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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431224 | Fluid control device The present invention provides a device for reducing the amount of water or other fluid discharged at a tap (4), which device comprises a body member (1) having an inlet adapted to be connected to a supply of water or other fluid, dual outlets through ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7370815 | Cone nozzle The invention relates to a cone nozzle with a nozzle body having a swirl chamber (18), an inlet hole (22) arranged in a side wall of the swirl chamber (18) and an outlet hole (20) arranged in a first end wall of the swirl chamber (18 | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350724 | Double-seal jet spray device The invention concerns a water spraying device comprising a filter and a perforated plate which can be removed by being slid respectively through an opening or a hole emerging into a well provided in the body. A pin being inserted in the well to maintain two plugs o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334746 | Seat-lower guide combination A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, including a housing, a homogeneous member defining a continuous wall having a seat portion and a guide portion, a closure member, and a metering disk. The housing includes an inlet and an outlet disposed along a lon... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322820 | Controlled flame gas burner A multiple fingered burner includes controls for continuity of gas flow and ignition throughout all of the ports peripherally positioned around the contoured wall of the burner body. A plurality of burner parts are nested together with an indexer limiting insertion ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320438 | Shower head for dispensing a mixture of water and at least one bathing gel An apparatus includes an inlet conduit that has a threaded coupling removably attachable to the water supply source. A housing is connected to the inlet conduit and includes spaced compartments for storing bathing gels. Each compartment includes an inlet port that i... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7246760 | Swivel mount for a spray head A swivel mount for a spray head configured to be at least partially recessed within a mounting surface of a wall. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240855 | Liquid dispense head and manufacturing method thereof A liquid dispense head is provided which can be manufactured at a reduced manufacturing cost, will not react with dispense liquid containing biomolecules, and can dispense liquid droplets having a constant amount from individual nozzles. The liquid dispense head has... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237694 | Food metering and dispensing device A pump apparatus for an adjustable metering and dispensing pump apparatus for food products including a product piston moving in a product cylinder, the product cylinder being connected to a food hopper and a dispensing nozzle. The pump apparatus also includes a cyl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232076 | Water spreading in evaporative coolers A water spreader arrangement for use in an evaporative air cooler in which the spreader includes an inlet leading to generally vertical projections disposed over several levels. The projections are adapted to divide a single stream of water entering the inlet into m... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7201329 | Fuel injector including a compound angle orifice disc for adjusting spray targeting A fuel injector includes an orifice disc. The orifice disc includes a peripheral portion, a central portion, and an orifice. The peripheral portion is with respect to a longitudinal axis and extends parallel to a base plane. The peripheral portion bounds the central... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195000 | Fuel injector designed to optimize pattern of fuel spray A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine which has a spray hole designed geometrically to produce a spray of fuel so that substantially 70% or more of an amount of the spray hits a preselected area of a head of an intake valve of the engine when the intake ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178746 | Shower comprising a lighting device The invention relates to a shower comprising a jet-discharge disk (4). Behind said jet-discharge disk a flat water-filled chamber (7) is occluded on the side facing away from the jet-disk by a transparent to translucent bottom (2). The shower is... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178704 | Electrically-operated dispenser An electrically-operating liquid dispenser having an U-shaped pole. Windings of an electromagnetic coil are wound about the legs of the U-shaped pole and are energized selectively for moving an armature relative to the pole to open and close the dispenser. The U-sha... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163159 | Fuel injector including a compound angle orifice disc A fuel injector includes a metering orifice disc. The metering orifice disc includes a peripheral portion, a central portion, and an orifice. The peripheral portion is with respect to a longitudinal axis and extends parallel to a base plane. The peripheral portion b... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7128282 | Fuel injection device of internal combustion engine Multiple injection holes are formed in an injection hole plate. Each injection hole penetrates the injection hole plate. The injection hole is formed with an inlet side opening and an outlet side opening. The outlet side opening is formed in the shape of a flattened... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121479 | Universal dispensing system for air assisted extrusion of liquid filaments A system for dispensing liquid material with different configurations of air assisted fiberization or filament movement (e.g., meltblowing, controlled fiberization). In particular, front access for mounting a selected nozzle only requires adjustment of one lever and... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7093777 | Jet clean nozzle with multiple spray openings A jet clean nozzle having multiple spray openings which increase the scan density of pressurized water sprayed against the surface of a semiconductor wafer. The jet clean nozzle includes a nozzle body for attachment to a nozzle adaptor that communicates with a water... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093776 | Fuel injector nozzle atomizer having individual passages for inward directed accelerated cross-flow A director plate system for a fuel injector for use in an internal combustion engine. The system includes flow channels for directing the fuel stream radially inward toward the discharge holes. The cross-sectional area of the flow channels diminish inwardly, in the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080796 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve has a nozzle having a valve seat formed along an inner wall of the nozzle. Injection holes are located on an outlet side of the valve seat. An outlet section, at which a fuel outlet of the injection hole is open, is provided to said nozzle on ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073727 | Discharge device, control method thereof, discharge method, method for manufacturing microlens array, and method for manufacturing electrooptic device The invention provides a discharge device which forms microlenses, etc., with high precision. A switch circuit selects a predetermined one of drive pulses included in a drive signal on the basis of waveform selection data obtained from a control device, and applies ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7056112 | Extrusion die and method for using the same An improved extrusion die and a method for using the same that minimizes the deflection of the die exit by providing the walls of the extrusion die with areas of increasing thickness that increase from the die ends to a central location. The die wall thickness is va... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048202 | Compound-angled orifices in fuel injection metering disc A valve subassembly of a fuel injector that allows spray targeting and distribution of fuel to be configured using non-angled or straight orifice having an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the subassembly. Metering orifices are located about the longitudinal ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040549 | Systems and methods for controlling fluid feed to an aerosol generator A method for controlling the supply of liquid to an aerosol generator comprises operating a liquid supply system to supply a liquid to a vibratable aperture plate of an aerosol generator which senses an amount of liquid adhering to the vibratable aperture plate, and... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004410 | Shower head A shower head generally comprising a face plate, an outer housing, a water chamber, a ball holder, a button, a seal, a nozzle, a screen filter, a pivot ball, and a label logo. The ball holder covers the pivot ball, wherein the pivot ball is flush with the seal which... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004751 | Gas burner assemblies, methods for assembling, and gas fired appliances employing same A gas burner assembly includes in one embodiment a top plate having at least one port for discharging fuel and a downwardly-depending, peripheral edge having a plurality of spaced-apart slots, and a bottom base having a peripheral edge disposed within the downwardly... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994234 | Electrically-operated dispensing module Electrically-operated dispensing modules capable of dispensing small volumes of a viscous liquid at high operating frequencies and reproducibly among successive dispensed volumes of viscous liquid without the occurrence of stringing. The dispensing module may includ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991188 | Engine fuel injection valve and manufacturing method for nozzle plate used for the same injection valve In a fuel injection valve, a substantially arc-shaped chamfered portion in a substantially arc shape of cross section is formed on an edge of an inner wall portion of each opening end of a corresponding nozzle hole of a nozzle plate to further expand a whole diamete... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6971557 | Actuator for a pressurized material dispenser An actuator orifice and an actuator for enhancing or creating a foam from a pressurized material dispenser. The actuator includes a skirt attached to the dispenser and a trigger movably mounted to the skirt. The trigger includes a flow conduit with a socket for rece... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6962152 | Respiratory equipment spacer assembly A spacer assembly for a ventilator or other respiratory equipment for dispensing aerosol drugs from metered dose inhaler (MDI) canisters or nebulized drugs from a nebulizer into a respiratory gas stream delivered from a ventilator or other respiratory equipment conn... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945480 | Electromagnetically actuated valve An electromagnetically actuatable valve having a longitudinal valve axis, an electromagnetic circuit, a movable actuating member that cooperates with a fixed valve seat for opening and closing the valve, and an outlet opening that is configured downstream of the val... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6923643 | Premix burner for warm air furnace A burner assembly for use in a warm air furnace. The burner assembly has a cooling air box for receiving air and a premix burner for receiving air-fuel premix positioned within and spaced apart from the cooling air box. The burner assembly also has a burner face ass... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6892968 | Nozzle assembly for use in the treatment of waste water A nozzle for use in treating waste water is provided with a hollow body member having fluid inlets and outlets. A glide tube having a tapered interior is positioned within the body member. A boulet is positioned within the glide tube to form a pressure drop zone and... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6824083 | Fluid jetting device, fluid jetting head, and fluid jetting apparatus A fluid jetting device is comprised of: a plurality of chambers arranged in a matrix form; nozzles formed in the plural chambers, respectively; a fluid pressure applying portion arranged on at least one planes of the plural chambers; a plurality of fluid pool sub-st... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6817493 | Spray nozzle Nozzles are disclosed that are suitable for dispensing a liquid material to be dispensed from an aerosol can or other liquid reservoir. The nozzles are designed to deliver two streams of liquid which visually appear to substantially retain their separate character f... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6805301 | Fluid product dispenser A fluid product dispenser includes: a fluid product tank, a dispenser part comprising a pierced membrane connected directly to the tank, a mechanism to vibrate the pierced membrane, and an actuator button to activate the vibration mechanism. The tank is located abov... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6783087 | Fuel injector An injector has an orifice plate formed with plural orifices. At a radially outward position of the orifice plate is disposed a wall at least partially. It is preferable that the wall be disposed at a lower position in the direction of gravity. In the wall is formed... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780009 | Gas burner head assembly A burner head and a burner cap each being generally disc shaped are fixedly attached to each other creating an improved burner head assembly and creating a distribution chamber therebetween. The burner head has main and secondary flame holes that communicate with th... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6776357 | Showerhead A showerhead which automatically adjusts the outlet pressure of the water in accordance with changes in water pressure, and eliminates the operation of a faucet, thus enabling showers to be taken comfortably. The showerhead (1) spurts the water, which is flow... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6769638 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve including an orifice plate having a plurality of injection orifices, a valve seat in the upstream section of the injection orifices and has a cylindrical fuel flow path formed therein, a fuel cavity formed between the fuel flow path and the or... | 08/03/2004 |
