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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344569 | Closed position maintainable selector valve, knee torque device using the valve, and artificial leg A selector valve capable of maintaining a closed position for a while even if an operating force to a valve element (80) is eliminated when the selector valve (10) is switched from a closed position (braking state) to an open position. The valve elemen... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7143997 | Plug assembly for a faucet to automatically stop water flow A plug assembly for a faucet includes a casing adapted for engagement with the faucet, a cylinder securely received in the casing and having an isolator having a tapered through hole defined through the isolator and slits to communicate with the outlets of the cylin... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7073771 | Porous valve assembly A valve assembly for controlling the flow of a predetermined fluid, including a tube having an open end forming an outlet port, and wherein the tube is made of a material that is porous with respect to the predetermined fluid, an outer wall forming a fluid chamber c... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069941 | Electronic faucets for long-term operation An electronic faucet (10) mounted on a countertop (12) includes a housing, at least one fluid inlet line (24a, 24b) extending into the housing, a fluid outlet (46) from the housing, a solenoid (142, 143) for op... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6810909 | Solenoid operated pressure control valve A solenoid operated three port pressure control valve assembly of the exhaust pressure bleed type. The valve for the inlet pressure supply port includes a pressure responsive diaphragm with the supply port obturator attached. A bleed orifice in the diaphragm provide... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6739572 | Timing lock device for a faucet A timing lock device for a faucet includes a valve seat, a top cover, a locking washer, a relief rod, a locking valve shaft, and a compression spring. In use, the relief rod may be used to release the water pressure in the pressure storage chamber of the top cover. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6708725 | Valve, particularly solenoid valve The invention concerns a valve, particularly a solenoid valve, with an inlet connection and an outlet connection, having between them a shut-off device with a valve seat and a closure member. In such a valve, it is endeavoured to obtain a small output with a simple ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6666231 | Solenoid valve The invention relates to a solenoid valve with an inlet connection and an outlet connection, having between them a blocking device with a valve seat, a closure member and an armature, which influences a position of the closure member in relation to the va... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6357480 | Pressure control valve A valve of the present invention has housing and a piston member. The piston member is housed in the housing so that it moves between first and positions. The housing includes a piston chamber for guiding the piston member between first and second positio... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6296091 | Suspension control unit and control valve A suspension control unit as well as a control valve for such unit are provided which are incorporated in a computerized suspension system which automatically and continuously monitors and control's a vehicle's ride performance. The suspension control uni... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289919 | Pressure regulating valve with integral damping A valve (20B) is provided is provided for regulating the pressure differential between a high pressure side (16) and a low pressure side (18) of a fluid system component (14). The valve (20B) utilizes a damping washer (60) to restrict the flow of fluid fr... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6286533 | Metering valve assembly A metering valve assembly for use in sanitary applications and method of use is disclosed. The metering valve assembly has a relief valve hydraulically controlling a pilot valve covering a water supply inlet. The relief valve is controllably closed by a d... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6113012 | Rate shaped fuel injector with internal dual flow rate office A fuel injector nozzle assembly includes a nozzle body that defines a nozzle outlet. A needle valve member is positioned in the nozzle body and moveable between a first position in which the nozzle outlet is blocked and a second position in which the nozz... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5988533 | Magnetic valve controlled fuel injector In a magnetic valve controlled fuel injector for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine with a nozzle needle movably disposed in the injector housing and spring-biased onto a nozzle needle seat wherein high pressure fuel supplied to the nozzle needle... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5941267 | Electrically controlled flow regulator valve with transient dampening An electrically controlled flow regulator valve assembly having a diaphragm operated pressure regulator valve with a solenoid operated valve for by-passing the diaphragm to control flow to the regulator valving chamber. In one embodiment the regulator val... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5918627 | Safety valve A safety valve of the type that includes a sleeve (1) with a high pressure port (11) and a low pressure port (12); a valve seat (2) and a poppet (3), both slidably inserted in the sleeve and adapted to be brought together to provide a valve interface that... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5878965 | Internally wetted cartridge control valve for a fuel injector A control valve, preferably for use with a fuel injector, includes a valve body defining a solenoid cavity, an inlet passage, an outlet passage and a metering passage extending between the solenoid cavity and the outlet passage. A solenoid is mounted in t... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5868160 | Two-way insert valve A two-way insert valve having an insert assembly which can be installed in a receiving bore hole and having a valve cover for closing the receiving bore hole, the insert assembly consisting of two parts, has a bush with several radial passages and with an... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5791628 | Valve for a hydraulic brake system for motor vehicles An electromagnetically actuatable valve that reduces the locking force of the valve has a seat valve, which can be transferred to a closing position counter to the force of a prestressed restoring spring. A valve seat communicates with an inflow side, and... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5720315 | System for controlling flow through a process region A regulator for maintaining a constant partial vacuum in a region, such as in a piece of process equipment or a fume hood. The regulator includes a path, through which fluid passes from the region to the vacuum source, and a movably mounted piston. The pi... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5687760 | Flow regulator A regulator including a movably, preferably hingedly, mounted member having a distal face, exposed to a reference pressure, and a frontal face, exposed to fluid passing through the regulator. Attached to the member is a structure that variably impedes flu... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5597011 | Flow regulator A regulator including a movably, preferably hingedly, mounted member having a distal face, exposed to a reference pressure, and a frontal face, exposed to fluid passing through the regulator. Attached to the member is a structure that variably impedes flu... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5451030 | Metering valve A metering valve includes a valve body with an inlet passage and an outlet passage defined therein, and a movable stem member disposed between the inlet passage and outlet passage. An inner sleeve member is configured within the valve body and has an inne... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5348269 | Inline pneumatic/mechanical flow control valve system A timed watering system for lawns, gardens, and the like, utilizing a flow actuated timer valve. The system is configured to provide a reliable and cost effective, easily implemented system for automatically dispensing a pre-determined amount of water on ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5203376 | Self-shutting egress valve A self-shutting egress valve comprises a hollow valve body having an annular valve seat provided in a lower portion thereof, a valve piston movably positioned within the valve body and having an escape valve provided on an upper portion thereof, and a pus... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4981160 | Structure of water tap with improved flow rate control mechanism A water tap, which comprises a housing having an outer cap mounted on its water supply outlet to secure therein a water intake cap, a control shaft, a control bolt and a ring-shaped element. The control shaft comprises an upper circular groove with a stop... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4940206 | Faucet A faucet of which the displacement of the valve cock is controlled through pressure equilibrium effect, which includes a draw-off tap assembly comprised of a casing, a valve cotter, a valve cock, a sealing plug, wherein said valve cock is mounted on said ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4784368 | Self-closing valve for sanitary installations A self-closing valve assembly for sanitary installations is disclosed. The valve assembly includes upper and lower valve housings which define a metering chamber that is normally filled with a metering fluid. A metering means, shiftably mounted in the low... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4682531 | Apparatus and method for regulating the rate of change of flow of a fluidized medium A control valve for limiting the flow rate of a fluidized medium to a hydraulic motor during start up of the motor so as not to induce loads which exceed predetermined torque limits of apparatus driven by the motor. The control valve includes a poppet whi... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4651907 | Method and apparatus for dispensing a fluid using a fluid-operated timer A preferred cleaning system (10) is disclosed which includes a hydraulic timer valve (22) which is in fluid communication with a cleaning chemical dispenser (14) and a water supply (12). The hydraulic timer valve (22) preferably includes a bearing arrange... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4648559 | Electromagnetically actuatable fluid valve A duty-cycle type electromagnetic injector assembly has a valve and cooperating valve seat with the valve being positioned away from or against the valve seat depending upon whether an associated electrical coil is energized; a housing generally contains ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4646976 | Magnetic valve, in particular a fuel quantity control valve A magnetic valve, in particular a fuel metering valve for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, is proposed which serves to measure the injection quantity and control the instant of injection. In a valve housing, the magnetic valve has an... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4570899 | Adjustable slow closing valve assembly An adjustable slow closing valve assembly includes a valve body having a bore to receive a valve cartridge with inlet and outlet ports communicating with the bore, the valve cartridge having a tubular retainer providing means defining a valve seat and mea... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4520992 | Slow-closing valve mechanism A slow-closing valve mechanism for controlling metered flow of water for a predetermined time interval from a main inlet to a main outlet in which a timing chamber is provided with a valve seat at one end and an inwardly adjacent main flow inlet and a ble... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4287954 | Subsurface safety valve A subsurface safety valve having a flapper-like pivoting closure element that is moved to and from the open and closed positions by a reciprocating operator assembly. When moved to the open position, the closure element is pivoted out of the flow path to ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4223693 | Counterbalance valve A counterbalance valve assembly for use in a hydraulic system of the type including a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering a load provides gradual and continuous exhaustion of hydraulic fluid from the cylinder to facilitate smooth lowering of the l... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4202526 | Valve The valve having a casing with an inflow and outflow connection which can be separated from or connected to one another by means of a movable valve member which can be brought to bear against a valve seat, the movable valve member being provided with a da... | 05/13/1980 |
