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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109289 | System and method for decentralized balancing of hydronic networks A method includes associating a plurality of valve balancing units with a plurality of valves in a hydronic network. The method also includes adjusting a setting of at least one of the valves using at least one of the valve balancing units to balance the hydronic ne... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7422028 | Apparatus for controlling and metering fluid flow A device for metering and controlling fluid flow includes a variable orifice and is configured to use a pressure sensor. The device includes a fluid flow conduit having at least one planar inner wall that extends along a portion of the fluid flow conduit length, and... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424346 | Apparatus and method for pressure fluctuation insensitive mass flow control A mass flow controller includes a thermal mass flow sensor in combination with a pressure sensor to provide a mass flow controller that is relatively insensitive to fluctuations in input pressure. The pressure sensor and thermal sensor respectively provide signals t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412336 | Attitude insensitive flow device system and method Disclosed herein are systems and methods for attitude insensitive flow devices. The system can include a flow device having a processor and a computer readable medium accessible by the processor that stores a set of computer instructions executable by the processor.... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7325781 | Automatic bathroom flushers with modular design A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7188822 | Enclosures for automatic bathroom flushers A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7156363 | Bathroom flushers with novel sensors and controllers A bathroom flusher (10) includes a body having an inlet (12) in communication with a supply line and an outlet (16) in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151327 | System and method for supply distribution A system and method for distributing a supply to plurality of machinery or appliances. The supply may be any of oil, gas, electrical power, water, heated and cooled air, etc. the plurality of appliances can include any of gas and oil powered devices, electrical devi... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7131451 | Apparatus for controlling and metering fluid flow A device for metering and controlling fluid flow includes a variable orifice and is configured to use a pressure sensor. The device includes a fluid flow conduit having at least one planar inner wall that extends along a portion of the fluid flow conduit length, and... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131426 | Fluid flow rate control valve, anchor for mover and fuel injection system To effectively prevent uneven wear of a moving mover 70 and to stabilize the control characteristics by a valve. Rotation force is exerted to the mover 70 by the fluid flowing from the first chamber to the second chamber, or vice versa, which are forme... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7034067 | Adjustable jet disperser for producing aqueous two-component polyurethane paint emulsions The invention relates to a process for the production of aqueous two-component polyurethane lacquer emulsions, with variable throughput, and to the use thereof as high-quality lacquers and coatings. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7007711 | Dispersion nozzle with variable throughput The invention relates to a dispersing device wherein the dispersed material has a variable throughput comprising a jet disperser which comprises at least one inlet for the materials to be dispersed, a chamber with a multiciplicity of openings arranged in rows along ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6944529 | Automatic fluid draining from a hydraulic system component of an automatic transmission In a hydraulic system for an automatic transmission, a method for automatically draining fluid from an oil cooler and related hydraulic lines when power is off to prevent fluid leakage, escape and outflow when they are disconnected from the system. A control system ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6932107 | Flow control valves In one embodiment, a flow control valve includes a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, a flow passageway coupling the inlet to the outlet, and a cavity with first and second chambers. The valve further includes a hollow piston disposed in the first chamber and a ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6868861 | Level control system for sheet casting process A level control system for controlling the thickness of a work material in a slurry form cast upon a moving belt includes a fluid reservoir disposed above the belt, a sensor lens assembly for sensing the slurry height within such reservoir, and a control valve for a... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6860284 | Method and device for controlling at least one valve A method and a device for controlling at least one valve, in response to a detected leak in the system including the valve. An activation signal is generated which opens the valve briefly for flushing purposes and closes it again, or moves the valve ball at great sp... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6837260 | Pressure support system having a two-piece assembly A pressure support system that includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member has a first plurality of cavities defined therein, and the second housing member has a second plurality of cavities defined therein. The first and se... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6823887 | Water heater shut off device with water pressure delay line A water supply shut off system includes a water pressure delay device which delays the transmission of any apparent change in water pressure between the input and the output side of the valve to the control input of the valve. This delay allows the input and output ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6662554 | Adjustable restriction muffler system for a combine A bypass for an exhaust system for a utility vehicle, such as a combine, that, when substantially closed, provides maximum noise attenuation for road transport, i.e., relatively high back pressure, and then, when substantially open, would provide a reduce... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6634426 | Determination of plunger location and well performance parameters in a borehole plunger lift system Plunger lift operations are difficult to optimize due to lack of knowledge of tubing pressure, casing pressure, bottom-hole pressure, liquid accumulation in the tubing and location of the plunger. Monitoring the plunger position in the tubing helps the op... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6578435 | Chemically inert flow control with non-contaminating body A fluid control module that may be connected in-line within a chemically corrosive or ultra pure fluid flow circuit that delivers fluids in either a liquid or gaseous state. The fluid control module of the present invention may be utilized to control the ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6527862 | Flow controller A control system for digitally monitoring and/or controlling pressure to a pneumatic load such as a stop/suckback valve. Pressure is sensed in the pneumatic fluid input lines to the pneumatic load, and a closed loop control is used to maintain the pressur... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6460565 | Fluid metering apparatus and method A method and apparatus are described for controlling demand of a fluid. The method includes measuring a fluid supply pressure in a supply pipe, determining that the fluid supply pressure is lower than a predetermined threshold supply pressure, and directi... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450200 | Flow control of process gas in semiconductor manufacturing A flow control system and method for controlling batchwise delivery of process gas for semiconductor manufacturing are disclosed, wherein the flow control system is operable in a flow mode for delivery of a batch of process gas in a delivery period of tim... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6348098 | Flow controller A control system for digitally monitoring and/or controlling pressure to a pneumatic load such as a stop/suckback valve. Pressure is sensed in the pneumatic fluid input lines to the pneumatic load, and a closed loop control is used to maintain the pressur... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6308753 | System for loading and unloading fluid tanks containing hazardous fluids A system for transferring a hazardous fluid product from a transport tank (10) of a roadway vehicle (12) to a fixed storage tank (14). A flexible transfer hose assembly (30) has end couplings (34, 36) which are detachably connected between the transport t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6065492 | Gas mass flow metering valve A gas flow control valve which enables mass flow to be measured using a flow straightener in a valve entry duct, a tube for lengthening the entry duct into the valve, a valve element exit port with suitably radiused edges and a flow stabilizer in the valv... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6029527 | Fluid flow rate measuring and controlling device and method A device and method of measuring and controlling the flow rate of a fluid determine analog process variables which are dependent on a volumetric flow of the fluid, and the values thus obtained are converted into digital values, the latter being corrected ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6021808 | Fluid supply shut off valve system and fluid monitoring device for use with same A water supply shut off valve system is used with a fluid storage tank, such as a hot water heater, to automatically shut off a fluid supply to the storage tank as a result of a pressure drop in the storage tank caused, for example, by a leak or rupture. ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5797418 | Differential pressure detector with reduced reaction forces A differential pressure detector for providing an output pressure modulated as a function of the pressure drop between the pressures upstream and downstream of a fuel metering device, comprising first and second input chambers for connection to said upstr... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5520211 | Pressure reduction and flow regulation device A pressure regulator for lower pressure distribution of gases from a higher pressure source of gas including a gas inlet and a gas outlet defining a gas path therebetween, a regulating element disposed downstream of the gas inlet remote from the gas path,... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5520206 | Exhaust reduction system for control valves An exhaust reduction system for reducing gas emissions in pipeline controlling devices which operate control valves, which system adjusts and reduces the pressure of a control stream of gas from a conventional line pressure regulator to the control valves... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5460196 | Fluid supply pressure control method and apparatus A fluid supply pressure control apparatus for use in conjunction with a pressure control valve (10) of a fluid supply system is disclosed which includes: first sensor means (26, 28) for sensing the pressure of the fluid at a first point (12, 14) in the sy... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5388607 | Control system for supplying a gas flow to a gas consumption A control system for supplying a gas flow to a gas consumption apparatus, comprising a gas supply pipe which can be connected to the apparatus and which has an electrically controlled gas control valve, and an electronic control unit. The control unit com... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5331995 | Flow control system for medical ventilator A system including the method employed, for controlling the flow of a pressurized gas through a variable orifice flow control valve in a pressurized gas conduit system, such as a ventilator, in response to either a desired flow rate/volume input signal, a... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5234021 | Nozzle damper assembly A nozzle damper assembly (10) for installation in a duct (12) operative for measuring and controlling the flow of a gaseous medium through the duct (12). The subject nozzle damper assembly (10) includes enclosure means (24) cooperatively associated with t... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5190068 | Control apparatus and method for controlling fluid flows and pressures Control apparatus and method for controlling the flow of fluid across a valve includes a differential pressure measurement across the valve and a flow meter for measuring the flow, and the information from the differential pressure and from the flow meter... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5143116 | Flow regulating valve and system using the same A substantially constant flow regulating valve includes a piston dividing a bore into two chambers. The piston is spring biased toward the top chamber of the bore. Fluid from the inlet enters the top chamber through a reference pressure passage and exerts... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5129619 | Sealed magnetically operated flow control valve assembly A sealed control valve assembly is provided for use in connection with a fluid valve having an inlet, an outlet and a flow control orifice hydraulically interposed therebetween for controlling the flow through the fluid valve. The valve assembly includes ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5063962 | Apparatus for the controlled ventilation of rooms For the controlled ventilation of a room a duct portion (8) with a quantity control and measurement means is provided in the ventilating duct. The duct portion (8) surrounds a tubular hollow body (25) in the form of a flow body, which has two pressure mea... | 11/12/1991 |
