Sectional Patents (Class 251/367)
  • Patent number: 8413682
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLC
    Inventor: David Joseph Greif
  • Publication number: 20130075638
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar Kurz, Dietmar Kratzer
  • Patent number: 8387656
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Inventors: Simon Davies, Paul Lawrence Garlick, John Anthony Rogers
  • Patent number: 8371555
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Rickerd, Kirk Honour, Daniel J. Potter
  • Patent number: 8365760
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: SISTAG AG Absperrtechnik
    Inventor: Hans-Jorg Sidler
  • Patent number: 8365770
    Abstract: A faucet including a molded waterway assembly having a plurality of tubes overmolded within a valve interface member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Masco Corporation of Indiana, Mercury Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Judson Thomas, Alfred Charles Nelson, Derek Allen Brown, Joshua R. Barber, Thomas C. Pinette
  • Patent number: 8336848
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: R.P.E. S.r.l.
    Inventor: Andrea Foglia
  • Publication number: 20120286187
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Kevin J. Spolski
  • Publication number: 20120286185
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Kevin J. Spolski
  • Publication number: 20120286186
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Kevin J. Spolski
  • Patent number: 8297593
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Luxembourg Patent Company S.A.
    Inventors: Paul Muzzo, Paul Kremer, Walter Grzymlas
  • Patent number: 8297592
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Stinger Wellhead Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob McGuire, L. Murray Dallas
  • Publication number: 20120267558
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: Javier Vega Villa
  • Patent number: 8292260
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Dennis W. Gilstad
  • Patent number: 8276609
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Hansa Metallwerke AG
    Inventor: Christof Frey
  • Patent number: 8267371
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Dennis W. Gilstad
  • Publication number: 20120181472
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE.
    Inventors: Yeuan-Jong Cheng, Chih-Hsin Chang, Po-Yi Tseng
  • Patent number: 8087641
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: CKD Corporation
    Inventor: Akinori Masamura
  • Patent number: 8066028
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Kees
  • Publication number: 20110253925
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: MING-LUNG GUO
  • Patent number: 8033294
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International, LLC
    Inventor: David Joseph Greif
  • Publication number: 20110220831
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Mingchuan Wei
  • Patent number: 8006717
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Inventors: Shigeo Ando, Masao Ando, Toyoroku Ando
  • Patent number: 8002239
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Chiyoda Kuchokiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mamoru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7988128
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Medical Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Angela Wentling
  • Publication number: 20110155941
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS
    Inventors: Inge Østergaard, Erik Raad, Staale Svindland
  • Publication number: 20110140029
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: David Joseph Greif
  • Publication number: 20110089361
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Juergen Renninger
  • Publication number: 20100288961
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventor: Erwin Weh
  • Patent number: 7717127
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: GEMÜ Gebrüder Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Fritz Müller
  • Publication number: 20100117020
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventor: David Joseph Greif
  • Patent number: 7669609
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Charles C. Hansen, III, Eric J. Guldberg
  • Publication number: 20100044613
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: James L. Gossett, William V. Fitzgerald, Raymond W. Micheel, Donald Sanders, Donald R. Bush, Wade J. Helfer
  • Publication number: 20100044603
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: David M. Phillips, Toru Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 7650653
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
    Inventors: Dwight N. Johnson, Anthony Raul Martinez, James Bobic, Silvio Marti
  • Publication number: 20090230344
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: LINDAL FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Herve Bodet, Hans-Peter Lilienthal
  • Publication number: 20090184279
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Buckhorn Rubber Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward W. Hulse, Kevin W. Pennewell, Gregg A. Teel
  • Patent number: 7562677
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Robert V. Perusek, David J. Hasak, Gregory S. Kalata, Douglas A. Nordstrom, Timothy Maruna
  • Publication number: 20090159831
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Hao Nan PENG
  • Patent number: 7537198
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian James Petersen, David Richard Smith
  • Patent number: 7537026
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Bosch Rexroth AG
    Inventors: Jörg Dantlgraber, Heino Försterling, Rudolf Scheidl, Bernd Winkler
  • Patent number: 7534074
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Tsukasa Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumio Kato
  • Publication number: 20090072181
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Zweigle, Klaus Schudt, Lothar Krauter, Kurt Gensheimer
  • Publication number: 20090065729
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: ResMed Limited
    Inventors: David John Worboys, Alison Oldenburg, Philip Thomas Stallard, James William Charles Vandyke, Susan Robyn Lynch, Steven John Lubke, Scott Alexander Howard, Robin Garth Hitchcock
  • Publication number: 20090050218
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP
    Inventors: Richard Burgess, Ralph A. Diaz, Philippe Lardenais
  • Publication number: 20090025800
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Darren S. Lopp, W. Randall Tucker
  • Publication number: 20080258099
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventor: James C. Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20080224078
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: Automatic Bar Control, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hecht
  • Patent number: 7367124
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens AG
    Inventor: Thomas Hannewald
  • Patent number: 7306009
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited
    Inventors: John Herbert Harvey, Roger Witton