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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6880804 | Valve sealing means A retrofit valve for primarily for use in conventional domestic, agricultural and commercial water taps. The valve has a seat (10) located in a passageway between a water inlet (11) and a water outlet (12). A spherical sealing member (13)... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6196523 | Stop valve A housing (2) has an upper portion engaged with a cylindrical stopper member (20) in screw-thread fitting so as to be able to vertically advance and retract the stopper member (20). The stopper member (20) has an outer thread (20a) engaged with a nut memb... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5407173 | Valve for gas burning torch A valve for controlling the flow of a gas in a gas burning torch comprises a housing having a flow passageway therethrough, a valve seat in the passageway, and a valve stem carrying a ball valve element for engaging and disengaging the valve seat to respe... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5351936 | Fluid controller A fluid controller comprising a valve element and a valve stem rotatably attached at its lower end to the upper end of the valve element, the valve element being movable upward or downward by rotating the valve stem to move the valve stem upward or downwa... | 10/04/1994 |
| 4955581 | Bellows sealed plug valve A bellows sealed plug valve includes a valve body having an inlet passage and an outlet passage, a valve chamber between the inlet and outlet passages. A valve plug has substantially the same shape as the valve chamber and is rotatably disposed therein. A... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4934403 | Readily inspectable and cleanable emergency valve for storage tank An emergency valve assembly for a tank adapted to contain liquid such as for instance hazardous material, with the valve assembly including a valve head for closing the discharge port from the tank in an operative closed position of the valve head, and wi... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4928919 | Stop valve There are provided coned disc springs and an intermediate transmission member in order between a thrust threaded member for generating the valve closing thrust and a valve body, and the intermediate transmission member is adapted to be urged by means of t... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4915348 | Exhaust valve for blood pressure measuring apparatus An exhaust valve (10), particularly for a blood pressure measuring apparatus, comprising a valve seat (31) disposed along the course of an outlet channel in a valve housing (11) and oriented toward the pressure side of the valve. A valve body (25) having ... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4773442 | Globe valve having a dismountable seat for rapid maintenance A globe valve comprising: a control rod (70) which is movable in translation along a valve axis (XX'), handle means (90) for controlling movements of said rod in translation, a disk (74) fixed to one end of said rod; a body (12) having an inlet passage (1... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4759476 | Venting apparatus for liquid-filled systems The venting apparatus for liquid-filled systems permits accumulated air to automatically escape from the system. The venting apparatus comprises a bottom member with an internal bore containing a spring-loaded plunger movable to open and close an air vent... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4501289 | Fluid proportioning diverter valve A fluid proportioning diverter valve capable or selective flow control between 3 fluid ports incorporated inside an elongated valve housing is provided with a central differential diameter bore passing therethrough between the housing ends and adaptable o... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4423642 | Actuator An actuator has a driving piston disposed in a cylinder tube and is interlockable with a driving stem, the driving piston being normally biased resiliently downwardly, but when the driving piston is forced upwardly, it is retained against the resilient fo... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4234524 | Idle adjusting screw in carburetor A mixture adjusting screw in a carburetor for regulating the fuel efflux during engine idling is provided in which the end needle portion of the screw is located in the idle port of the carburetor and a spring is loaded around the rod portion of the screw... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4129284 | Metering valve A metering valve having a deflectible beam for controlling fluid flow through an inlet port wherein a selected orifice disc, which may be any one of a plurality of orifice discs having different size orifices, is disposed in aligned relationship with the ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4072163 | Tamperproof lock with shock absorber A tamperproof lock with shock absorber for a fire hydrant. A spring is mounted at one end on the fire hydrant housing. Power transmitting means are mounted on a threaded operating rod extending within the housing chamber. Hydraulic means operatively assoc... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4062375 | Tamper proof lock A tamperproof lock for a fire hydrant. A spring is mounted at one end on the fire hydrant housing. Power transmitting means are mounted on a threaded operating rod extending within the housing chamber. The power transmitting means transmit power to the th... | 12/13/1977 |
