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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152134 | Valve with regulating function A terminal valve having a cone (9) that communicates with a valve seat (10) of a seat ring (19) and cooperates with a veil (12) to control flow. The valve seat (10) and the veil (12) together form a sealing element, which se... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8011640 | Air valve adjusting switch assembly The present invention relates to an air valve, including a valve body, an air valve adjusting pipe, an adjusting bolt, an airtight ring and a screw cap. With the geometric shapes of the air valve adjusting pipe and the adjusting bolt, the airtight ring installed ont... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7815164 | Low noise valve assembly A low noise valve assembly (24) mitigates noise induced by near sonic gas flow encountering stagnant flow in the region of the valve (24). An inlet tube (10) terminates in an annular chamber (12). An outlet tube (17) has a generall... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815163 | Design of a noise suppression wedge for a butterfly outflow valve A noise suppression wedge for a butterfly valve comprises a wedge-shaped structure having a plurality of fingers and a plurality of slots. The noise suppression wedge is positioned in contact with the butterfly plate and reduces noise by disrupting the flow through ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7681861 | Dosage feed device for additive fluids Metering device in particular for metering an additive in the field of oil exploration with a metering element adjustable by an adjusting means. To improve such a metering device in that already with minimal movement of the adjusting means in a constructive simple w... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7527239 | Control valve assembly for spray guns A control valve assembly for spray guns comprises a flexible valve having a water-sealing portion defined by a support surface and an abutment surface conjoined to a pivoting rod via a water-stop surface disposed there-between. A water-pressure adjusting valve inclu... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7438275 | Ball valve for use in heating or cooling systems A ball valve (10), in particular for controlling the amount of medium supplied to a heating or cooling system, is adapted such that the characteristic of the valve may be determined so that it may be adapted to its use in the heating or cooling system. The ba... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7364131 | Non-return valve for use in a molding system The present invention relates to a non-return valve that can be configured for use anywhere along a molding material flow path in a molding system. The non-return valve of the present invention includes an improved means to restrict the backflow of melt therethrough... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357151 | Fluid control devices Improved fluid control devices are provided for metering pressure effectively in environments that may contain solid particles and in which the ambient pressure is subject to change. Such a valve comprises a valve body containing a plunger assembly contacting a firs... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322561 | Vacuum processing apparatus The invention provides a highly reliable plasma processing apparatus having stable sealing performance. The vacuum processing apparatus comprises a vacuum vessel 509 having its inside decompressed, an opening 1201 disposed on a wall of the vacuum vesse... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322557 | Chemical liquid control valve A chemical liquid control valve is provided with a barrier on an outer circumferential end portion of a protruding part (an outer circumferential bottom portion of a valve seat). The barrier is placed so that an angle between the center line of an outlet passage and... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322559 | Plug valve having high flow resolution The invention relates to a valve with high flow resolution within a flow range, which valve comprises a valve housing and a valve plug, whereby the valve plug comprises a cavity and a flow regulating slit which in cooperation with the valve housing forms a flow pass... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7296780 | Control valve assembly structure for spray guns A control valve assembly structure for spray guns comprises a pistol body made up of water inlet and outlet conduits in fluid communication with a valve chamber having a control valve assembly mounted therein wherein the water inlet and outlet conduits and the valve... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7240694 | Flow control valve for refrigeration system A flow control valve includes a valve body defining fluid inlet and outlet sections interconnected by a connecting port. A valve unit is disposed in the valve body and is operably connected to an actuator to be moved thereby for opening and closing the connecting po... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237573 | High pressure, low flow rate fluid flow control An adjustable high pressure, low flow metering valve provides a sleeve extending about a restrictor shaft, the sleeve having a narrow helical groove formed in the inside diameter. A restrictor shaft within the sleeve encloses the groove and forms a sealed helical fl... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234680 | Combination valve and regulator with vented seat for use with pressurized gas cylinders, particularly oxygen cylinders A combined valve-regulator apparatus, for safely regulating the flow of combustible gases such as oxygen. A compressible o-ring is used to provide controllable sealed seating of the valve and regulator during operation. A system is provided in the valve-regulator ap... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216669 | Pressure regulating valve for common rail fuel injection systems A pressure regulating valve for regulating the pressure in a common rail with a pistonlike valve member which is guided axially displaceably in a bore and acts in the closing direction on a closing element and presses it against a valve seat; the valve member forms ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213609 | Control system for high pressure oil wells A pressure reducing valve assembly for a high pressure oil well comprised of a hollow housing and a metering assembly disposed within such housing, such metering assembly comprising an entry liner having an entry bore, an exit liner having an exit bore, and a rotata... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201186 | Electronic valve for flow regulation on a cooking burner The gas flow regulating valve (1) is adapted to one cooking burner amongst the several on a cooking hob. The regulating valve member (7) is cylindrical-shaped and coupled to a step motor “M”, which controls the axial displacement “X” thereof th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201188 | Fluted reciprocating ball valve The device described herein is a valve suitable for the control or shut-off of fluid flow in a piping system. It comprises a valve housing having inlet and outlet ports and a cylindrical bore whose axis is slanted at about 90 degrees in relation to the axis connecti... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198060 | Pressure relieving coupler manifold with internal velocity fuse A decompression valve assembly is normally open thereby allowing thermal pressure build-up in an auxiliary circuit to be dissipated via a bleed path. During operation, the bleed path is sealed by a check valve, whereby high pressure flow can be fully directed to the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192033 | Trailing arm suspension and height control system with motorized valve therefor A trailing arm suspension for a vehicle. The trailing arm suspension having a height control system for controlling the ride height of the suspension relative to the vehicle. The height control system preferably comprises a motor driven height control valve. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159602 | Flow-measuring valve device and method A flow measuring valve device (1) for fluid, the flow measuring valve (1) comprising a first restriction (48) and a second restriction (76) connected in series with the first restriction (48), the flow rates of said restrictions ( | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156364 | Lever drive for a cryogenic valve A valve assembly for controlling flow of cryogenic fluids is disclosed. In an embodiment, the valve assembly includes a valve housing and a valve member supported at the valve housing for movement between a valve opened and a valve closing position. A pneumatic cyli... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152844 | Conical valve for cryogenic media A valve has a valve needle for feeding a medium into a receptacle, a valve chamber, and a valve seat. The end face of the valve needle when the valve is closed as well as the valve chamber essentially closing off flush with an inner surface of the receptacle. The en... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147203 | Fluid control Fluid control apparatus and method of controlling fluid flow. The fluid control apparatus comprises an elongate tube having a first flow opening at an end of the tube and at least one second flow opening along the length of the tube, and a sleeve arranged to slide a... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124997 | Flush valve assembly with flex tube A toilet room flush valve includes a body with an inlet and an outlet and a valve seat therebetween. A valve assembly in the body is positioned to close upon the seat to control flow from the inlet to the outlet. A cover is mounted upon the body and defines a pressu... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117681 | Thrust control valve A thrust control valve includes a nozzle having a gas supply chamber, a gas jetting chamber and a connecting passage therebetween. The nozzle has an upstream inner surface defining the gas supply chamber and a downstream inner surface defining the gas jetting chambe... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114699 | Combination valve and regulation for use with pressurized gas cylinders, particularly oxygen cylinders A valve apparatus, and combined valve-regulator apparatus, for safely regulating the flow of combustible gases such as oxygen. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7069137 | Valve flow metering control system and method A turbine valve control system is provided. The turbine valve control system includes a variable flow metering device, a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor, a fourth sensor, memory, and processing circuitry. The variable flow metering device is capable of... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036789 | Distribution valve comprising a flowmeter for installing in an inlet A distribution valve having a flowmeter for use in a flow pipe of a hot water heating circuit. The distribution valve has a branch line and an adjusting and measuring unit for adjusting and displaying the flow rate through the branch line with the elements being scr... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028978 | Proportional solenoid-controlled fluid valve having compact pressure-balancing armature-poppet assembly A proportional solenoid-driven valve control assembly comprised of a moveable, magnetic armature adjacent to a fixed magnetic pole piece, providing fluid leakage containment, and having no non-magnetic element for alignment, support, or magnetic flux path control. A... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028712 | Skirt guided globe valve A skirt guided control valve provides streamlined flow and minimum resistance to flow in flow up and flow down conditions when the valve is open. The skirt guided control valve has a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a passageway disposed between the fluid inlet and flui... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017611 | One-piece manifold for a reverse osmosis system A one-piece manifold for a reverse osmosis system includes a filter configured to receive water from a water port and a membrane configured to receive filtered water via a first conduit. The membrane is also configured to send permeate water to a reverse osmosis tan... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004448 | Trim insert for choke assembly A trim insert for a choke assembly is disclosed, wherein the trim insert is a tubular member with a substantially constant inner diameter. A first end of the device is positioned within an adjacent upstream sleeve and a second end is sealingly retained within the di... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6953056 | Metering valve assembly A metering valve assembly is provided with a valve stem having one or more tapered channels formed therein for selective engagement with a valve seat to provide incremental regulation of fluid flow through a valve housing. An adjustment knob provides one manner of r... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6935371 | High capacity globe valve A high flow globe valve with a body defining an interior cavity in communication with a first and second fluid passages. A tubular throttling cage is offset in the cavity away from the second fluid passage and has an open end in communication with the first fluid pa... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935616 | Balanced plug valve A balanced plug valve having substantially reduced shut-off force requirements due to an integral dual seating arrangement of the valve plug within a valve housing having slanted inlet and outlet ports and wherein the inlet port forms an elliptical opening for fluid... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6889702 | Replaceable valve seat ring with enhanced flow design A replaceable valve seat ring for a valve assembly has an annular ring body and an open flow passage extending through the ring body. A seating surface is provided on the ring body adjacent one end of the flow passage. A tool accepting region of the flow passage is ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6834672 | Air pressure and flow regulating valve and pneumatic tool An air pressure and flow regulating valve for pneumatic tool mainly includes a valve body, a pressure regulator and a flow regulator connected to one side and a top, respectively, of the valve body, and an air inlet connector provided at a bottom of the valve body. ... | 12/28/2004 |
