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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922148 | Electronically activated access valve An electrically activated access valve arrangement having a male connector, a female connector, and a valve. In certain embodiments, the male connector includes a conductive element, and the female connector includes contacts. Insertion of the male into the female c... | 04/12/2011 |
| 6871835 | Flow control valve with automatic shutoff capability A valve includes a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and defining a fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet. A check valve positioned in the housing has a valve seat in the flow path from the inlet, a valve member movable between a seated posi... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6671898 | Water fitting The invention relates to a water fitting including a pipe having at least one water hook-up that is connected to a valve. A housing is detachably connected to the pipe and has a spout line that, when installed, is connected to the outlet of the valve. A s... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6446935 | Valve device with elevated mounting pads A valve includes a chamber having an inlet, an outlet, and an annular recess. A movable element is disposed in the chamber to control the flow of fluids between the inlet and the outlet. A stem is secured to a movable element and extends exteriorly throug... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6186473 | Tap A tap has a hollow body (6) having an interior threaded portion (18) and (9). A manually turnable spindle (7) having an exterior threaded portion (19) is threadably engaged with the interior treaded portion (18) to advance and retract to spindle (7) relat... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6086040 | Valve and a pneumatic control valve non-rotatably joined by a coupling In a valve assembly (1) comprising a pressure medium operated valve (2) and a control unit (5) which is mounted on the end of the actuator (3,4) facing away from the valve (2), the control unit (5) comprises a pressure medium passage (17) having a first e... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5607582 | Filter system for liquids A filter system for a liquid, which system has a base with an inlet for incoming unfiltered liquid and an outlet for outgoing filtered liquid and a filter subassembly having a filter unit and structure for removably maintaining the filter unit in an opera... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5560824 | Filter device with closing arrangement and key opening connection A filter device has a housing with connections for a fluid and can be secured to a filter pot. The filter has a filter element secured by a holder. A closure prevents the undesired leakage of fluid. The closure has two sealing plates with at least partly ... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5081909 | Releasable latch mechanism for attaching an actuator to a valve An actuator comprising a housing having a chamber and a piston slidably received within the chamber. The housing is provided with an inlet port to the chamber for the introduction of an operating fluid to cause the piston to slide within the chamber. The ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4560140 | Zone control valve A zone valve is described in which the frame for the operator unit is assembled without separate fasteners. Tongue and groove on the frame pieces fit together in an interlocking manner to provide a rigid frame construction. The assembly of the frame, hing... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4303093 | Hydrant valve A servo valve controlled hydrant valve for aircraft fueling has a removable adaptor for the hose coupling and includes a clamping device which assures that the servo valve is deactuated before the adaptor housing can be unbolted for removal. Deactuation o... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4273951 | Oil-filled cable pothead with venting means and tool therefor A conventional pothead-tank combination for an oil-filled electric cable is modified to replace the usual manually operable venting valve within the tank and on the pothead by a relief valve installed to close under pressure of the oil and is further modi... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4265457 | Shaft seals A shaft seal incorporates a casing formed with a stepped bore both diameters of which are greater than the diameter of the shaft fitted to the bore. A bearing sleeve fitting the shaft is located in the smaller diameter portion of the bore. A seal-carrying... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4252149 | Tool diverter A diverter device for use in directing pumpdown or through the flowline (TFL) tools through a connector joining a main flowline to at least one branch flowline. The diverter member is pivoted by operation of a removable operator to allow movement of the t... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4161958 | Fixture assembly for removing operating assembly from bottom operable tank car valve while closure portion remains in closed position in the tank The present invention is directed to a fixture assembly for removing for repair and/or replacement some or all of the operating assembly of a bottom operable tank car valve while the closure portion of the valve, which closes the opening in the tank botto... | 07/24/1979 |
