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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7753069 | Drain valve A drain valve for a vehicle compressed air system, which separates dirt, water, debris and other relatively heavy objects from a compressed air stream. The drain valve includes a sump with a tangential inlet. The tangential inlet creates a vortex within the sump tha... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7326266 | Coalescing type filter apparatus and method A coalescing type gas filter includes a filtering element enclosed in an inner chamber which is housed in an outer chamber and a drain device to simultaneously drain accumulated liquid in both the inner chamber and the outer chamber. The drain device contains a pres... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7285149 | Oil separator for vehicle air system An oil separator for use in a vehicle air system includes a recycling valve for removing coalesced oil. The recycling valve may include a piston movable in a cylinder in response to a control air pressure to open the recycling valve and thus drain coalesced oil from... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273026 | Roller follower body The present invention relates to a roller follower, comprising an outer surface, enclosing a first cavity, a second cavity, and a transition opening, wherein the first cavity includes a first inner surface configured to house a cylindrical insert the second cavity i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7243673 | Gas injection device The subject invention is related to a gas injection device with back-flow leaking liquid discharge, comprising a chamber, a gas inlet conduit, a gas outlet conduit, and a liquid discharging conduit, wherein the gas outlet conduit and the liquid discharging conduit a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7186282 | Motor-vehicle air cleaner A motor-vehicle air cleaner provided with a check valve mechanism on the lower cap of the air cleaner for drainage and ventilation, and a protection disposed on the outer edge; the check valve being closed as the engine runs to prevent from taking in water vapor and... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6941702 | Rainwater collection and dispensation system A rainwater collection and dispensation system for economically conserving water usage by using collected rainwater. The rainwater collection and dispensation system includes a gutter being adapted to be mounted along an edge of a roof of a building structure; and a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6872055 | Mud suction unit The invention relates to a mud suction unit having a suction element which is connected to a receiving container and has a motor for the generation of a suction flow and also has a discharging element attached to the receiving container. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6779547 | Automated condensation drain system An automated condensate drain system for gas flow elements is provided that includes a differential pressure transmitter, a sequence controller, and two condensate chambers for receiving and collecting accumulated moisture from air flow elements and transmitters. Th... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6540028 | Automatic condensate drain device A pressure operated normally closed control valve operates to open at a predetermined pressure between the system minimum and maximum pressures to open the valve and allow the discharge of condensate from the system which has a source of pressure to provi... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6443173 | Automatic drain for a fire protection sprinkler system An automatic auxiliary condensate drain for an automatic dry-pipe type fire protection sprinkler system, wherein condensation which forms within the sprinkler system due to changes in temperature is drained from the condensate reservoir at the direction o... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6276894 | Method and device for drawing condensate off from compressed-gas systems A method for draining condensate off a compressed-gas system that traps condensate that collects during operation of the compressed-gas system, draws off collected condensate through an outlet, connects a trap volume and a purging device to the outlet, co... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6196253 | Continuously operated condensate drain valve The invention is a continuously operated condensate drain valve operating in real-time response to the presence of an electrically conductive media in the interior chamber of the condensate drain valve. The invented valve includes a valve body, a subminia... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6170511 | Normally open purge valve A purge valve for expelling liquid contaminants from a fluid conduit which is normally unpressurized but is at times pressurized with a gas which contains liquid contaminants. It has a housing, a diaphragm mounted within the housing, a control chamber on ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6164312 | Purge valve The invention is a valve for expelling a liquid contaminant from a gas in a conduit. It is used for a conduit with a pressure subject to variations in time. The valve has a housing containing a diaphragm with a control chamber on one side of the diaphragm... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6109289 | Drain valve A drain valve of an air braking system for vehicles has a drainage piston, a main sump and auxiliary sump. Moisture passes from the main sump to the auxiliary sump in response to pressure at a signal port which closes off air supply through ports. A reduc... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6024112 | Automatic drain valve A drain valve removes liquid from a compressed air system whenever cycling pressure of the system reaches either a preselected high drain pressure or a preselected low drain pressure at an inlet port of the valve. An inlet face of a piston of an adjustabl... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5941271 | Water release valve Water release valve for a compressed air system. It has a service connection for attachment to a low point of the compressed air system. The valve has a body which has an internal space, part of which is a cylindrical bore. It also has a pilot connection ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5867918 | Gas dryer with an outlet chamber A gas dryer having a housing, an outlet chamber, a pressure relief space, and a connection connecting the outlet chamber to the pressure relief space. An outlet valve is located within the connection connecting the outlet chamber to the pressure relief sp... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5865208 | Water release valve Water release valve for a compressed air system. It has a service connection for attachment to a low point of the compressed air system. The valve has a body which has an internal space, part of which is a cylindrical bore. It also has a pilot connection ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5762094 | Automatic valve drain An improved relay valve (10) having a supply port (16), a delivery port (18), an exhaust port (20), a control port (17), a relay piston (14) controlling communication between the supply port (16), the delivery port (18), and the exhaust port (20) in respo... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5749391 | Condensate drainage system for pneumatic tanks A condensate drainage system for pneumatic tanks is disclosed. Large vehicles typically use compressed air for operating various vehicle functions such as its brakes. In conjunction with the use of compressed air there is provided a pneumatic system inclu... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5709246 | Booster valve with contaminant ejection for use in a pneumatic brake system A contaminant-ejecting, pneumatically-controlled brake booster valve is disclosed. The valve comprises an exhaust piston slidably mounted within the stem of a main piston of the valve, wherein the exhaust piston is actuated by supply air pressure to perio... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5692540 | Automatic air compressor drain device An automatic air compressor drain device which is enabled and disabled by the control of a timer to turn on a solenoid for guiding the air from the air tank of an air compressor into the drainer, where the force of the compressed air pushes up the piston ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5530987 | Condensate drain controller A system for automatically controlling a drain valve connected to a sootblower steam piping system utilizes two temperature measurements, one near the steam source and the other near the drain valve. Comparison of the difference in steam temperature betwe... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5435422 | Automatic wet tank drain valve The invention relates to a drain valve and a method designed to drain condensate and contaminants from a wet tank in a pneumatic braking system for a vehicle. In a preferred embodiment the drain valve comprises a cylindrical piston disposed to slide axial... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5353835 | Air tank drain An automatic air tank drain is provided by forming a venturi induced suction at the tank outlet which draws liquid out of the tank as the tank air is exhausted past the venturi through a flexible hose positioned by a weight at the tank bottom.... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5337779 | Automatic drain device An automatic drain device in an air compressor system includes an electrode sensor in a liquid collection cell. An electronic control detects an electrical change in the electrode sensor resulting from contact with liquid in the liquid collection cell and... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5205315 | Automatic wet tank drain valve The manual valve normally attached to the wet tank of an air pressure system in a motor vehicle which accumulates moisture is replaced by an automatic valve which has an inlet port connected to the drain line from the wet tank and an outlet port vented to... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5205314 | Air compressor condensate removal system An expansion chamber is attached between two air compression stages of an air compressor or between an air compression stage and the air holding tank of the air compressor. The expansion chamber has a cylindrically shaped wall with top and bottom portions... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5195874 | Multistage compressor A multistage compressor includes a lower pressure side compression part, a higher pressure side compression part, an intermediate conduit placing the lower and higher side compression parts in communication, and a cooler disposed midway of the intermediat... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5144974 | Purge valve assembly An apparatus having an automatic purge valve assembly for draining condensate out of a compressed air storage tank. An air pressure switch, upon the presence of a predetermined atmospheric pressure in the air storage tank, will energize a relay which in t... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4987919 | Pneumatically activated drain valve for compressed air A drain valve for a compressed air tank is pneumatically activated by the residual air which is released from an air compressor when the air compressor comes to a stop after an active cycle. The invention allows for consistent and reliable draining of con... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4928724 | Automatic wet tank drain valve Valving apparatus for use in automotive vehicles which employ an air pressure system utilizing an air pressure tank, a wet tank interconnected to the air pressure tank for accumulating moisture and a manual valving system for draining moisutre from the we... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4922947 | Automatic membrane drain device for pneumatic circuits The invention provides an automatic drain device with membrane for pneumatic circuits. A flexible membrane (11) which separates the opening (2) of a jar (1) from a drain pipe (6) is precurved in a top position against this opening and against a skull-cap ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4883995 | Automatic oil draining system for generators A fluid draining system for an electric power generator of the type containing a cooling gas under pressure includes oil-pressurized shaft seals adjacent the rotor bearings, to prevent the pressurized gas from escaping through the bearings. Oil is at a pr... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4768542 | Drain valve A piston (36) divides the valve interior into a main chamber (38) and a sensing chamber (40). A fixed valve seat (26) sealingly engages the piston (36) to close communication between the chambers (38, 40). The seat (26) is carried by an axial stem (20) wh... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4622996 | Aspirator for pulse-jet air cleaner An improved pulse-jet air cleaner (10) includes an aspirator (32) with a tube (34) extending between a point in the tank (12) where moisture tends to collect, and a point in predetermined spaced relationship adjacent the tank outlet (20) where the airflow... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4622995 | Integral valve and tank assembly for pulse-jet air cleaners An integral valve and tank assembly (12) for a pulse-jet air cleaner includes a discharge pipe (22) connected to and extending directly into a tank (14). The inlet end (28) of the discharge pipe (22) terminates adjacent to a relatively larger opening (30)... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4580543 | Ventilator for internal combustion engine A ventilator for use with an internal combustion engine includes an oil sump located at the lower end of the vertically extending outlet tube of the ventilator, a check valve disposed at the bottom of the sump for allowing fluid to flow from the sump towa... | 04/08/1986 |
