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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7299824 | Multiple-mode fluid valve A multi-position fuel valve includes a main body having an enclosed chamber with a number of inlet ports and an outlet port and associated seats in the chamber. Disposed inside the chamber is a revolving rotor that is connected to a selector handle located outside t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 6305462 | Door mechanism of automobile air conditioner A mix door (5) is arranged in air passages (10, 11) of an automotive air conditioning device. The mix door (5) is arranged to extend in a direction to shut an air flow blown from the upstream air passage (10) and swelled in a downstream direction with a p... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5009392 | Rotary air valve A rotary air valve for a motor vehicle air conditioning, heating and ventilation system has a spring biased floating valve mounted on a rotary valve frame. The floating valve is spring biased radially outward against the interior of the case so that arcua... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4609177 | Valve A three-piece angle stop valve comprises a valve body, resilient control sleeve and handle, with no separate fastening or sealing elements required. Inlet line pressure resiliently biases the side walls of the control sleeve and a circumferential sealing ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4562994 | Valve Three-piece stop valves, in both angle and straight-through forms, are disclosed comprising a valve body, resilient control sleeve and handle, with no separate fasteners or sealing elements being required. The handle and control sleeve are retained within... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4548385 | Flexible seal for rotor valves A rotor valve has a set of sealing members or inserts positioned in longitudinal channels formed on the outer surface of a cylindrical rotor. A resilient O-ring snuggly engaged in a groove in the rear surface of each insert urges it against a surrounding ... | 10/22/1985 |
| 3981330 | Water mixing tap A fluid mixing valve comprises a body defining a cylindrical chamber having two spaced-apart inlets and an outlet spaced axially from the inlets, a valve closure element and a mixture control element in the chamber and a valve spindle connected to the clo... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3967811 | All plastic valve construction An all plastic valve construction wherein a removable cartridge contains all wearable seal surfaces. A hollow valve body member is threadedly received in an underbody member and provided with a plurality of separate and distinct sealing locations. The und... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3955598 | Distributing member having a resiliently backed lamellar skirt, for mixing valves A distribution member for mixing cocks, having the form of a lamellar skirt of an elastically yielding material cooperating with fluid passage ports, and having a backing of a compressed resilient material which exerts an elastical backing action substant... | 05/11/1976 |
