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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7644728 | Splitter for faucets A splitter for faucets includes a body in which a control unit is received. The control unit includes a collar in which a ceramic disk is received. The ceramic disk has a plurality of through holes and a number of the through holes is equal to a number of the outlet... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7509977 | Variable discharge sludge distributor Devices and methods for evenly distributing sludge, including manure and industrial sludge, to numerous hoses, over a large range of sludge supply pressures. Some devices include a housing having an inlet for receiving sludge under pressure and several outlets dispo... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7367358 | Medical fluid delivery system and method relating to the same A medical fluid delivery system for the use in the delivery of medical fluids. The medical fluid delivery system may include a pumping system, a disposable medical fluid line set and a valve operating system. The disposable tubing line set may include valves adapted... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7332080 | Apparatus for salt free water softening A water softening system and process for softening water on an as needed basis is disclosed. The system and process softens water without the addition of a substitute metal exchange cation. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7258783 | Fluid delivery system for a water tub using a removeable chemical carrier A water tub including a fluid delivery system utilizes a removeable carrier to provide fluids to the fluid delivery system. In some instances, the carrier is disposable such that depletion of the fluids within the container results in the carrier being thrown away a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241918 | Separation of citric acid from gluconic acid in fermentation broth using a weakly or strongly basic anionic exchange resin adsorbent Citric acid is separated from a fermentation broth containing gluconic acid by using an adsorbent comprising a water-insoluble, macroreticular or gel, strongly or weakly basic anionic exchange resin possessing quaternary or tertiary amine functional groups, said a a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225488 | Air mattress control unit The system of the present invention is a system for supplying air and controlling the flow of air into and out of the chambers of a patient supporting air mattress. It includes an electric motor powered variable speed blower, a two position rotary valve, air mattres... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7191797 | Rotary distribution apparatus A rotary distribution apparatus includes a fixed inner distribution member (12) with inner conduit zone; a rotatable distribution member (16) rotatable about the fixed inner distribution member; a plurality of fluid distribution chambers (18) lo... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7156322 | Irrigation sprinkler unit with cycling flow rate An irrigation sprinkler unit includes a tubular housing enclosing a speed reducing drive which is driven by a water actuated turbine wheel and rotates a rotary nozzle head at a substantially slower speed. The drive also rotates a tubular valve member within an annul... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152271 | Apparatus for adjusting a vacuum selector A vacuum selector is provided. The vacuum selector includes a housing having first and second faces, the first face including first and second openings, the second face including a primary opening that communicates with the first and second openings along a flow pat... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7096804 | Fluid distribution assembly having bleed groove for leakage The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077187 | Apparatus for exchanging energy and/or mass A regenerative energy and/or mass exchange assembly has: an exchange media; a first flow path to pass a fluid stream through the exchange media; at least a second flow path to pass a further fluid stream through the exchange media; and at least one fluid stream dive... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066204 | Multi-port diverter valve assembly with integral detent A multi-port diverter valve assembly with an integral detent feature includes a valve body and a diverter valve cartridge and cap combination wherein the cap includes one or more deflectable fingers positioned so as to “detent” into one or more detent recesses f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059349 | Multiport diverter valve A diverter valve including a cylindrical housing having a water inlet, and water outlets. The valve contains a removable cartridge for alignment of the water inlet to one of the water outlets. The cartridge includes a stationary sleeve having water outlet ports perm... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036171 | Air mattress control unit The system of the present invention is a system for supplying air and controlling the flow of air into and out of the chambers of a patient supporting air mattress. It includes an electric motor powered variable speed blower, a two position rotary valve, air mattres... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022229 | Adsorption separation system An apparatus is presented for separating chemicals using adsorption separation methods. The apparatus uses a plurality of adsorption units holding adsorbent, where the adsorption units are serially connected and are moved to shift the relative position of the feeds ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022889 | Isomerization process using novel catalyst A process for the isomerization of a feedstream comprising C5–C6 hydrocarbons where the process involves charging hydrogen and a feedstream comprising at least normal C5–C6 hydrocarbons into an isomerization zone and c... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015175 | High-activity isomerization catalyst and process A catalyst and process is disclosed to selectively upgrade a paraffinic feedstock to obtain an isoparaffin-rich product for blending into gasoline. The catalyst comprises a support of a sulfated oxide or hydroxide of a Group IVB (IUPAC 4) metal, a first component of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011759 | Vessel head-flush process Pressure is balanced within a partitioned process vessel by flushing the heads of the vessel. Careful handling of the flush purge removed from the head can mitigate the loss of valuable product to this stream. ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997213 | Low cost plate assembly for rotary valve A multiport rotary valve is described providing the interconnection of a plurality of conduits with a predetermined cycle. The valve uses a stack of plates defining channels and ports to form the fluid circuits. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979396 | Combination reforming and isomerization process A reforming and isomerization process has been developed. A reforming feedstream is charged to a reforming zone containing a reforming catalyst and operating at reforming conditions to generate a reforming zone effluent. Hydrogen and an isomerization feedstream is c... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979402 | Miniature actual moving bed assembly An apparatus is presented for separating chemicals using adsorption separation methods. The apparatus uses a plurality of adsorption units holding adsorbent, where the adsorption units positioned in a cylindrical spool, are serially connected and the spool is rotate... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6874436 | Fluid distribution assembly The fluid distribution discs include a plurality of fluid distribution channels that radiate from the fluid distribution disc origin to conically shaped tines connected at the perimeter of the fluid distribution disc. The fluid distribution channels are aligned with... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6789573 | Delivery control device for the supply to hydraulic apparatuses A delivery control device, intended to allow the control of the supply to several hydraulic apparatuses to achieve activation of these individually or in various combinations, including a pair of shutter plates, one fixed and one moveable, of which the fixed shutter... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6719001 | Fluid-directing multiport rotary valve A rotary valve for directing fluid streams which has a circular stationary head having at least one and desirably multiple primary ports for connection with fluid streams at least one secondary port. The stationary head includes a number of first circular concentric... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6698046 | Air mattress control unit The system of the present invention is a system for supplying air and controlling the flow of air into and out of the chambers of a patient supporting air mattress. It includes an electric motor powered variable speed blower, a two position rotary valve, ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6537451 | Rotary valve Disclosed is a rotary valve that makes it possible to link several groups of hoses referenced group G1, group G2, and group G3. The valve includes a stator (40) that is provided with means (E, F, R, S) for circulating flui... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527125 | Washing liquid distribution system A system for delivering the same or differing controllable amounts of washing liquid to several flights of a spiral separator including a housing, a plurality of spaced members having a respective generally vertical passage communicating with fluid in the... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6453946 | Long lifetime fluid switching valve A rotary fluid switching valve has facewise adjacent rotor and stator faces of materials that result in an exceptionally long lifetime. One face is of a fluorocarbon-containing polymer, while the other face is Tungsten Carbide/Carbon (WC/C). The WC/C coat... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6431202 | Fluid-directing multiport rotary valve A rotary valve for directing fluid streams which has a circular stationary head having at least one and desirably multiple primary ports for connection with fluid streams at least one secondary port. The stationary head includes a number of first circular... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6402465 | Ring valve for turbine flow control A turbine includes a casing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet interconnected by a fluid flow path. A valve body is mounted in the casing including a plurality of flow passages within the flow path. Each passage extends from a passage inlet to a passage... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6378509 | Exhaust gas recirculation system having multifunction valve A multifunction valve, particularly suited for use in an internal combustion engine, provides adjustable EGR thereto. The internal combustion engine has a block defining a plurality of combustion cylinders, each combustion cylinder of the plurality of com... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6318420 | Constant flow distribution valve A constant flow distribution valve, particularly suited as the filler valve for a canning system, is constructed in the form of at least three stacked circular plates. The top or uppermost one of these plates has an elongated slot formed in it near the ci... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6197195 | Fluid handling apparatus and flow control assembly therefor A flow control assembly is provided with a cartridge which includes a body sized and shaped so as to be received in a housing of fluid handling apparatus, such as duplex strainers and diverter valves. The body has a first chamber and a second chamber adja... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6179004 | Vacuum holder for automated carton erecting machine A vacuum holder for use with an automated carton erecting and packing line and mountable on a rotary carton placer for removing cartons into which product is to be placed includes vacuum cup for removing a carton from a store of cartons. The cartons inclu... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6012488 | Segmenting valve A valve that receives sample and solvent streams, and delivers slugs of different fluid samples separated by slugs of the solvent, to a detector. The valve includes a stator (140) having a central hole (40) and a circle of sample holes (51-54) and solvent... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5803117 | Multi-route full sweep selection valve A single selection valve allows the selection of three or more alternate flow routes without any unswept volume along any of the routes. The selection valve has a rotor (22) that can pivot about an axis (30) on a stator (12), the stator having ports (1-8)... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5704396 | Modulation rotary valve A self wear compensating valve for controlling flow of a fluid employs seals for sealing between relatively moving parts. In one of the parts, an annular recess is formed. A conformable sealing member is placed in the recess, and a spring biased to expel ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5647530 | Anti-scald sanitary valve A sanitary valve contains a valve housing with a fixed control surface and a hot water intake. In the valve housing is provided a control element, which controls the water quantity leaving the valve. According to the invention the sanitary valve contains ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5620025 | Multi-port valve A multi-port valve for regulating, as a function of ambient air having varying wind velocity and wind direction in an open-field control area, the distribution of a fluid, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) gas, in a fluid distribution system so... | 04/15/1997 |
