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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065951 | Servo-controlled tipping platform and motion control system therefor A motion platform/simulator uses pumps coupled to servo-controlled electric motors to pump fluid directly into and out of rubber bellows-type actuators. Peristaltic or gear pumps may be used in conjunction with linear transducers/encoders. The fluid can be a gas suc... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7267137 | Deadweight pressure standards using non-hysteresis sylphons A deadweight pressure standard provides improved measurement accuracy and repeatability. The standard includes a flow regulator having a first valve controlled by a first pair of non-hysteresis sylphons, and a supply regulator having a second valve controlled by a s... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252727 | Repair system and method for fiberglass boats A method to repair moisture damaged wood core boat hulls remotely identifies and repairs all wet core hull areas and optionally performs preventive maintenance on dry hull areas to restore the integrity of a fiberglass boat hull and prevent new water infiltration da... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7017468 | Pneumatic pivoting device A pneumatic device for pivoting a pivotal component is articulated to a structural element by means of a joint. Hoses produced from a material of low ductility, to which compressed air can be admitted, are inserted between the pivotal component and the structural el... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6209443 | Low pressure actuator The device comprises an elongated elastomer tube, sealed tightly by clamps at each end against disk shaped end pieces, the one end disk fixed and the other sliding, axially to the other disk, on restraining rods. An orifice in the fixed disk permits the i... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6178871 | Actuator and method of operating same Actuator (140) for providing intermittent movement to a member (151). The actuator (140) has actuator cushion members (150) which extend with the entry of air and which contract with the egress of air provided through air supply lines (151, 152) connected... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6116385 | Dual force range TMX cylinder using an air bag actuator An air bag actuated brake cylinder assembly for a railway vehicle braking system is provided which comprises a cylindrical casing engaged with the railway vehicle braking system including a hollow piston assembly having a piston rod assembly attached ther... | 09/12/2000 |
| 4800723 | Electrically-driven opposed flexible bellows pump and position-controlled opposed flexible bellows jack system A flexible bellows connecting device which positions an output member has a pair of jacks (1,2) equipped with deformation sensors (12,13). A pair of variable capacity bellows pump reservoirs (3,4) permit predetermined motion of the jacks. An electric moto... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4666073 | Spring biased spool type valve controller for a pneumatic dual diaphragm control system The invention relates to a direct acting pneumatic control system for controlling a dual diaphragm, or double acting cylinder type automatic guiding system. The control device and system is used to selectively adjust the position of one end of a roll rela... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4559866 | Crossed-bellows controller A crossed-bellows controller which includes four bellows arranged in cruciform. The bellows are surrounded by a movable baffle ring which serves as a baffle plate for a nozzle. A frame-shaped cage is provided within the baffle ring, with the cage being co... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4470524 | Apparatus for controlling discharge from a silo Apparatus for controlling discharge from a silo, comprising a device mounted internally of a discharge opening for flowable material and forming with that opening a flow path for material through the opening. A bellows actuator associated with the device ... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4287814 | Bellows apparatus A bellows apparatus consisting essentially of a bellows main body and restriction means for restricting elongation and contraction, said restriction means comprising plural annular guide metals provided integrally to said bellows main body with a predeter... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4211301 | Marine seismic transducer A method and apparatus for seismic prospecting which utilizes two transducer plates that are spaced apart, with two sets of bellows placed in between and sealingly attached thereto, to transmit electrically controlled hydraulic pressure signals onto the t... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4183289 | Bellows apparatus A bellows apparatus consisting essentially of a bellows main body and restriction means for restricting elongation and contraction, said restriction means comprising plural annular guide metals provided integrally to said bellows main body with a predeter... | 01/15/1980 |
| 3977648 | Rotary motion valve and actuator A valve in which a valve member is mounted for rotary valving motion within a valve casing and an actuator in which at least one pair of expansible bellows engaging opposite sides of a vane and acting in opposition one to the other give rise to rotary mot... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3963386 | Rotary motor with inflatable expansion member A fluid pressure motor having a plurality of independent, freely distortable pressure chambers connected together in the form of a multi-lobed rosette shaped structure arranged between two rotatable supporting plates inclined at an angle to each other. Th... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3961863 | Water action powered pump Method and apparatus wherein complex multiplanar surface motion of the sea or other fluid body is converted into usable energy. One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a pair of flexible tubular pumping elements that pump a fluid, such as sea water, to ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3945565 | System powered actuating means for butterfly type damper A conduit with inlet and discharge ends respectively for receiving a supply of air under pressure and for delivering the air at a lower pressure has a cylindrical configuration and an eliptical butterfly type damper is disposed diagonally therein. The dam... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3935795 | Actuating mechanism An actuating mechanism for moving an indicator, an operational tool or a structual component with a high degree of precision over precisely predeterminable distances to desired points of operation, which comprise a shaft, slidably mounted upon said shaft ... | 02/03/1976 |
