressure to expand and retract suitably so as to achieve stable water flush and water stop.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventor: Mingchuan Wei
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Patent number: 8006717Abstract: A high pressure homogenizer segmentalizes material made of minute solid or the like by passing suspension liquid including the material to a small diameter orifice at high speed under high pressure. An injection valve of the high pressure homogenizer includes: a fixed member having a material introducing passage therein; and a movable member disposed rotatably, swingably, or pulsatingly opposite to the fixed member in an axial direction of the fixed member. The orifice of the injection valve is made of a fine gap in a radial direction disposed between an end face of the fixed member facing an end of the material introducing passage and an end face of the movable member disposed at an end of the movable member opposed to the fixed member. The orifice communicates with a material processing passage via a ring-shaped collision wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Inventors: Shigeo Ando, Masao Ando, Toyoroku Ando
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Patent number: 8002239Abstract: A valve body 3 is provided at its one side with a part for receiving an operation tool which turns a valve spindle, the valve body further provided at the other side with a part for mounting a connection tool 8 by which an external piping is attached and detached, and the valve body 3 moreover provided at the middle with a part 33 having a non-round cross section and a part 34 concaved from the outside surface of the part 33. A support member 4 consists of an engaging section 43 which engages with the part 33 to restrict or prevent the valve body 3 from turning and shifting in position, and an engaging section 44 which engages with the part 34 to restrict or prevent the valve body 3 from axially shifting in position.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Chiyoda Kuchokiki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Mamoru Tanaka
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Patent number: 7988128Abstract: A connector (100) for a medical device including a body (110) having a proximal end (114), a distal end (112), and a passage (116) extending therethrough between the proximal end and the distal end that fluidly connects the proximal end and the distal end. The proximal end (114) includes a connecting portion (119) for releasably connecting the connector to an external device. The distal end (112) is fluidly connected to a conduit. A cylinder (124) is rotatably disposed in the passage (116) between first position and a second position, wherein the cylinder includes an opening (128) extending generally diametrically therethrough. One or both ends (130,132;230,232) of the cylinder provide manually- or tool-engageable sections (136;236) to enable rotation of the cylinder between open and closed positions, allowing and preventing fluid flow through the connector (100), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Medical Components, Inc.Inventor: Angela Wentling
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Publication number: 20110155941Abstract: A sealing element that includes a hollow body of metallic material and first and second male sealing members formed at a respective end of the body. The respective male sealing member has an external spherical contact surface designed for mating with a corresponding internal conical contact surface of a female sealing member so as to form a fluid-tight seal between the male sealing member and the female sealing member when their contact surfaces are pressed against each other. Also, a coupling device and a valve device provided with the sealing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA ASInventors: Inge Østergaard, Erik Raad, Staale Svindland
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Publication number: 20110140029Abstract: Fluid valves having an integral safety shut-off are described. An example valve assembly includes a body defining a flow path between an inlet and an outlet and opposing seating surfaces. The example valve assembly includes first valve trim including a first valve stem operatively coupled to a first closure member, the first closure member to engage one of the seating surfaces to control fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet during normal operation. The example valve assembly includes second valve trim including a second valve stem operatively coupled to a second closure member, the second closure member to engage the other one of the seating surfaces during a failure condition to restrict fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet. A surface of the second closure member to define a partial wall of the flow path during normal operation such that a profile of the flow path defined by the body and the second closure member is substantially continuous.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2011Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventor: David Joseph Greif
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Publication number: 20110089361Abstract: A valve housing blank comprises a receiving space for a valve insert having a longitudinal axis. At least two first pairs of supply ducts, which are opposite to each other with respect to the longitudinal axis, extend laterally from an outer side of the blank towards the receiving space. The pairs of supply ducts, as seen in the direction of the longitudinal axis, are arranged so as to be offset relative to each other. Only one of the supply ducts is open towards the receiving space. The other supply ducts are closed off from the receiving space by a destroyable dividing wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Juergen Renninger
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Publication number: 20100288961Abstract: For the simple and cost-effective production of a valve component (1) in the form of a non-return valve or a connecting nipple, in particular for the refuelling of natural gas vehicles, or for the pressure-tight connection to a fluid line or a plug-in coupling, wherein the valve component (1) has two housing parts (3, 4) which are connected pressure-tightly to each other and accommodate a valve (7) there within, it is proposed that the housing parts (3, 4) are pressed together at an annular groove (3?).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2008Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventor: Erwin Weh
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Patent number: 7717127Abstract: A diaphragm valve includes a valve body and a compressor which is actuatable by a valve stem for operating a diaphragm and has an outer circumference which is formed with at least one axial groove. The compressor is guided by an intermediate piece in axial direction and restrained by the intermediate piece against rotation. The intermediate piece has an inside wall which is formed with at least one axial guide nose for engagement in the groove of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: GEMÜ Gebrüder Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Fritz Müller
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Publication number: 20100117020Abstract: Fluid valves having an integral safety shut-off are described. An example bonnet assembly for use with a control valve having opposing seating surfaces includes a first bonnet that is to be removably coupled to the control valve. The first bonnet having a first bore adapted to receive a portion of a first valve trim and further adapted to engage one of the seating surfaces to provide a fluid seal between the first bore and the portion of the first valve trim. Additionally, the second bonnet that is to be removably coupled to the control valve. The second bonnet having a second bore adapted to receive a portion of a second valve trim and further adapted to engage the other one of the seating surfaces to provide a fluid seal between the second bore and the portion of the second valve trim.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventor: David Joseph Greif
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Patent number: 7669609Abstract: A universal valve for refrigeration systems including an investment-cast, stainless-steel valve body, a piston and one of a plurality of an anodized aluminum adapter plates. Each adapter plate configured to be removed and replaced with another to operate the valve to perform a different function. The investment-cast, stainless steel valve body includes an inlet and an outlet which each include a flangeless distal end configured, as cast, with an unmachined, weldable rim for integration without mechanical connections in a leak-free configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: Charles C. Hansen, III, Eric J. Guldberg
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Publication number: 20100044613Abstract: A control valve having a shiftable valve plug includes a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, a flow passage extending between the inlet and the outlet, and defining a longitudinal axis, a generally cylindrical valve cage disposed within the valve body and sized to receive the valve plug, with the valve cage including at least one aperture comprising at least a portion of the flow passage, a portion of the valve cage disposed adjacent a portion of the valve body at an interface. A seal having a C-shaped cross section is provided and is disposed at the interface between the valve cage and the valve body, and a retainer is disposed adjacent the interface and positioned to secure the seal against movement along the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLCInventors: James L. Gossett, William V. Fitzgerald, Raymond W. Micheel, Donald Sanders, Donald R. Bush, Wade J. Helfer
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Publication number: 20100044603Abstract: A coupler including electrical and pneumatic interfaces. The coupler includes a manifold having pneumatic apertures and a support having connector apertures to accommodate one or more valves.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: David M. Phillips, Toru Fujiwara
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Patent number: 7650653Abstract: A self-contained, modular electrically-operated faucets is disclosed which has all of its components which are likely to need replacement over the life of the device contained in removable modules which may be quickly and easily removed and replaced without necessitating the removal of the device from its installed location. The modular electrically-operated faucet of the present invention is configurable to be either deck mountable or wall mountable, and to allow either a conventional faucet spout or a gooseneck spout to be mounted thereupon. Optionally, when the modules of the modular electrically-operated faucet of the present invention are accessed for removal and replacement, the flow of water through the device may be automatically deactivated by merely removing the housing of the modular electrically-operated faucet.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Geberit Technik AGInventors: Dwight N. Johnson, Anthony Raul Martinez, James Bobic, Silvio Marti
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Publication number: 20090230344Abstract: The invention concerns a valve for distributing two fluids contained in a rigid flask by propulsion means, the first fluid having to be contained in a first flexible pouch, and the second fluid in the flask so as to be isolated from the first fluid before the fluid leaves through the valve, the valve comprising an internal part that, when the valve is placed on the flask, is situated inside said flask, and an external part that, when the valve is placed on said flask, is situated outside the latter, a first passage connecting the inside of the first pouch and the space surrounding the external part of the valve, said first passage being provided with first closure means, a second passage connecting the space intended to receive the second fluid and the space surrounding the external part of the valve, said second passage being provided with second closure means.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2007Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: LINDAL FRANCE SASInventors: Herve Bodet, Hans-Peter Lilienthal
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Publication number: 20090184279Abstract: A partial valve assembly includes a wedge and a disk assembly that is assembled with at least one covered insert assembly and at least one O-ring. The insert assembly is covered with ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber or is covered with at least one of the following materials: styrene-butadiene (SBR), nitrile, neoprene rubber, adhesive backed rubber, cork, cork-rubber, Buna-n rubber, Buna-s rubber, nylon, silicon sponge rubber, fiber board, leather, natural rubber, synthetic rubber, plastic, polypropylene, polystyrene, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), polyurethane, silicone, Teflon, urethane, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: Buckhorn Rubber Products, Inc.Inventors: Edward W. Hulse, Kevin W. Pennewell, Gregg A. Teel
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Patent number: 7562677Abstract: A bridge fitting for use with two or more surface mounted components includes a housing having at least a first port disposed on a first side of the housing, at least a second port non-coaxial with the first port and disposed on a second side of the housing opposite the first side of the housing, and an internal fluid passageway connecting the first and second ports. The internal fluid passageway is configured to limit fluid flow within the bridge fitting to a single path between the first and second ports.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Swagelok CompanyInventors: Robert V. Perusek, David J. Hasak, Gregory S. Kalata, Douglas A. Nordstrom, Timothy Maruna
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Publication number: 20090159831Abstract: The present invention provides an improved locating structure of a water control valve casing. There are first and second coupling portions opposite to each other on the casing and base, as well as a locator for combining the first and second coupling portions. The first and second coupling portions are either punch holes or guide channels opposite to the snapping channel, which are separately screwed or snapped by a pin column or C-shaped locator. The locator permits positioning by screwing with the pin column, or by snapping with a C-shaped fastener. The casing and base of the water control valve are engaged more securely, thus protecting the internal components with improved applicability.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventor: Hao Nan PENG
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Patent number: 7537198Abstract: The present invention provides an actuated gate valve including a gate valve housing and an actuating device attached to one end of the gate valve housing. The gate valve housing includes a displaceable valve plate, and the actuating device includes an actuator rod connected to the valve plate so that a force applied to the valve plate by the actuator rod is coincident with a displacement of the valve plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc.Inventors: Brian James Petersen, David Richard Smith
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Patent number: 7537026Abstract: An on-off valve is disclosed, especially a fast-acting on-off valve, wherein a plunger is pretensioned in a base position. The plunger has a plurality of parallel control edges via which a plurality of sectional opening cross-sections, arranged in parallel in a hydraulic manner, can be jointly actuated to open or close when the valve is switched.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Bosch Rexroth AGInventors: Jörg Dantlgraber, Heino Försterling, Rudolf Scheidl, Bernd Winkler
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Patent number: 7534074Abstract: In order to prevent the contamination of particulates such as food material particulates, facilitate maintenance, and to enhance the process sealing accuracy, a flow path switchover device is presented. The device of the present invention has a tube assembly including first and second main tube members and a branch member. The first and second main tube members are interconnected via a first ring member. The first main tube member and the branch member are interconnected via a second ring member arranged at a preset angle with the first ring member. A metal changeover damper supported on a rotating shaft swings between the first and second ring members and accordingly blocks and seals either the connection between the first main tube member and the second main tube member or the connection between the first main tube member and the branch tube member, while allowing the other connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2007Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Tsukasa Co., Ltd.Inventor: Fumio Kato
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Publication number: 20090072181Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic block (24), in particular for an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle. The hydraulic block (24) comprises at least one valve housing (44) for housing a pressure regulating valve or a pilot valve (10), and is subjected to a supply pressure of a hydraulic medium present on a supply side (30). The hydraulic block (24) has, in the region of the at least one valve housing (44, at least one annular seal (52, 54) enclosing a valve body (20, 66).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Peter Zweigle, Klaus Schudt, Lothar Krauter, Kurt Gensheimer
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Publication number: 20090065729Abstract: An elbow assembly for a mask assembly includes an anti-asphyxia valve (AAV) assembly that may take the form of a box-like frame work, a drop-in arrangement, or a slot-in arrangement. In each case, the AAV assembly may include a flap element which is movable so as to either direct ambient gas/air to the elbow assembly and thus the patient using the mask assembly, or to allow the passage of pressurized gas to the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2006Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: ResMed LimitedInventors: David John Worboys, Alison Oldenburg, Philip Thomas Stallard, James William Charles Vandyke, Susan Robyn Lynch, Steven John Lubke, Scott Alexander Howard, Robin Garth Hitchcock
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Publication number: 20090050218Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a gas to or from a pressurized cylinder is described. The apparatus includes a gas delivery device housing that houses and protects a gas control device configured to deliver gas to a user or device, and may also be adapted to provide gas to the pressurized cylinder in a refilling process. The housing includes a surface free from unnecessary depressions and/or protrusions to facilitate cleanability and enhance safety during use. Adjustment indicators and status indication elements disposed in or on portions of the housing are configured to enhance readability and recognition, which facilitates safe and efficient operation of the device. Adjustable elements to control a flow metric from the gas control device are adapted to facilitate adjustment by a user with a large hand and/or a user suffering from some diminished physical capability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LPInventors: Richard Burgess, Ralph A. Diaz, Philippe Lardenais
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Publication number: 20090025800Abstract: A one-handle valve cartridge has one or more lobular keys formed on a housing of the valve cartridge. The lobular keys interface with keyways formed in a valve body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: Moen IncorporatedInventors: Darren S. Lopp, W. Randall Tucker
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Publication number: 20080258099Abstract: A fluid regulating device comprises an actuator with upper and lower housing components. The upper and lower housing components are secured together at mating flanges via a plurality of fasteners. The upper housing component is formed with a vent to contain a relief valve, which exhausts fluid to the atmosphere under overpressure conditions. The upper housing component is constructed such that it does not require a pedestal or fins extending between the vent and the flange, which advantageously provides a completely unobstructed, continuous, ring-shaped flange for receiving and manipulating the fasteners during assembly and/or maintenance of the regulating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLCInventor: James C. Hawkins
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Publication number: 20080224078Abstract: A modular fitting for use with a commercially-available fluid or pneumatic switch, such as solenoid valves. The modular fittings disclosed can be aggregated to form a resulting modular fitting assembly according to the number of fluid circuits desired. The modular fittings include one or more coupling features that provide the ability to couple adjacent modular fittings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: Automatic Bar Control, Inc.Inventor: Thomas R. Hecht
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Patent number: 7367124Abstract: This invention relates of the problem, to create a butterfly valve neck without an emergence of a gap between the butterfly valve neck and the butterfly valve. This invention disposes the problem trough a parted butterfly valve neck, with between attached sealing, where the butterfly valve rest on in the closed location. This invention causes, to reduce considerable the leakage air quantity, by the absent of a gap, between the butterfly valve neck and the butterfly valve in the closed location. An inhibition of the butterfly valve in the parted butterfly valve is no more possible. By the inventive sealing of this invention, the motor can operate with a lower idling speed and a smaller emission. Further, an advantage of this invention is the regulation (adjustment) of the dimension of the parted butterfly valve and the sealing, where-by each of the rule curves by starting will achieved from the closed location.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Siemens AGInventor: Thomas Hannewald
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Patent number: 7306009Abstract: A tandem hydraulic valve comprising first and second axially aligned valve spools, a valve guide slidably receiving said valve spools to control, in use, the connection between respective ports of the valve guide, said first and second spools being formed as separate components and being axially interconnected, to move in unison, by an axial connection component, and, the interface of said first and second spools being connected to a predefined, external, hydraulic fluid leakage path.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Goodrich Actuation Systems LimitedInventors: John Herbert Harvey, Roger Witton