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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367358 | Medical fluid delivery system and method relating to the same A medical fluid delivery system for the use in the delivery of medical fluids. The medical fluid delivery system may include a pumping system, a disposable medical fluid line set and a valve operating system. The disposable tubing line set may include valves adapted... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325569 | Butterfly valve with integral split flapper relief valve A valve is provided that includes a valve housing, a valve element, and a flapper. The valve housing has a passage. The valve element is rotationally mounted in the passage and moveable between an open position and a closed position. Additionally, the valve element ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7086636 | Gaseous fluid metering valve The present invention is directed to an exhaust gas recirculation valve incorporating a DC motor and a dual poppet valve assembly. A motor is contained inside of the actuator housing. The motor has a rotatable motor shaft with a first gear connected to the end of th... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6997434 | Twist cam valve A drain valve including a housing, a poppet, a seal, a follower pin, and a biasing mechanism. The housing defines a passage there-through from a first end to a second end, a cam surface at the second end with at least two detents therein, and at least one slot in th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978979 | Isolating device Isolating device, in particular for an injection valve with a turning spindle, rotatably mounted in a device housing, actively connected to a drive device, for the variable displacement of an operating element for an isolation stop valve, connected to the turning sp... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6613096 | Prosthetic pressure relief valve system A cylindrical housing has a flange at an exterior end, male threads in an external surface remote from the flange, and a small axial hole, and female threads in an internal surface remote from the flange. A disk shaped fastener has internal threads rotata... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6540212 | Carburetor valve rotational setting retainer assembly A fuel needle valve assembly of a carburetor has a retainer which yieldingly restrains the rotational fuel flow setting capability of the needle valve. The retainer engages a shank of the needle valve and a parallel shaft, both of which project from the c... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6488264 | Governor valve device in a pressure fluid operated tool Governor valve device for a pressure fluid operated tool having a ball valve (23, 24), the valve ball (24) of which is provided in a cavity (25), open towards the seal ring (23) of the valve, in a movable piston (26). A spring-loaded member (30) urges the... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6402124 | Carburetor fuel mixture adjustment assembly A carburetor fuel mixture adjustment assembly including a threaded cylindrical needle valve receptacle formed in a carburetor main body and intersecting a fuel passage. A needle valve body is threaded into the needle valve receptacle and includes a needle... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6003845 | Fuel mixture adjusting and limiting device A fuel mixture adjusting and limiting device for a carburetor has a body received in a bore of the carburetor and defining a fuel passage through which liquid fuel is supplied to the high and/or low speed system of the carburetor, an inlet opening in the ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5727507 | Valve rotation arrangement An improved valve rotation arrangement for providing valve rotation for a pressure medium valve in an internal combustion engine, especially a large diesel engine or gas engine, whereby the valve is opened under positive guidance for instance under the in... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5570663 | Valve rotator With vertical movement of a valve in an engine, a suspending member which suspends from a retainer engaged in the valve goes up and down with respect to a standing member on a cylinder head. A projection provided on the suspending member slides on incline... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5249773 | Fluid flow regulating valve The stem of a needle valve for regulating fluid flow is threaded into the valve housing. A reversible electric motor, whose shaft engages the stem coaxially, rotates the stem and causes it to move the plug on the end of the stem into and out of a fluid fl... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5195719 | Butterfly valves with actuators carried on valve plate A butterfly valve (30) in which an actuator (38) is secured to the plate (36). The actuator (38) is carried with the plate (36) when the latter moves. The plate (36) may be revolvable and translatable relative to the shaft (42). The actuator (38) may be u... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4770392 | Shut-off device for pipes For a shut-off device comprising a tubular housing to be built into a pipe and a rotary valve for which a driving shaft penetrating the housing and a seat in the housing are provided, a ring wheel (4) with movable bearings (9) being disposed on the drivin... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4568499 | Carburetor with self seating needle valve A carburetor comprising a fuel/air induction passage, a secondary orifice communicating with the induction passage, and a fuel supply system operable to supply fuel from a source of fuel to the secondary orifice, the fuel supply system including a wall de... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4058237 | Portable self-protective device The present invention relates to a device for protecting a person from attack from an assailant wherein the device is worn on the person in such manner that it is always available for instant operation for defense without the necessity reaching into a poc... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3988001 | Variable flow control valve for use with dental syringes and the like A valve for dental syringes and the like has its actuator provided with a cam. When the actuator is moved axially it engages a valve seal member and rocks the member on the valve seat so that initially only a portion of the valve about the periphery of th... | 10/26/1976 |
