Bizarre Patents
Process For Propelling Foodstuffs or the Like into a Crowd
A method of launching foodstuffs into a crowd for promotional and entertainment purposes.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7905467 | Dual position pilot operated valve assembly A dual position pilot operated valve assembly having a main piston, with a valve member, reciprocable within a valve body, wherein the valve body is adapted for sealingly mating with a valve seat and passage located intermediate the valve body inlet and outlet ports... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7677527 | Dual position pilot operated valve assembly A dual position pilot operated valve assembly having a main piston, with a valve member, reciprocable within a valve body, wherein the valve body is adapted for sealingly mating with a valve seat and passage located intermediate the valve body inlet and outlet ports... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7600737 | Cutback poppet valve A valve includes a valve body and a free floating poppet. The valve body includes an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid flow passage therebetween. The free floating poppet is disposed in the valve body, and is moveable between at least a closed position, in which the fre... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7384022 | Seal arrangement for a piston valve A sliding seal arrangement in particular for a valve having an anodised aluminium coating in contact with the seal. The coating is produced so that inclusions in the surface of the coating are substantially aligned. The direction of motion of the sliding seal in use... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7357367 | Embedded high temperature valve A high temperature valve for controlling gas flow includes an outer vessel, a valve housing, and a valve element. The valve housing is disposed at least partially within, and is at least partially surrounded by, a propellant gas flow passageway that is formed in the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7325563 | Electromagnetic valve An electromagnetic valve generally has a housing, a valve element, an electromagnetic driving portion and a filter. The housing forms a fluid flow passage therein. The valve element is installed in the housing to control a flow of a fluid through the fluid flow pass... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325781 | Automatic bathroom flushers with modular design A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7232106 | Tilted and stepped diaphragm for control valves A diaphragm operated valve having the diaphragm attached at its lower end to a valve closure plug, and movable therewith, and attached at its upper end to a portion of valve body that forms the pressure cavity. The diaphragm has a stepped portion between its upper a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7188822 | Enclosures for automatic bathroom flushers A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174577 | Automatic proximity faucet A hands-free faucet includes a sensing plate, a capacitor-based sensor circuit, a non-conductive valve housing, a non-conductive seating ring, and a conductive connector. Preferably, the capacitor-based sensor circuit is electrically connected to said sensing plate.... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7156363 | Bathroom flushers with novel sensors and controllers A bathroom flusher (10) includes a body having an inlet (12) in communication with a supply line and an outlet (16) in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140391 | Multiway valve A multiway valve contains a housing having several inlets and outlets and a chamber. Several seats are provided and each is respectively associated with one inlet or one outlet. A closure element is provided which can move between the seats and at least one actuator... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124774 | Control valve A control valve for regulating flow of fluids passing through the valve. The control valve includes a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passageway through which the fluid passes from the inlet to the outlet. The control valve also includes a displaceable column pr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121522 | Device for the regulation of flow applied to flow valves working under pressure differential A device for regulating flow comprises a main valve operating under differential pressure wherein the main valve has a main flow inlet and a main flow outlet. The main flow inlet is equipped with a valve seat over which a main shutter is adjusted in a perpendicular ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118086 | Pinch valve with inlet and outlet ports A pinch valve includes a body with a passageway extending therethrough, a flexible sleeve mounted within the body and surrounding the passageway, and a cavity between the sleeve and the body. An inlet opening provides control fluid flow into the cavity, while an out... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7083156 | Automatic proximity faucet with override control system and method A hands-free device includes a sensor, a motor, a pilot valve, a gear train, an arm, and, an override control. The pilot motor opens the pilot valve when an activation signal is received from the sensor. The arm is coupled to the gear train, and the override control... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048261 | Liquids dumping device A process and apparatus for periodically dumping liquids in an installation, in which liquids are recycled or otherwise accumulate dissolved and/or suspended contaminants, which process and apparatus makes use of a container for a liquid which is alternately filled ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6974114 | Double valve flusher A double valve flusher includes a body, a separating plate, an upper and a lower valve base, a movable valve, a film valve, a fixing member, and an electromagnet. An upper leak room is formed between the film valve and the upper valve base. A leak room is formed bet... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966536 | Flush valve device of flush toilet A flush valve device 20 of a flush toilet includes a flush valve body 22 connected to a city water source and an operation unit 50. The operation unit 50 has an operation button 63 and a flexible inner cable 71, which is par... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6962318 | Pulsed input shutoff valve Methods and devices for shutting off flow in fluid lines by an automated remote sensor signal, when leakage is detected, are disclosed. A shutoff valve has an inlet for connection to the upstream end of the pressurized fluid line, an outlet for connection to the dow... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955334 | Reduced-energy-consumption actuator A valve system (10) includes a piezoelectric transducer (44) mounted on its housing (16). To change the valve's state, a microcontroller (54) causes a valve driver (58) to drive current through the actuator's coil (12) at a ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955331 | Axial valve An axial valve has a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a valve seat between the inlet and the outlet, and a valve element cooperating with the valve seat, and is controlled by a pilot valve arranged between the inlet and the outlet, with the valve element being moveable... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6916002 | Structural improvement of membrane valve The membrane valve body includes at least two layers of chambers which is configured in the valve body, and at the interior of each said chamber a duct is mounted, out of which covered with the bigger air coupling. A membrane is arranged to separate the chamber from... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6908277 | Speed governor for a pneumatic rotation motor A speed governor for a pneumatic rotation motor having a pressure air inlet passage (15, 15′), an inlet valve (16; 56) including a flow controlling valve element (18; 58) located in the inlet passage (15, 15′), and a speed responsive ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6830229 | Two-stage valve suitable as high-flow high-pressure microvalve A two-stage valve for controlling the flow of fluid from a pressurized fluid supply with an upper main body including a cavity with a contoured inner surface; a lower main body with at least one flow exhaust passage forming a primary flow path through the two-stage ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6805328 | Shut-off valve apparatus A shut-off valve apparatus has a valve body and a valve member coupled to the valve body. The valve member is movable between a first position blocking material flow through the valve body and a second position permitting material flow through the valve body. A pneu... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6736093 | Device for controlling at least one gas-changing of an internal combustion engine A device for controlling at least one gas-changing valve (10) of an internal combustion engine includes a valve adjuster (20) with an adjusting piston (16) limiting two pressure chamber (17, 18). The lower pressure chamber (18) is ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6666277 | Low pressure pneumatic and gate actuator A pneumatic actuator having AND gate logic characteristics is disclosed. The actuator has three chambers each divided into two chamber portions by respective flexible diaphragms. One of the diaphragms acts as a valve closing member and controls the flow o... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6644351 | Booster pilot valve A booster pilot valve operable at ultra low power levels is provided. The booster valve includes a moveable spool capable of directing a fluid flow to at least two different paths. The booster valve may be coupled to a piezotronic three-way valve, which c... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6612536 | Remote shut-off valve This invention relates to a remote shut-off valve, and in particular to a valve for the remote shutting-off of a fluid such as a main water supply. The remote shut-off valve comprises a diaphragm valve and a pilot valve which are connected together by way... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6575186 | Multiple speed slit valve controller Described is a system designed to control the slit valve used to isolate chambers in cluster tools used in integrated circuit (IC) fabrication. This method changes the slit valve door actuator pneumatic pressure and movement during the closing sequence. A... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6557820 | Two-stage valve suitable as high-flow high-pressure microvalve A two-stage valve for controlling the flow of gas from a pressurized gas supply with an upper main body including a cavity; a lower main body with at least one flow exhaust passage forming a primary flow path through the two-stage valve; a pre-stressed di... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6536533 | Low pressure actuator for dry sprinkler system Embodiments of a low-pressure actuator, for use in a dry, low-pressure, pressurized gas, liquid fire control and suppression sprinkler system, with a pneumatic/electric double interlock mechanism, which requires that two separate events, such as dischargi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6520157 | High-pressure injector with reduced leakage The invention relates to an injector for an injection system for injecting highly pressurized fuel into the combustion chambers of internal combustion engines. An inlet from the high-pressure accumulation chamber feeds into a control chamber that can be c... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6427967 | Valve, unit, assembly and system The invention relates to a valve incorporating a flexible diaphragm, and improves upon known diaphragm valves to permit the use of a diaphragm-controlled valve in systems for which such valves were not previously suitable or utilized. There is provided a ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6349686 | Hydraulically-driven valve and hydraulic system using same In a hydraulically actuated gas exchange valve, the initiation and termination of gas exchange is achieved with a hydraulically driven valve that functions by opening an actuation fluid passage to a high pressure inlet source and a low pressure drain, res... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6244561 | Modulating expansion valve An improved modulating expansion valve includes a housing having a high pressure side, a low pressure side and a piston reciprocally mounted in a portion positioned centrally therebetween. A manifold is sealingly mounted above the piston, and a high press... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6227247 | Position driven hot gas proportional thruster valve A thruster valve has a continuously positionable piston between a closed position and a maximum open position. The piston moves in response to the difference in pressure between the pressure in the intermediate annulus and the pressure behind the piston. ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6029693 | Valve driving apparatus A valve driving apparatus for actuating a shutoff valve or a dump valve provided in a pipeline for conveying a gaseous or liquid substance. The valve driving apparatus is constructed by disposing a gas/oil type booster and a hydraulic pump between a gas p... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024114 | Solenoid pilot operated air activated piston driven double seat accumulator drain valve A drain valve has an inlet (36) for liquids and small solids, an accumulation chamber (37) and an outlet (17). The outlet has a seal (13) which is connected to an air-activated piston (12). The piston is in turn connected to a positive air pressure inlet ... | 02/15/2000 |
