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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4253505 | Valve control construction for a filling machine A valve assembly for a container filling machine. The filling machine includes a rotating turret or carrier having a series of platforms that support individual containers, such as cans, to be filled. Mounted above each platform is a valve assembly which ... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4250912 | Cartridge faucet for hydraulic systems A faucet with an extractable cartridge enclosing two plates sliding at mutual contact for the control of the water flow, wherein the envelope of the cartridge is inserted in the faucet body in non rotatable manner but with a possibility of axial displacem... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4241896 | Method of making calibrated gas metering orifice and product thereof A calibrated oxygen metering orifice for a portable oxygen supply kit is made by first forming a cylindrical hole in a valve body, then progressively pressing into the hole a plug of conforming cross section having in its surface a scored slot of progress... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4205822 | Dispensing valve A valve includes valve disks, one fixed and the other rotatable. The fixed disk includes in-flow and out-flow apertures. The rotatable disk is rotatable on a surface of the fixed disk to control through-flow volume and includes a semi-circular transfer fl... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4189795 | Toilet flush valve An improved ball valve for toilet flush tanks for regulating the quantity of water released from a tank in a flush includes a gauged or adjustable water inlet hole at the bottom of the ball valve and an air bleed hole at the top of the ball valve. The wat... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4186773 | Control valves for fluids A control valve for fluids has two relatively rotatable plates, each having ports which cooperate to control fluid flow. The plates are biased towards one another, and one of the plates is provided with lands round its ports, these lands creating a space ... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4183499 | Fluid metering valve A low pressure low volume plastic metering valve comprised of a cylinder having an external tapered port and a piston having a tapered through port for communicating with the port in said cylinder. Both the tapered port in the cylinder and the through por... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4174925 | Apparatus for exchanging energy between high and low pressure systems An apparatus for exchanging pressure energy between a fluid having a high energy content as a result of pressurization, and a fluid having a relatively lower pressure. The apparatus includes a rotor which has a plurality of spaced tubes extended in substa... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4162882 | Valve mechanism for sandwich creme Valve mechanism supplying creme on the tops of a succession of two rows of cookies for sandwiching. The cookies are moved along a sandwiching machine by a conveyor beneath a rotating stencil supplying creme to the cookies, under the control of a one-piece... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4161307 | Valves for vehicle heating systems A valve for regulating the flow of fluid in a motor vehicle heater system, the valve having a housing with coaxial inlet and outlet ports and a quadrantal closure member pivotally mounted in the housing for movement between open and closed positions, the ... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4150692 | Valve for closing, throttling or regulating A valve for closing, throttling or regulating having a closing-adjusting cone which is a hollow cylinder which while recessing a part of the cylinder jacket is developed with an opening throughout from the upper to the lower end surface as a partial shell... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4148460 | Multi-port valve A valve controls the rate of flow of fluid through its outlet pasage by selective alignment with the passage of a jet having an orifice of area less than that of the outlet passage. A plurality of jets in a single valve provides variable flow rate control... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4140297 | Lockable regulatory valve An adjustable flowmeter regulatory valve lockability device, for adjustably locking a fixed maximum flow-rate setting or position of a valve, and effectively concealing its adjustability nature providing that a user may conveniently vary the flow-rate onl... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4137945 | Gas tap A gas tap comprising: a body portion, a housing, metering means and a control device, wherein said body portion includes an inlet port in gas communication with an inlet chamber and an outlet port, said metering means being adapted to be in gas communicat... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4111395 | Butterfly valve There is disclosed a butterfly-type valve cooperable with a valve seat element formed of an elastomeric material, wherein this element also forms a seal between two identical housing halves. There is also disclosed an improved method of making such a valv... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4077603 | Infinitesimal gas flow regulator An infinitesimal gas flow regulator has a valve seat member having a valve seat provided at a gas inlet thereof, and a valve body including a hemispheric portion seated on the valve seat so that said valve body is rollingly movable about the center of the... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4049021 | Variable dome valves and combustors provided with said valves A variable valve is provided for mounting on the end of a tubular conduit for controlling fluid flow through said conduit. Said valve is particularly well adapted to be employed as a dome valve on the upstream end of a flame tube of a combustor for contro... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4037623 | Variable O-ring control valve A sleeve valve having control of the rate of fluid flow therethrough by rotation of an outer sleeve is disclosed. Fluid flows in through a longitudinal bore in a valve body, then outward through one or more radial apertures extending outward from the long... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4036469 | Butterfly valve The butterfly valve includes a body having a cylindrical bore, a continuous internal groove in the bore and a resilient O-type, sealing ring mounted in the groove. Rotatably mounted in the bore for shutting off flow is a valve member which preferably is d... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3998427 | Self-cleaning drip irrigation valve A flow control valve for use with fluid under pressure comprising a valve body having a valve chamber and a resilient grid in the valve chamber. The valve body includes a control member mounted for rotation and having an interior surface partially definin... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3990678 | Air flow control device Air flow control means comprising a substantially annular member having an outer surface and an inner surface, a port formed through said member and connecting said surfaces, a flexible, resilient band having at least one passage therethrough, said band s... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3987819 | Mixing valve system A mixing valve system for hot and cold liquids. A selectable temperature is controlled by mixing suitable parts of hot and cold liquid controlled by a plurality of disks having holes therethrough oriented in a particular manner to achieve the desired resu... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3985837 | Vented needle valve for carburetor idle port A needle valve for use in the idle port of a carburetor, said needle valve having a cap retained foam filter covering an otherwise unobstructed passage extending axially compltely through the needle valve to permit moving air at atmospheric pressure, 14.7... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3974860 | Valve A vane for a flow control valve comprises a disc-shaped member mountable for rotation about an axis through the plane of the member. Integral with the disc-shaped member is at least one flow-modifying member provided with openings therethrough so that, in... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3949967 | Off axis rotary valve An off-axis rotary valve especially suitable for high-temperature vacuum tight fluid switching. A valve cylinder with an off-center opening(s) therein is mounted between two end seals. The end seals engage the circumferential edges of the valve cylinder a... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3949966 | Variable constant flow selector valve There is disclosed a fluid flow control valve that provides a plurality of selectable, constant flow rates and that is ideally suited for use with oxygen breathing devices to supply a flow of oxygen to persons in respiratory distress. The valve is simple ... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3942951 | Contact plate for mass-exchange apparatus The contact plate for mass-exchange apparatus consists of two disks facing each other with their end surfaces and capable of mutual rotation round the axis thereof. Each disk has one slit-like hole shaped as an Archimedean spiral so that when one disk rot... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3934564 | Control valve for exhaust gas recycling apparatus In apparatus associated with an internal combustion engine for recycling exhaust gas and including at least one device for converting an operating parameter of the engine into mechanical regulating movement, a valve controls the quantity of exhaust gas re... | 01/27/1976 |
