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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136552 | Hot side only spring return used on single lever hot/cold faucet with locking mechanism A faucet includes a valve body having a cartridge receiving bore. A valve cartridge is sealingly disposed in the bore. The valve cartridge includes a rotatable stem. An arc-shaped slot is created in the valve cartridge. A lever assembly having a single handle is con... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8118057 | Temperature rotational limit stop for a mixing valve A temperature limit stop assembly for a mixing valve including a stop surface supported by a stem and a hot water stop shoulder supported by a stop member and engagable with the stop surface of the stem to limit rotational movement of a valve plate. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109294 | Valve cartridge with integral stop A one-handle valve cartridge has a housing that functions as a stop for an actuating mechanism of the valve cartridge to define a range of flow rates and/or temperatures for which the water flowing through the valve cartridge is delivered. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109293 | Valve cartridge with isolated friction and cartridge loads A one-handle valve cartridge includes a spring that isolates frictional forces between dynamic sealing elements in the valve cartridge and loads applied to the valve cartridge and transmitted to the dynamic sealing elements from an actuating mechanism of the valve c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8079384 | Spool seat with a positioning structure The present invention provides a spool seat with a positioning structure, which resolves the shortcomings of the assembly of a typical spool ceramic disc and spool seat. The spool seat of the present invention is provided with a chamber space for locating the fixed ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7980268 | Mixing valve The present invention relates generally to fluid control valves and, more particularly, to a mixing valve for use within a faucet. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7861742 | Cartridge of water supply valve A cartridge of a water supply valve that controls the flow rate and temperature of water without causing interference between flow rate control operation and temperature control operation of the valve. In the cartridge, a flow rate control knob (12) angularly... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854239 | High temperature valve A trim assembly for a control valve includes a seal for sealing a leak path, where the seal is provided to perform advantageously in high-temperature applications, e.g., applications including temperatures of at least 450° F. (232.22° C.). The control valve compri... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7836913 | Universal cartridge for a mixer faucet Valve battery cartridge—used primarily for mixing cold water and warm water—which has two discs arranged one above the other to form a plane sealing together, being the lower disc a stationary inlet disc (6) and the upper disc a control disc (5) su... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7819137 | Valve mounting assembly A faucet including a waterway assembly fluidly coupled to a valve assembly. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7753074 | Mixing valve The present invention relates generally to fluid control valves and, more particularly, to a mixing valve for use within a faucet. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7669613 | Connecting device for a wall mixer A connecting device (100) for a wall mixer has a cold water inflow (2) and a hot water inflow (3), a mixer insert (5), a mixer cartridge (7) and an outlet (29). Mixed water is directed to outlet (29) regardless of the... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7658206 | Plumbing valve with stick control handle Faucets are provided with joystick type control handles. The joysticks are provided with springs outside the main valve housing either between the joystick handle and lever stick, or between the joystick handle and an associated ball. In the latter case the ball ret... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7628173 | Fluid control valve A fluid control valve for the mixing of hot and cold water and delivery at a selected flow rate is described wherein an upper housing and lower housing are clamped together by a snap-fit connection thereby enclosing other fluid control valve component parts. A ball ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7575025 | Plumbing valve with stick control handle Faucets are provided with joystick type control handles. The joysticks are provided with springs outside the main valve housing between the joystick handle and an associated ball. The ball retains a sliding disk. ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7373952 | Sanitary outflow fitting The invention relates to a sanitary outflow fitting, especially a single-lever mixer (1), comprising, in a manner known per se, a housing (2) provided with at least one admission (5, 6) for water, and one outlet (49). A control cartridge ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373950 | Ceramic control valve A ceramic control valve includes a valve casing, and a control device including a linking seat and a control lever. The drive block of the control lever has a spherical surface. The receiving hole of the linking seat has a wall having a first portion in contact with... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363943 | Multi-stage pedal control water supply A multi-stage pedal control water supply installation includes a tap provided with water inlet and water outlet, a control valve with orifice, a linking unit, one or a plurality of pedal, and a flow control unit; the flow control unit being disposed by one side of t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360595 | Method and system for underground treatment of materials A method for underground treatment of subsurface materials comprises providing an injection pattern and a recovery pattern, the injection pattern and the recovery pattern located proximate to a subsurface treatment zone and at least one of the injection pattern and ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7337804 | Mixing valves A single handle mixing valve of the plate valve type where a single stem controls both the temperature and flow output from the valve. A control plate having an opening is positioned over the stem and has at least one surface defining limits of stem movement. An act... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338031 | Faucet structure with automatic cold-water resuming function The present invention provides an improved faucet structure with cold-water resuming device, which is placed at the top of the faucet valve body and has an action component and an elastic component. The action component is connected with the elastic component via a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7318450 | Mixing cartridge for single-lever mixing faucets A mixing cartridge for single-lever mixing faucets, which comprises a substantially cylindrical container accommodating a base disk, arranged proximate to one of the end faces of the container and moving two intake ports connectable respectively to a cold and hot wa... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318449 | Mixer cartridge A mixer cartridge contains a plate-type control system, the control plate of which is displaceable and twistable by an actuating element configured as a double-armed lever. The displacement leads to an opening and closing of the valve, while the twisting serves to a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316384 | Electric control valve The electric control valve, in which a throttled flow rate is quantitatively determined by the groove 16 by a rotating position of the valve body 20, the valve seat surface projects like a band from a border band 16C drawing an outline of the gr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7261126 | Control valve A control valve has a valve body and a flow control element preferably in the form of a disc, the valve body defining at least one inlet passage, the inlet passage culminating in an opening which is surrounded at least partially by a flow control surface, and the fl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7240850 | Thermostatic mixing valve A thermostatic mixing valve for hot and cold water has two-stage inlet chambers for the hot and cold water flows respectively. The inlet chambers distribute the flows uniformly with respect to porting for admitting the flows to the mixing chamber to reduce asymmetri... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231935 | Faucet This invention relates to a faucet, which comprises a body and a rotation control device. The body is assembled with a control valve and the control valve has a valve rod. The rotation control device comprises a shell, a handle and a fixing base. The shell is mainly... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219592 | Valve arrangement and hydraulic drive The invention concerns a valve arrangement for controlling a hydraulic drive, the supply to and the outflow from the hydraulic drive being separately controllable. It is endeavoured to realise separate controls of the speed and the hydraulic pressure of the hydrauli... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219696 | Cartridge for adjusting the flow rate and mixing of water flows in faucets in general The present invention relates to a cartridge for adjusting the flow rate and mixing of water flows in faucets in general, comprising a cartridge body therefrom a rod to which a drive knob is coupled projects. The main feature of the invention is that the cart... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216528 | Diaphragm-sealed valve, analytical chromatographic system and method using the same There is provided a diaphragm sealed valve particularly advantageous in chromatographic systems. The valve is provided with first and second body and a seal member compressibly positioned therebetween. The first body comprises a first, a second and a common port, ea... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213614 | Automatic cold water feed-back mechanism for single handled faucet An automatic cold water feed-back mechanism for a single handled faucet includes a valve housing for a valve stick, a base mount, a switching valve, a valve seat to be adapted therein, a limiting valve mounted at the upper section of the valve housing, and a cold wa... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213644 | Cavity positioning tool and method In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a method is provided for preventing formation of sludge in a subsurface cavity having particulate laden fluid disposed therein. The method includes positioning a downhole device having a fluid agitator into ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207348 | Machine comprising a safety valve for the supply of pressurised fluid The safety valve comprises a body and an obturator movable in the body between a closed position (FIG. 2) and an open position (FIG. 3). It also comprises means for displacing the obturator in order to displace it towards its closed position when the p... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207395 | Method and system for testing a partially formed hydrocarbon well for evaluation and well planning refinement A method and system for testing a partially formed well includes forming a first well bore intersecting a subterranean formation. The first well bore includes a portion of a planned well having a first configuration. A production characteristic of the subterranean f... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207390 | Method and system for lining multilateral wells In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method for lining a lateral wellbore includes drilling a main wellbore extending from a surface to a subterranean zone, casing the main wellbore with a main casing having a plurality of lateral wellbore w... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204821 | Surgical fluid management system with suction control Apparatus for controlling the volume of surgical fluid present in a cavity in the body of a patient during surgery includes a conduit to the cavity for conducting the surgical fluid therefrom to at least one receptacle for receiving the fluid from said cavity. A sou... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198064 | Standing pipe faucet assembly A standing pipe faucet assembly manufactured by a process separately manufacturing a faucet body and a separate body to simplify the process and lower its manufacturing cost effectively includes a faucet body made of a hollow copper pillar, a blocking rim formed at ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185676 | Valve structure for faucets A faucet valve includes a chamber defined in an underside thereof and a fixed plate is fixed in the chamber and has a first flat surface and a second flat surface defined in two respective raised portions of the fixed plate. A groove is defined between the first and... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182100 | Retrofittable mixing valve and method of assembly A mixing valve cartridge assembly for a spherical mixing valve. The spherical mixing valve has a stem extending therefrom through a support element that embraces a portion of the spherical mixing valve. A keeper secured to the stem so acts with a caming surface to d... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174918 | Air flow control valve for vehicle air conditioning module A novel air flow control valve for an air outlet in an HVAC housing provides for strong, even seal pressure all the way around the edge of the opening. In stead of a swinging door hinged at one edge of the opening, in which seal pressure is strong on the hinge edge ... | 02/13/2007 |
