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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364132 | Sanitary diaphragm valve A sanitary diaphragm valve is provided that includes a generally dome shaped diaphragm having a central boss that can be connected to or driven by a valve actuator. The diaphragm includes an outer peripheral edge and a relatively thin web portion that connects the b... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7270310 | Electromagnetic valve and vapor fuel treating system applying the same A first connecting pipe of an electromagnetic valve connects with the fuel tank, and a second connecting pipe connects with a canister. A spring urges a moving core and a first valve body in a closing direction of a electromagnetic valve. A shaft of the first valve ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7140590 | Pinch valve element for plumbing fixture flush valve The present invention discloses a pinch valve for replacing a diaphragm valve in a plumbing fixture. The plumbing fixture includes an inlet chamber defining a fluid inlet and in fluid communication with an inside chamber defining a fluid outlet. The pinch valve incl... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7059578 | Diaphragm and hydraulically-operated valve using same The present invention relates to fluid control valves. The invention provides an improved diaphragm useful for a large hydraulically-operated valve or pressure regulating valve of the type used in pipelines to transport water, oil, gas, acids, alkalis and other flui... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048003 | Polyvalve A flow control and pressure reducing valve having a polygonic valve body with an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber partitioned by a partition plate. A plurality of passages are formed through receptacles around the partition plate, with the inlet portion opening i... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028704 | Fill valve A fill valve assembly for a water tank such as a toilet tank. The fill valve assembly includes a head portion containing a valve mounted on top of a vertical water outlet tube and a float which moves vertically along the outlet tube to control the opening and closin... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028975 | Flush valve structure A flush valve structure to control flush water through a pressure difference mainly includes a case, a solenoid assembly, an upper intermediate board, a lower intermediate board and a main water ball. The upper intermediate board has a small water pressure release h... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017611 | One-piece manifold for a reverse osmosis system A one-piece manifold for a reverse osmosis system includes a filter configured to receive water from a water port and a membrane configured to receive filtered water via a first conduit. The membrane is also configured to send permeate water to a reverse osmosis tan... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000889 | 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... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6978798 | Gas flow control An approach for gas flow control is achieved with an arrangement involving a sealed housing with relatively few components. According to an example embodiment, a gas flow controller comprises a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and an auxiliary chamber including a partition ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959904 | Solenoid valve device of the bistable type, particularly for controlling the supply of water to a washing machine The device comprises: a solenoid valve of the bistable type controlled by means of an operating winding; a control circuit coupled for operation to a power supply source and capable of supplying to the operating winding of the solenoid valve a first and a second cur... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6932317 | Low power DC solenoid valve The present invention comprises a diaphragm type solenoid fluid valve assembly of the class used in the on/off control of pressurized fluid flow. The valve assembly has a housing, a solenoid, and a magnetized cylindrical armature engagingly coupled to the solenoid a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6877714 | Flow control valve having differently configured labyrinths to select closing speed A flow control valve having a valve member engageable with a valve seat. The valve opens when the valve member disengages the valve seat as fluid pressure is bled from a pressure chamber on one side of the valve member. The valve closes after the pressure bleed ends... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6796515 | One touch actuated valve A one touch valve for activating fluid flow between an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit is disclosed. The valve has a flow cylinder defining an inflow chamber in fluid communication with the inlet conduit and an outflow chamber in fluid communication with the out... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6748970 | Pilot operated water conservation valve and actuator A fluid diaphragm valve and interconnected pilot valve apparatus for control flow of fluid discharge from a pressurized fluid distribution system. The apparatus has a primary valve with an inlet adapted to receive fluid under pressure, and an outlet adapted to disch... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6691937 | One touch actuated valve A one touch valve for activating fluid flow between an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit is disclosed. The valve has a flow cylinder defining an inflow chamber in fluid communication with the inlet conduit and an outflow chamber in fluid communication w... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6659373 | One touch actuated valve A one touch valve for activating fluid flow between an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit is disclosed. The valve has a flow cylinder defining an inflow chamber in fluid communication with the inlet conduit and an outflow chamber in fluid communication w... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6616119 | Bypass orifice and filter for diaphragm type flush valve A diaphragm type of flush valve includes a body with an inlet and an outlet. There is a filter chamber in the diaphragm upstream of the bypass orifice, which chamber extends downwardly below the diaphragm. Water within the filter chamber is quiescent and ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6298872 | Pilot operated water conservation valve actuator A fluid diaphragm valve and interconnected pilot valve apparatus for control flow of fluid discharge from a pressurized fluid distribution system. The apparatus has a primary valve with an inlet adapted to receive fluid under pressure, and an outlet adapt... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6290203 | Pilot operated valve assembly A pilot operated valve assembly having a pressure responsive valve member for opening and closing a main valve, the pilot valve actuator permits a very small operating force and a short actuation travel which is less than the stroke of the main valve memb... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6254057 | Valve control system A fluid control valve has a valve member which, on closing creates a stagnation zone between the valve member and a surface within the valve. In the stagnation zone fluid pressure is greater than it is in an adjacent constriction zone. This causes the val... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6123315 | Apparatus and method for reducing water use A fluid diaphram valve and interconnected pilot valve apparatus for control flow of fluid discharge from a pressurized fluid distribution system. The apparatus has a primary valve with an inlet adapted to receive fluid under pressure, and an outlet adapte... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6105926 | Diaphragm assembly disc A diaphragm type flush valve for use with toilet devices such as urinals and water closets includes a body having an inlet and an outlet, a valve seat between the inlet and outlet, and a valve movable to a closing position on the valve seat to stop the fl... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6076798 | Fluid actuating valve The present invention relates to a fluid actuating valve, wherein the valve body (1) comprises a longitudinal tubular body (11) and a transversal cylinder body (12), the longitudinal tubular body (11) defines a longitudinal fluid passage (113), and the tr... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6015133 | Fuel vapor managment valve An electrically controlled vacuum operated fuel vapor canister purge valve having a regulator valve subassembly with a vacuum signal chamber on one side of a pressure responsive power diaphragm which moves a regulator valve obturator for controlling flow ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6000674 | Reliable flush valve A flush valve includes: a valve body having a diaphragm valve flexibly formed in the valve body communicated with an inlet pipe for supplying inlet water and an outlet pipe connected to a toilet, a urinal or a sprinkler system, a filter and a magnet mount... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5954080 | Gated proportional flow control valve with low flow control A gated proportional control valve is disclosed which allows both high-flow proportional dispensing and precision low flow. The design includes one or more controlled diameter and controlled-shape orifices in the control path, which, when both of the gate... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5915665 | Latching solenoid valve A pilot valve is operated by a solenoid formed by a coil wound around a non-magnetic spool that has a bore. A rare earth permanent magnet is inside the bore adjacent one end and abuts a flux concentrator farther inside the bore. A plunger is slidably loca... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5904334 | Quiet high flow control valve A dispensing valve for dispensing a liquid including a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, an armature positioned in the housing, the armature being reciprocal between an open and closed position, a sealing disk fixedly secured to a sea... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5899434 | Flow rate control valve A flow rate control valve has a first housing portion with separated admission and discharge chambers and a first seat, a second housing portion with a main chamber and auxiliary chambers, a valve member movable between a closed position of the valve and ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5887848 | Flush valve bypass and filter A diaphragm type of flush valve for use with toilet devices such as urinals and water closets includes a body with an inlet and an outlet and there is a valve seat therebetween and a valve member movable to a closing position on the valve seat. The valve ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5758863 | Valve controlled by fluid A permanent magnet actuated pilot operated valve having a central permanent magnet disposed within an annular axially polarized magnet. The annular magnet is attached to a pressure responsive membrane moveably responsive to a fluid pressure control signal... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5738332 | Flow valve operated by flow transfer means which regulate small flows of control A flow valve operating by pressure differentials and by flow transfer means which regulate small flows of control. This valve is sensitive to small changes of pressure and resistant to great working pressures, having few components of a simple design. The... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5738138 | Reduced water hammer control valve A control valve assembly for selectively controlling a flow of fluid through a fluid flow system is disclosed including a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a valve seat positioned about the fluid outlet and a sealing diaphragm for coo... | 04/14/1998 |
