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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7506662 | One-way fluid valve An improved one-way fluid valve construction is provided. A valve housing (102) includes one or more valve ports (108) and control ports (110). A control member (304) is disposed within the control port (110). The control member ( | 03/24/2009 |
| 7370645 | Variable stiffness flow control valve A flow control valve is provided. According to one aspect of this disclosure, the flow control valve includes a valve element and a support element. The valve element is configured to deflect responsive to a change in pressure difference across the valve element. Th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350907 | Ink-jet recording device and ink supply unit suitable for it Ink maintained at a negative pressure state is supplied to an ink-jet recording head via an ink supply mechanism constructed as a differential pressure valve having a coil spring and a movable membrane normally contacted elastically with a valve seat by the coil spr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350765 | Double-stop floating ball valve Valve assemblies and methods of designing valve assemblies having a valve ball, an upper seat, and a lower seat. When fluid pressure is applied to the valve ball, the valve ball will float in the axial direction between an upper position, a neutral position, and a l... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337805 | Valve with adjustable stop An adjustable mechanism for a valve or actuator is provided. The adjustable mechanism cooperates with one or more pistons, which in turn cooperates with a valve element to limit the axial displacement of the valve element relative to the valve seat. The adjustable m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7318478 | Downhole ball circulation tool A circulation tool 10 for use downhole in a well includes a housing 12 having one or more bypass ports 16 for circulation between a bore in the housing and an annulus surrounding the housing. A sleeve 68 is axially movable within the hous... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290562 | Non-return valve What is disclosed is a non-return valve comprising a sealing piston which is biased against a valve seat in the basic position inside a valve housing, and which is manufactured by a plastics injection molding technique. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287545 | Sanitary check valve A check valve adapted for mounting between any flanges and specifically between sanitary flanges in a piping system, the check valve comprising a stationary portion and a flexible portion; the single-piece rigid stationary portion including and supporting a valve se... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273053 | Monitoring and control for a laryngeal mask airway device A reversibly operable motor is mechanically connected to automatically position the piston of an air syringe that is pneumatically connected to the inflatable/deflatable seal ring or cuff of a laryngeal mask airway device (LMA) that is installed in a patient, who is... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270147 | Adjustable variable flow fertilizer valve A valve assembly comprising a body member forming a channel having first and second ends, forming a seat surface within and at the first end of the channel about an orifice that faces in the direction of the second end, the channel forming a first coupler at the sec... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7201184 | Pressure protection valve A valve is provided having a housing with an inlet and an outlet. Within the confines of the housing is a fluid flow path that allows for fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. The valve includes a valve element that is movable to and from a position ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201547 | Opening actuator for collet chuck A chuck actuator has a hollow housing having a chamber and having a front end and a rear end. A ring in the chamber forms with the front end thereof a front compartment and a piston in the chamber between the ring and the rear end forms an intermediate compartment w... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7163618 | Multi-inlet port manifold for a medical waste receiver having an elevated filter element and tethered inlet port caps A filter system especially useful in the treatment of waste material, in particular liquid waste material which may include particulate matter therein. The filter system includes a series of filters of progressively finer porosity in order to selectively eliminate p... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7150299 | Assembly and method for containing, receiving and storing fluids and for dispensing gas from a fluid control and gas delivery assembly having an integrated fluid flow restrictor A fluid control and gas delivery assembly and method for containing, receiving and storing hazardous fluids and for dispensing gas comprising a container, a fluid fill path, a gas dispensing path, a first shut-off valve, a pressure reducer, a fluid flow restrictor, ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7124774 | Control valve A control valve for regulating flow of fluids passing through the valve. The control valve includes a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passageway through which the fluid passes from the inlet to the outlet. The control valve also includes a displaceable column pr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7090341 | Ink-jet recording device and ink supply unit suitable for it Ink maintained at a negative pressure state is supplied to an ink-jet recording head via an ink supply mechanism constructed as a differential pressure valve having a coil spring 51 and a movable membrane 54 normally contacted elastically with a valve ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7066177 | Exhalation valves An exhalation valve (10) is disclosed for use with an exhalation port (14) of a respiratory circuit. The exhalation valve comprises a hermetically sealed gas chamber (20,120), a gas inlet (22,122) for supplying gas to the gas chamber, and... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048000 | Pressure reducing valve A pressure reducing valve includes a housing having a passage therein, a valve body disposed within the passage, and a piston slideably disposed within the passage. The valve body includes a wall arranged transverse to the passage and dividing the passage into an in... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7025092 | Positive air pressure attenuation device for drainage systems The positive air pressure attenuation device (1) for use in drainage systems in buildings includes a housing (3), connected to the system, to which a flexible reservoir (10) is secured, the flexible reservoir (10) being operable on a posi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013916 | Sub-atmospheric gas delivery method and apparatus An apparatus for containing and delivering hazardous gases at sub-atmospheric pressure from a pressurized container is provided which includes a valve body in sealed communication with an outlet orifice of the pressurized container. The outlet orifice of the pressur... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004638 | Sealing system for connector A sealing system for use with a sub-sea connector. The sealing system comprises an actuation sleeve retaining a ball valve within the exposed end of the sleeve and a valve control system connecting the ball valve to an actuation member and applying a force to the ba... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6959725 | Constant pressure regulator In a constant pressure regulator according to the present invention, a diaphragm defining an air chamber with a body is clamped between the body and a cover. An air chamber defining ring provided around the air chamber is clamped between the body and the cover. The ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6939465 | Fluid filter system for snow making apparatus A fluid filtering system for filtering dirt and other debris from fluids being conveyed in a pipeline for snow making apparatus and other devices. An upright pipe segment is connected to a horizontal pipe segment through a pipe elbow or angle for conveying fluid suc... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929238 | Electric motor actuated stop and self-closing check valve An electric motor actuated stop/check valve for industrial use such as liquid pumping systems which has a controlled opening and closing rate when liquid flow is in a forward direction but closes quickly upon reverse flow of liquid with no action from the electric m... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6834671 | Check valve for micro electro mechanical structure devices A check valve for micro electro mechanical structure devices (MEMS), and in particular pertains to a check valve which is adapted to be employed in connection with micro electro mechanical structure devices which are intended to be employed with supercritical fluids... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6748971 | Discharge valve assembly of fluid machinery A discharge valve assembly of fluid machinery is provided. The discharge valve assembly of fluid machinery includes a valve housing connected to a discharge side of a compression chamber, forming a valve holding space for holding a valve, forming a discharge hole on... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6681418 | Water flow control device A water flow control valve (10) designed to be installed externally on a toilet tank (108) or as an integral element of a toilet ballcock (110). The valve (10) incorporates a diaphragm (46), a spring (62), a poppet assembly (70), and an inlet port (38) th... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6546954 | Flow control valve A flow control valve with a reduced number of parts and with few restrictions on installation space is provided. A back pressure chamber of a diaphragm-type valve body communicates with a communication port through a vent hole formed in a case of the flow... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6240943 | Method and apparatus for maintaining a constant ratio of gases in a mixture subject to steady state and intermittent flow conditions The present invention reveals a gas mixing device which maintains constant gas ratios under both steady state and intermittent flow conditions, and reduces mixture errors inherent with multiple gauges by providing only one pressure gauge to read the inlet... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6145309 | Method for controlling the steering volume flow of a hydraulic power-assisted steering unit for motor vehicles A apparatus for use with an open center steering valve (3) of a hydraulic power-assisted steering unit of a motor vehicle. The apparatus comprises an electric motor operated pump (5) and a hydraulic accumulator (7) for storing a pressurized quantity of hy... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6116270 | Piston valve A piston valve wherein a hollow piston type sleeve has a closed lower end surmounted by a sleeve which has a cylindrical outer surface which slides, and seals against a blank inner cylindrical surface portion of an outer body. Ports in the sleeve are move... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5988217 | Shutoff-opening device A valve body has a main body formed with an inflow channel for a first fluid, an inflow channel for a second fluid, and an outflow channel for the first and second fluids in common. The first fluid inflow channel is always in communication with the common... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5896882 | Pressure control valve A rapid acting flow limiting valve is provided for an autoclave processing system. In this environment, each of a plurality of parts is placed in immediate proximity with a tool, then impressed into congruent engagement with the tool by an overlying vacuu... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5720433 | Draw back valve for a glue gun A draw back valve for fluid applicators for controlling the dripping or deposit of fluid at the nozzle orifice. The invention features a poppet within a stem which serves as a "piston". In the open position, the poppet is disposed within a chamber that ha... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5691753 | Valving connector and ink handling system for thermal ink-jet printbar A valving connector used in a thermal ink-jet printer for filling and draining ink from a manifold of the printbar. The valving connector has two positions depending on the operation of the printer. In the first position, the top portion of the manifold i... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5636661 | Self-piloting check valve A check valve 200 has an elongate cylindrical tubular body 202 which provides mounting for a main flap valve 204. Mounted below the main valve 204 is a smaller multi-leaf flap valve 206. The smaller valve 206 is mounted on a housing 208 which is axially m... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5553756 | Dispenser with pressure operated, spring biased, reciprocating piston valve A reciprocating piston with an integral valve moves in a first direction within a cylinder to pressurize viscous material contained therein, such as ice cream or the like, thereby pushing it out of a dispensing nozzle located at one end of the cylinder wh... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5479988 | Mud check valves in drilling apparatus (wells) A check valve for connection with the top end of a drillstring as a mud saver comprises a tubular valve member (18) which is axially shiftable within a tubular body (10) through a sleeve seal (19) which is mounted in the body (10) and which cooperates wit... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5390698 | Plate-type, unidirectional-flow, fluid control valve A valve seat and valve guard are coupled together, and form a chamber therebetween within which a valving plate moves. A stud secures the seat and guard together, and has a bore formed therewithin for receiving a headed piston. The piston has a projecting... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5295506 | Flow control apparatus A flow control apparatus having a pair of substantially identical housings, each having a path for fluid passage therethrough bounded by an annulus; a resilient body; and substantially identical portions borne by the housings releasably engageable to inte... | 03/22/1994 |
