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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066028 | Structure for mounting valve units on a valve support A valve arrangement has a valve unit (3) fixed in position via two mutually spaced attachment structures (27 and 28) on a mounting face (6) of a valve support (2). The first attachment structure (27) includes two mutually en... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7367351 | Tap pressure balance valve A tap pressure balance valve for maintaining normal operation of the tap has a coil spring and a cut-off washer disposed in a though hole of a secondary case at where in relation to a water outlet provided on a deck of a primary case for the coil spring to push agai... | 05/06/2008 |
| 6814098 | Zero clearance C-ring assembly A support structure for a C-ring includes a pair of circumferentially spaced holding members on catch plates. The holding members may be moved individually into the C-ring after the C-ring is mounted within an outer housing. The two holding members thus provide supp... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6814102 | Valve comprising elastic sealing elements The invention relates to a valve (10, 110) having a valve chamber (14, 114), having at least one inlet conduit (16, 116) and one outlet conduit (18, 118), furthermore having a movable lifting rod (34, 134), one end of which opens i... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6769445 | Valve drive device A gear meshing with a pinion controls the angle of rotation of a valve element which is brought into sliding contact with a valve seat, thereby controlling the opening and closing of a communicating hole of outflow pipe. During welding the valve seat plate and a hou... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6722385 | Hydraulic valve repair kit and method of use A hydraulic spool valve repair kit comprising a cylindrical valve cap and a replacement spring retainer plate and a method of use of these components for increasing the service longevity of such a hydraulic spool valve within the valve body of an automatic transmiss... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6684896 | Solenoid valve and method for making same A valve assembly includes a valve with a bobbin/valve body, a solenoid and a plunger. The bobbin/valve body is formed in one piece, and defines all of the valve's inlet/outlet ports and forms the entire support structure for the solenoid and the plunger. ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6575187 | Three-way plastic valve A 3-way valve for controlling the flow between first and second ports and a common port. The 3-way valve comprising a valve body having an integral flow portion and a valve stem having first and second valve members. The valve stem is pressfit assembled i... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6520210 | Spool valve A spool valve is provided which has a plurality of small-diameter portions formed at predetermined spacings on a peripheral surface of a shaft, and pairs of annular ridges on peripheral surfaces of the small-diameter portions to have a larger diameter tha... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6505639 | Hygienic three way valve The invention pertains to a hygienic three way valve for dispensing medicinal, pharmaceutical and food products or other fluid materials which require the processing of fill products without contamination while providing a positive control over the the fi... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6463954 | Hydraulic control device A hydraulic control device for a transmission of a motor vehicle has a housing with a bore hole and a valve piston that is contained in the bore hole and slidable between different axial positions. The shift levels of the transmission are determined by se... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6305418 | Hydraulic valve In a hydraulic valve (10), the housing (34) is composed of plate-shaped segments (36 to 46). Sections of longitudinal channels (96, 97) are formed by recesses having cross-section with a closed edge which overlap or are flush with corresponding channel se... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6302135 | Water faucet control valve A water faucet control valve comprises a valve and a control section seating in an oval mixed chamber of the valve. The valve comprises a pair of studs next to the chamber. The valve has an outlet for cold-hot-mixed water to flow there through. A pair of ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6273122 | Magnetic valve, especially for use in a module for an electrohydraulic gear unit controller The magnetic valve (16,17) is arrangeable in a multipart housing (12) and includes a coil-part group (64,128) and a valve subassembly (138). The valve subassembly (138) is arrangeable in a valve seat (94,95) provided in a housing (12). The valve subassemb... | 08/14/2001 |
| 5435342 | Fluid outlet system A fluid outlet system is provided for selectively providing a plurality of fluids (e.g., oxygen, medical air and vacuum) at different locations. The fluids are provided by a multifluid distribution system, and the fluids are selected by positioning an act... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5353828 | Valve construction and method of making the same A valve construction and method of assembling the same are provided, the valve construction having a deflector unit for directing fluid flow from the inlet of the housing means of the valve construction away from an operating part of a bimetallic lever me... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5238017 | Valve connection array to be mounted in an apparatus cabinet and a method of mounting such an array in the cabinet A valve connection array for mounting at a cabinet wall in a sealed cabinet for disposing a plurality of valve connection blocks in at least one row is disclosed. Each valve connection block includes a valve connection portion on a front surface for indiv... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5172713 | Modular mixing valve An electrically operated plural inlet-single outlet plastic mixing valve having common dual valve operator assemblies separately supplying valve flow to an outlet manifold to which the operator assemblies are attached by non-metallic weldment. In one embo... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5056551 | Fast acting multiple element valve A plurality of slide valve elements having plural axial-spaced annular parts and an internal slide are inserted into a bulkhead in a fluid conduit from a downstream side of the bulkhead, locked in place by a bayonet coupling and set screw, and project thr... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4874008 | Valve mounting and block manifold A valve mounting for securing a valve body between two spaced apart mounting members having hydraulic studs which are elongated by pressure for release of the clamping engagement of the valve body for its quick and easy installation and removal. A preferr... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4711272 | Surge irrigation valve A valve for use in distributing irrigation water in a surge irrigation system. The valve having a diverter member rotatably mounted within the cylindrical cavity of a valve body. The diverter member has an arcuate diverter plate mounted thereon which conf... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4658851 | Reversing valve construction and method of making the same A reversing valve construction having a housing provided with a chamber carrying a movable valve member therein that controls ports of a valve seat of the housing through the relative position of a cavity of the valve member relative to the ports, the por... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4479505 | Heating valve A heating valve is provided which comprises a valve body with a plurality of connecting branches, a valve seat disposed inside the valve body, a bonnet seated in a connecting branch opposite to the valve seat, a valve stem passing through the center of th... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4458710 | Method of making a valve construction having multiple pistons A method of making a valve construction comprising the steps of forming the housing to have a plurality of valve seat sections disposed in spaced substantially parallel relation, forming a piston unit to comprise a plate and a plurality of pistons dispose... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4402338 | Stem for a double seat valve A two-way tappet valve assembly including a housing having an axial bore and a pair of opposed annular valve seats. A movable carrier including a pair of identical push rods each having a forked stem portion and an enlarged head portion for receiving a re... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4195654 | Additive injection valve A valve for introducing additive substances into a main process stream passing therethrough includes a valve body and a valve seat member carried in the body and having a bore therethrough communicable with the main process stream lumen. The valve seat me... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4182585 | Double-plate control device A control device serves to control the fluid flow to and from double-acting rams, especially the rams of mining machinery, the control device having various internal ducts which are defined between two plates connected together. One of the two plates (a d... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4129149 | Control valve means A control valve for a central heating system, the valve having an inlet, an outlet, a branch outlet, and a bypass conduit between the inlet and the outlet, the cross sectional flow area of the bypass conduit being independent of the position of either a m... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4056119 | Solenoid valve A solenoid-actuated four-way fluid control valve assembly has a body assembly mounting a pair of solenoids and defining two valve chambers each containing an axially elongated generally L-shaped plunger assembly and a pair of valve seats. Each plunger is ... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4051861 | Arrangement for connecting manifold blocks An arrangement which connects a pair of valve mounting manifold blocks in end-to-end abutment includes each block having an opening in oneend thereof, the respective end openings in the pair of blocks being in registry with one another when the respective... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4029125 | Snap-fitting pipe connecting device The invention relates to a snap-fitting pipe connecting device comprising a body adapted to be secured to the frame structure of a machine, a connecting member proper and a lock bolt, a fluid passage formed in the connecting member having a portion at rig... | 06/14/1977 |
