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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303180 | Valve actuator with split thrust bearing A valve actuator includes a body having at least a first side and an interior. A rotatable, threaded drive screw extends into the body and projects out of the body first and second sides. The drive screw comprises an insertion portion and a distal end portion. A tra... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7278446 | Mixing faucet A mixing faucet includes a body part (2), where a rotatable swivel tap (4) is mounted on said body part, and where a rotatable valve spindle (6) is mounted in said body part for an adjustment of the feeding of cold and hot water, respectively. T... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7219468 | Automatic watering device for hanging baskets and planter boxes An apparatus for automatically watering a plant in a container by regulating a flow of water to the container through flexible tubing. Upper and lower jaw members are interconnected by a horizontal pivot axis so that they develop a scissors action. A jaw area is for... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7104280 | Mixing faucet with a swivel tap A mixing faucet includes a body part (2), where a rotatable swivel tap (4) is mounted on said body part and a rotatable valve spindle (6) is mounted in said body part for an adjustment of the feeding of cold and hot water, respectively. The rota... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6997041 | Dual slide gate valve and method for using same A method and device for pressure testing a pipe line is provided wherein a fitting is inserted into the pipeline by inserting male ends of the pipeline into female ends of the fitting to define a flow path through the fitting extending along a longitudinal axis. The... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6957657 | Safety valve, in particular for cooking plate gas and related mounting method The invention concerns a safety gas valve (1) provided with a safety closure (23) and an operating lever (12) for the closure. The lever (12) is mounted mobile in rotation about an axis L in a cavity (34) circulating the gas and co... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6705369 | Deformable valve extension support with retention flanges A single piece valve extension support for vehicles with dualled tires and wheels using inflation valve extensions on the inner wheel. The valve extension support, made from a compressible elastomeric foam material, has an orifice through which the valve extension c... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6439538 | Pressure variable valve apparatus and set pressure detecting apparatus of the valve apparatus A pressure variable valve apparatus includes a mover constituted to be embedded in the body and movable linearly in B direction in a main body to change pressure for releasing closure of a valve flow path by a valve element, a fixed magnetic marker provid... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6391019 | Valve apparatus and valve system using thereof A valve apparatus of a valve system includes a long-sized elastic member a base end portion of which is fixed and a front end portion of which is brought into contact with a valve element and a movable member capable of moving in B1 and B2 directions actu... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6220266 | Plumbing installation A faucet assembly including dual handles whose position indicates, both tactilely and visually, the volume and exit temperature of the water flowing from hot and cold water valves to a faucet outlet. Such indication is achieved by the mounting and control... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6047089 | Image compression and expansion device The image compression and expansion device comprises a DCT processing unit in which original image data is subjected to a two-dimensional discrete cosine transformation to obtain DCT coefficients, a quantization process unit in which original image data i... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6021811 | Plumbing installation A faucet assembly including dual handles whose position indicates, both tactilely and visually, the volume and exit temperature of the water flowing from hot and cold water valves to a faucet outlet. Such indication is achieved by the mounting and control... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5411239 | Valve actuator A control valve having a pneumatic actuator and positioner to move the stem of a globe-type valve. The actuator has a spring-opposed piston that moves a chassis including a cam with an inclined plane. The inclination of the cam plane can be varied to prec... | 05/02/1995 |
| 4649767 | Trim linkage A mechanical proportioning trim execution device in the general configuration of a four-bar linkage including input and output levers coupled by a connecting link, with the input lever having its length determined by a movable pivot automatically adjusted... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4553731 | Fail-closed, tight seal gas safety valve system A fail-closed gas safety valve system for blast furnace stove operations employing two tight seal butterfly valves, one a gas shutoff valve and the other a gas regulating valve, which together operate to prevent the leakage of hazardous gas into a blast f... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4474357 | Valve control linkage A valve control linkage is disclosed which provides a variable rate of relative motion between a valve spool and a control lever. The relative rate of valve spool displacement with respect to the lever motion is lowest adjacent the neutral position of the... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4351362 | Rotary valve A rotary valve, and more particularly a rotary directional control valve having a rotatable valve member operable by a two-stage operating lever providing a relatively long lever arm and an intermediate shorter lever arm. Solenoid-actuated actuator member... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4327894 | Linearized controlled valves Servo control of a butterfly valve or the like, in which fluid flow is inherently non-linearly related to angular orientations of a vane or plug member, is effected through a function-generator mechanism interposed to render the system transfer function s... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4280679 | Dually-operated tank car bottom unloading valve A tank car bottom unloading valve that meets A.A.R. specifications which can be dually-operated either from above or below the tank, wherein the valve is retained in a heavy, longitudinally sloped mounting flange by a segmented ring which does not interfe... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4007911 | Packingless gate valve and actuator assemblies A packingless gate valve actuator assembly having a stepped through passage defined by respective half housings formed with passages of different diameter and respective bolt connector flanges disposed in face to face relation with spacer strips interpose... | 02/15/1977 |
