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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383860 | Flow control valve with two stage pintel and concentric valve seats A high resolution flow valve may comprise a first stage valve for allowing a first flow through the flow valve and a second stage valve located concentrically within the first stage valve and also connected to the inlet for allowing an additional second flow through... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7341074 | Multi-stage pressure regulator A pressure regulator that has particular application for an anode input side of a fuel cell system to provide the desired large turn-down ratio. The pressure regulator includes at least two valves positioned in parallel where the first valve is smaller than the seco... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7252502 | Method and system for combined standing pilot safety and temperature setting The method and apparatus provides a controller (which might comprise a microprocessor) that can control gas flow to a pilot burner in fluid communication with a manual pilot valve and an automatic pilot valve. The exemplary embodiments can comprise a selectable inpu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7175208 | High temperature end fitting and method of use Embodiments of a system and method for sealing an end of a flowline to an end fitting are disclosed. Such methods include providing an end fitting housing having a bore, wherein a portion of the bore has a tapered inner surface, inserting an open end of a flexible p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7144149 | Homogenization valve A homogenization valve comprises an outer case, a homogenization mechanism contained in the outer case and having at least one homogenization device. The homogenization device comprises a high pressure chamber, in communication with a chamber for feeding the high pr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7131398 | Air flow sensing and control for animal confinement system An environmental monitoring and controlling system for a ventilated cage and rack system that monitors and measures air flow in the rack at either the rack or cage level. At the rack level, two pressure sensors are provided in a supply air system to accurately monit... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7013970 | Central circulation completion system A completion system comprises a christmas tree (10) mounted on a wellhead housing (11), a tubing hanger (12) landed in the tree or wellhead housing, the wellhead housing (11) being mounted on a casing string (100) and a tubing stri... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6966381 | Drill-through spool body sleeve assembly A drill-through spool body sleeve assembly comprises a test sleeve removably installed within a drill-through spool body having a bore with the terminal ends of the outer diameter of the test sleeve sealingly engaging the bore wall. The sleeve assembly also comprise... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6920890 | Airflow controller The invention provides an airflow controller for a propulsion inlet system including a bleed section having two or more bleed plenum chambers, each of the chambers having a porous inlet surface and an exit surface and two or more plates slidably mounted to the bleed... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6702013 | Multiport gate valve assembly for flow completion system A flow completion system comprises a tubing spool which is connected above a wellhead housing, a tubing hanger which is supported in the tubing spool and which includes an axial production bore and at least two conduits that each extend from the bottom of... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6453944 | Multiport gate valve assembly The invention is directed to a gate valve assembly which comprises an elongated body having a longitudinal bore extending therethrough; a plurality of gates slidably disposed in the longitudinal bore across respective flow passages which each extend later... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6416404 | Air conditioner unit An air conditioner unit comprises a case having a plurality of air passages defined therein; two pivotal mode doors pivotally arranged in the case to provide various operation modes of the air conditioner unit when assuming given angular positions, each o... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6296059 | Reverse circulating control valve A circulation control valve includes a top sub having a bore, a body connected to the top sub and having a first fluid passageway and a second fluid passageway parallel to the first fluid passageway, the bore communicating with both the first fluid passag... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6164329 | Generally T-shaped valve and valve assembly Valve assembly 10 and generally T-shaped fast acting high-output valve 12 suitable to control flow of fluid through base opening 42, wherein valve 12 comprises stem 14 having pivoting end 16 and arm end 18. Two arms 20 are coupled to arm end 18 of stem 14... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6058956 | Cycling self checking block valve Cycling, self-checking block valve system that continuously cycles such that the user of the block valve system can determine if the system is operational at all times. A dual port block valve body contains two block valves which alternate between open an... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6029698 | Air regulator valve for ventilated cage and rack system A device for regulating exhaust air flow in a ventilation system when a rack is removed from the system. The device includes a housing forming an air conduit. A valve is mounted in the housing with the valve being moveable between an open position when th... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6019130 | Water run-out fitting The invention relates to a water faucet fixture (1, 1', 1"), especially for institutional kitchens and medical establishments, whereby a hot water line and a cold water line (3, 4) open into a mixing and shut-off unit (2) with a lever for manual control, ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6019137 | Flexible pipe The invention relates to a flexible pipe including a hose for carrying hydrocarbons and a connection endpiece at the end of the hose. The hose has an inner carcass, a sacrificial sublayer, and a sealing barrier. The endpiece has a tubular body in which th... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6016421 | Conflict resolution in a multi-beam multi-site paging system Method and apparatus for resolving conflicts between the transmission or reception of disparate information over disparate beams transmitted or received by more than one base station. Simultaneous transmissions or receptions from a multiplicity of base st... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5320140 | Fluid valve systems A fluid valve has a valve housing defining a corner and having a valve housing cover opposite that corner. That valve housing and cover enclose a valve chamber therein. A fluid inlet or outlet is in the valve housing cover. First and second valve seats fo... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5313871 | Hydraulic control system utilizing a plurality of branch passages with differing flow rates A hydraulic control system for controlling an actuator has a cylinder and a piston, and an oil pump. A first passage is communicated with the oil pump, and a second passage is communicated with the cylinder of the actuator. A plurality of branch passages ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5143120 | Electromagnetic valve assembly An electromagnetic valve assembly has a main valve seat 32 and an auxiliary valve seat 35 disposed parallel to one another between an inlet opening 30 and an outlet opening 31. The auxiliary valve seat 35 has a smaller opening cross section than valve sea... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5135028 | Remotely operated flow control system An apparatus having a pair of normally closed solenoid valves is retrofitted between hot and cold water inlets and a mixing faucet. Each valve includes a bypass with a mechanically operated valve. A flexible conduit is used to connect each of the valves t... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5048577 | Fuel dispensing vapor eliminating valve A cylindrical valve having a fuel dispensing passage and a vapor receiving passage therein which are both simultaneously blocked or unblocked by butterfly valves controlled by a plunger which protrudes from one end of the cylinder and has a rack defined t... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4989637 | Gas mixing apparatus In a gas mixing apparatus for the generation of a continuous stream of a gas mixture a carrier gas line is in communication with a collector to which a carrier gas supply line and component gas supply lines are connected of which each includes a mass flow... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4962882 | Ventilator A ventilator opens and closes itself according to the temperature in its environment through the use of a bimetallic coil spring which acts through a drive element and linkage elements to open and close the louvers of the ventilator. The louvers are dispo... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4909211 | Barrel-type throttle valve for engine air intake A throttle valve arrangement for an engine air intake includes an engine intake air passage having a longitudinal direction of air flow. A cylindrical bore extends laterally across the passage and has diametrically opposed openings longitudinally aligned ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4803845 | Controllable throttle for a vacuum pump A throttle valve with a separate flange, usable with a vacuum pump defining an inlet opening, and a controllable throttle assembly for varying a flow passage cross section of the inlet opening. The throttle assembly is disposed in the inlet opening and ha... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4742942 | Foam producing malt beverage faucet A faucet for dispensing flat malt beverage and a smooth, creamy and stable foam having a shiftable faucet shaft which in one position dispenses flat beer and in a second position provides an alternate flow path through restricted orifices which increase t... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4698998 | Pressure calibration systems and control valve assemblies High-pressure, micrometering valves requiring low-actuating torque are combined in a lightweight, portable pressure calibration console, housed in a common valve block. A manual pressure valve and a manual vent valve connect compressed gas from an interna... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4643224 | Alarm test device for a sprinkler system An alarm test device for a sprinkler system incorporates test and drain valves, together with a sight glass and a metering orifice into a single test valve, with the option of employing a plug valve as the test and drain valves, and the further option of ... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4622999 | Gas flow control system with pilot gas booster A control arrangement for a gas-fired system. Three diaphragm-operated valves are in series providing a stage operation. The valves are pilot controlled. A booster pump is provided for cooperation with the pilot valves to boost the line pressure to the fi... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4609011 | Flow control valve A new flow control valve comprises valve openings, having valve seats opened and closed by poppets, provided in fluid passages extending from an inlet port to an outlet port in the valve body, and a control mechanism to produce a changeover of pilot press... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4565207 | Method for proportioning fuel usage by a fluid fueled apparatus A fluid proportioning system for apportioning fuel usage among several discrete fluid fuel supplies which are used to supply fluid fuel to a single commonly used apparatus. An application for the invention is in a multidwelling unit wherein each unit is h... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4557185 | Solenoid operated exhaust air damper A solenoid operated exhaust damper having a housing designed for installation as a segment of an exhaust air duct and upper and lower adaptor sleeves for connecting the housing to exhaust ducting of conforming size and shape. Inside the housing, attached ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4531534 | Spring-powered actuator A spring-powered actuator especially for operating devices such as fire and/or smoke dampers, doors, hatches, vents, traps, valves and other devices having components which are movable between at least two positions. The spring-powered actuator of the inv... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4496463 | Duplex strainer A duplex strainer having a housing with an inlet port and a outlet port. st and second strainer chambers each have first and second ports which are in separate fluid communication with the housing. An efficient scotch yoke design coverts rotation of a fi... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4466336 | Control valve for hydraulic motor apparatus A counterbalance valve connects a source of hydraulic fluid to a power piston-cylinder unit for positioning and/or holding a load such as a pivoted bucket arm of earth moving equipment. A directional control valve is operable to reverse the supply connect... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4372196 | Insulating and draft preventing automatic shutter for attic and other exhaust type fans An insulating cover for the opening of an attic fan or other exhaust type fan and comprising a mounting frame engagable with the inner periphery of the opening, two insulating panels and disposed within the mounting frame and movable between closed and op... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4368758 | Device for controlling a steam or gas turbine In a device for controlling a steam or gas turbine, including a valve beam for actuating at least two control valves, the valve cones of which are hung by lifting heads at the end of their valve stems resting on seats in the valve beam, the danger of brea... | 01/18/1983 |
