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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4174123 | Vessel penetration apparatus This invention relates to an improved system of providing power having a unique generating means of the nuclear reactor variety adapted with a plurality of steam generators in the form of replaceable modular units of the expendable type for the attainment... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4168725 | Device for measuring flow rate of fluid in a pipeline The measuring portion of a pipeline comprises substantially the same pipe as that forming the mainline. A slot is longitudinally provided in the measuring portion thereof. An orifice plate is inserted into the measuring portion through the slot and is the... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4166936 | Viscosity-compensating flow switch The invention contemplates an improved magnetically operative flow switch wherein the viscosity sensitivity of a flow-responsive movable metering member is materially reduced, as compared with past constructions. The improvement results from so devising a... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4161192 | Transfer line exchanger inlet cone This invention relates to an improved transfer line exchanger inlet cone for connecting the process gas outlet of a hydrocarbon cracking heater with the inlet of a transfer line heat exchanger, and to methods of making the same. Stress cracking and high t... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4152030 | Brake with anti-locking and reapplication control and method Apparatus for braking a rotating member which has a fluid pressure responsive brake to which pressurized fluid is supplied for braking the rotating member, an anti-locking device interposed between the brake and the source of supply of fluid pressure for ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4150696 | Arrangement for suppressing vibrations caused by the flow of a flowable medium A flow passage for a flowable medium is bounded by a wall, and located in e flow passage are one or more devices which suppress the occurrence of such flow conditions in the medium as would tend to cause the development of vibrations in the flowable mediu... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4147481 | Asymmetric permeable member A sheet like member for causing the circulation of a gas therethrough. The asymmetric member has numerous shaped pores through it such that the absolute effusional resistance to gas flow is anisotropic. The member is useful in causing the circulation of g... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4139022 | Article for reducing the flow of water to a shower head An article which may be placed at a point between the water pipe inflow line and a shower head to reduce the inflow of water to the shower head. More particularily a disc shaped article having a hole in its center and being concaved inward from its outer ... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4133350 | Tamper-resistant flow control attachment for shower arm A tamper-resistant flow control attachment for shower installations is disclosed including a tubular housing adapted to be disposed between a shower arm and shower head. A first set screw locks the attachment to the shower arm. A tubular shell enclosing a... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4129324 | Tube coupling The fluid coupling apparatus is disclosed which is adapted for connecting and disconnecting a first and a second fluid carrying member. Male and female coupling members are connected to the first and second fluid carrying members respectively. The female ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4126303 | Dashpot A dashpot wherein a fitting including a calibrated bleed orifice formed therein is detachably retained in a valve body which houses a check valve and forms a part of a diaphragm chamber.... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4118173 | Unidirectional seal for flow passages A seal for flow passages has directional characteristics allowing gases or fluids to flow freely in one direction while restricting the flow in the opposite direction. The seal includes a flow diverter cone (or other inclined surface) which is spacedly mo... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4106525 | Fluid pressure control A fluid flow restrictor is described having a long path length capable of sorbing energy with less noise generation than that normally encountered with conventional fluid flow restrictors of short path lengths. The restrictor is adapted for attachment bet... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4105721 | Venturi fitting for the aeration of water Fittings for the recirculation system of a pool in which a Venturi T-fitting has an air inlet connector. Water entering the inlet end of the T-fitting advances through an adapter, which is in threaded engagement with a Venturi insert formed with a dischar... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4105049 | Abrasive resistant choke An abrasive resistant choke assembly. It is especially for use in withstanding the abrasive action of sharp particles of silt and sand that are carried by hot fluids flowing under pressure from producing wells. It includes a choke passage with an inlet en... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4067361 | Silent self-controlled orificial restrictor An orificial restrictor for use in a ballasting system for an underwater icle utilizing a plurality of multi-holed orifice plates set in series within a casing. A hollow cylinder is slidably positioned within the casing and carries fluid supplied through... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4062424 | Oiler assembly An oiler assembly is disclosed for feeding a relatively precise and consistent lubrication. The assembly includes a supply of the lubricant and a flow line placing the supply in communication with the lubrication point. A metering valve is interposed in t... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4060205 | Hydraulic accumulator for use with gyratory crushers and combination of such accumulator with a gyratory crusher A hydraulic accumulator particularly useful in connection with gyratory crushers of the type in which the crusher head and shaft are hydraulically supported so that when the crusher head encounters uncrushable material such as "tramp iron" the crusher hea... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4059129 | Cylindrical body provided with means for counteracting vibrations resulting from a transversely flowing fluid Cylindrical body the outer periphery of which is provided with means to counteract vibrations occurring in that body as a result from transverse flow against it, these means comprising a number of small planes mounted according to a certain pattern and pl... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4057080 | Fluid flow control members A fluid operating device has separate flow control orifices which must be properly oriented and installed. They are so constructed that they cannot inadvertently be interchanged or installed in a reverse manner. These possibilities are obviated by making ... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4054157 | Coupling device for pipes having a convex shaped or straight tubular end A device is disclosed which is adapted to be inserted in the threaded end of the sleeve of a pipe coupling to permit connection of piping thereto having either a convex-shaped end or a straight-tubular end by means of a correspondingly threaded nut which ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4043254 | Apparatus for cushioning the motion of a reciprocating member An apparatus for hydraulically cushioning the motion of reciprocating means is provided by first hydraulic cushioning means which is adapted to be contacted by the reciprocating means near the end of its stroke in the direction of the first hydraulic cush... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4037596 | Parenteral administration set with internal valve and flow restrictor A parenteral administration set, particularly for intravenous infusion of fluids, includes a drip chamber and a length of flexible intravenous tubing connected therewith. A flow controlling valve is in the length of tubing and is operable between open and... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4032748 | Scale deposit removal arrangement for electric water heaters and vaporizers A Teflon tube is loosely fitted into a guide passageway in a metallic heat transfer member. The tube has a water inlet at one end and an outlet at its other end. One end of the tube extends freely from an end of the passageway and the tube is movable both... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4031913 | Froth formation limiter for drawings-off device of carbon dioxide containing beverages The subject of the invention is a froth formation limiter for drawing-off devices of carbon dioxide containing beverages, of the type made up of a restrictor centered in a part of the flow circuit so as to offer to the discharged liquid a passage of annul... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4014366 | Orifice fitting conversion apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus for converting an orifice fitting for an orifice plate, of the type known as a "simplex" or "semi" orifice fitting, in a pipeline so that the orifice plate in the orifice fitting may be replaced or removed while... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4007908 | Process and device for attenuating noise caused by a valve during the expansion of a fluid Sinuous passage method and means of attenuating the noise generated by the expansion of a fluid through a valve. A winding-passage-incorporating tubular element provided between the valve and the downstream pipe. For attenuating the noise generated by a p... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3999714 | Shower head water flow reducing device This invention relates to an improvement in a device which reduces the flow of water through a shower head. The invention consists of a unitary cylindrical member being inserted into the delivery end of a water supply line adjacent a shower head connected... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3996025 | Apparatus for distributing flowing media from one flow cross section to a flow section different therefrom Apparatus for distributing flowing media from one flow cross section to a different flow cross section in a funnel-shaped tubular enclosure open at both ends. A plate having a multiplicity of parallel passage canals is arranged perpendicular to the axis o... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3991792 | Anti-siphon gasoline tank A gasoline or other fuel storage tank associated with a fuel-powered vehicle has a recoiled spring disposed therewithin to prevent the siphoning of the fuel therefrom.... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3972121 | Pressure reducer for air driven dental handpiece An air driven dental handpiece having means for securing a dental bur and means for supplying a rotative power to the dental bur. The power is supplied, in the preferred embodiment, by an air turbine. The handpiece includes an air supply conduit within th... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3945402 | Laminar flow pipe system A pipe system for conveying fluids having a straight pipe section with a Reynolds number exceeding 2200 by reason of the critical values of interior surface roughness of the pipe and of turbulence at the pipe section inlet, such values being defined, resp... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3942962 | Pulse jet and venturi liner A removably insertable liner of elastically deformable material sized to be disposed within and in interfacially engaged relation with the inner surface of a rigid venturi element.... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3937255 | Safety equipment for installations under pressure What follows is a description of a unique arrangement forming safety equipment for installations containing a medium under pressure. The safety equipment includes a wall of the installation whose thickness is reduced in a predetermined region relative to ... | 02/10/1976 |
| 3934614 | Energy dissipator ring Prefabricated rings comprising several arcuate sections and an expansion device are installed and frictionally retained in an inclined water conduit so as to dissipate the energy of the water descending therein, thereby slowing it to a velocity at which c... | 01/27/1976 |
