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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7389794 | Quick coupling having pressure relief device for multiple pressurized lines In order to create a quick coupling for connecting at least two pressurised lines to a first coupling part that is connectable to a second coupling part so as to be pressure-proof, which quick coupling in a simple manner makes possible easy coupling while avoiding t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7311882 | Capillary interconnect device A manifold for connecting external capillaries to the inlet and/or outlet ports of a microfluidic device for high pressure applications is provided. The fluid connector for coupling at least one fluid conduit to a corresponding port of a substrate that includes: (i)... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7229102 | Fluid coolant union A coolant union includes a seal assembly having a first seal member and a non-rotating second seal member. At least one of the annular sealing surfaces presented by the rotating seal member and the non-rotating seal member is chamfered such that the chamfered sealin... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7083200 | Fluid rotary union A fluid rotary union (FRU) includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a plurality of spaced longitudinally directed bores of different lengths, each of which terminate at an associated radially directed bore communicating the longitudinal... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7021672 | Irrigation coupling apparatus and method In a fluid system such as irrigation system, fluid conduit attachment is facilitated through the use of a coupling. The coupling may have a body with a first end attached to a component such as an irrigation component, and a second end designed to receive an end of ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6929099 | Rotary feed-through A rotary feed-through, which contains a hollow shaft, which is supported in a first housing part so that it can rotate, with a first sealing surface and a sealing bushing, which is arranged rotationally fixed within a second housing part and which is coaxial with th... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6869106 | Block manifold for heat exchanger battery fan coils A block body (11) has a fitting (12) with a fluid pipe for connection to a heat exchanger battery, two three or more branches (13) for connection to the pipes of the heat exchanger battery and an intermediate distribution chamber (14) to ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6862983 | Dual high pressure rotary union for mechanical power press A fluid delivery system supplies two or more fluids to a rotatable shaft integrated within a device such as a mechanical press and develops damped clearance spaces at the bearing surfaces of the fluid coupling device. In one arrangement, a rotary union is adapted fo... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6860516 | Channel tube coupling structure for anti-pollution type endoscope A channel tube coupling structure for an anti-pollution type endoscope which can easily and smoothly couple a multi-lumen type channel tube extending from a base end of an outer sheath with tubes on a side of the endoscope and separate the multi-lumen type channel t... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6835310 | Device for coupling together a tube and a filter housing The invention relates to a device for using various types of coupling system to connect together a tube (2) and a filter housing (3). According to the invention, the device comprises: a head plate (21) independ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6555750 | Electrical cable connector By providing two integrated components, an outer housing and an inner sleeve member, with the inner sleeve member being securely mounted to the outer housing in a manner which prevents its separation from the housing, an efficient, easily manufactured and... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6550815 | Coaxial quick connector A quick connect body having first, second and third ports carries an insert extending from the first port to the third port and forming first and second flow paths through the body from the first and second ports, respectively, to concentrically mounted c... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6481756 | Coupling assembly A coupling assembly for use in connecting fluid lines having a unitary female body and a male coupling portion. The female body includes at least two passageways having frangible diaphragms. The male coupling portion includes at least two male coupling ha... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6454583 | Pneumatic distributors having a common pneumatic-electrical connector base A Modular assembly or islet for pneumatic distribution which comprises a number of modules or blocks each consisting of a slice and each incorporating pneumatic connectors and electrical connectors. Two pneumatic distributors are mounted at 90° to one an... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443179 | Packaging of electro-microfluidic devices A new architecture for packaging surface micromachined electro-microfluidic devices is presented. This architecture relies on two scales of packaging to bring fluid to the device scale (picoliters) from the macro-scale (microliters). The architecture emul... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6435565 | Clamp for closely spaced pipes A band clamp is provided making a joint in each of two pairs of closely spaced pipes wherein the pipes in each pair are aligned with each other. The clamp has a single closed loop clamp band for connecting adjoining ends of the first pair to make a sealed... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415822 | Modular chemical delivery blocks A modular chemical delivery block is presented. In an embodiment, the modular chemical delivery block is a top-accessible modular block. A top-accessible modular block is one that may be coupled to or decoupled from an adjacent modular block using access ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6406065 | Rotary joint for alternating media The present invention relates to a rotary joint for alternating passage of a lubricating medium and a non-lubricating medium from a stationary (3) to a rotating machine part (1), having a first seal (7) in the form of two flat, substantially circular ring... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6328344 | Pipe fitting with improved fitting checker A pipe fitting includes a slider disposed in an insertion hole of a main body so as to be axially moved and includes a pressed portion which a falling-off preventing flange of a pipe abuts so that the slider is pressed axially when the pipe is inserted in... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6129295 | Device in spray guns provided with hoses A spray gun (1) includes a head (2) having an element (5) for connecting a liquid hose (7) as well as a handle member (3) having a member (6) for connecting a compressed air hose (8). The liquid hose (7) is, along the major part of the length thereof, dra... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6112545 | Single pipe closed loop reverse flow cooling and dehumidification system Multiple coil fittings are connected in series to a closed loop single pipe circuit. Each coil fitting provides a paralleled chilled water flow to a fan coil servicing an enclosure. The coil fitting has a housing enclosing a first tubing for directing chi... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6007107 | Fluid coupling for matching delivery and supply lines irrespective of the relative rotational positions of the coupling members A quick-connect coupling for interconnecting only matching fluid delivery and supply lines while preventing the inadvertent connection of mismatched lines where there are matched and mismatched delivery and supply lines. The coupling includes first and se... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5687993 | Dual containment system for transferring sterile fluids to and from a container A dual containment system is taught for adding sterile or caustic chemical, pharmaceutical, and biological fluids to and withdrawing them from a container. Included is a dual containment enabling fitting having a set of small diameter barbs at each end of... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5683118 | Kinematic coupling fluid couplings and method A novel flexural kinematic fluid or electrical coupling in which a pair of components is deterministically kinematically coupled with repeatable accuracy of positioning with respect to one another by the use of three spherical surfaces on one component, a... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5564753 | Cryogenic fluid manifold A double walled manifold assembly for a cryogenic fluid, such as liquid oxygen, is assembled as alternating bellows portions and tee portions. The inner bellows portions have a greater axial length than the outer bellows portions to enable welding of an i... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5505496 | Automatic pipeline switching device In an automatic pipeline switching device, first connecting joints of a plurality of material receiving pipes are arranged in one line in an X-axis direction, and second connecting joints of a plurality of material feeding pipes are held at a standby regi... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5474351 | Service manifold for tank blanketing and venting valves A manifold with provisions for blanket gas entry, vapor exhaust, and sensing port(s) for mounting on a single nozzle on the tank comprising a special tee and a flow pipe with connections on the tee to suit the mating equipment (flanges, thread, or a combi... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5201552 | Twin hose coupling A device for simultaneously coupling two pipes with two hoses has a discrete tubular connector for each hose, and each connector has flexible arms with pallets which can engage external retainers on the pipes. The connectors are more or less permanently s... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4923222 | Casing sealing apparatus A sealing plate, divided into a first upper section and a second lower section, the sealing plate having a bore therethrough slightly larger than the diameter of the casing around the internal pipe. There is further provided a attachment members on the wa... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4893845 | Firewall heater line adapter A method for communicating two pressure confining conduits through a wall by means of an adapter that mounts two swivelable elbows that act as conduits and conduit junctions is shown. An automotive heater application is described wherein the disclosed met... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4718568 | Fuel filler member for vehicles A fuel filler member for vehicles is disposed between and fluidly connects a fuel filler inlet on the vehicle with the vehicle fuel tank. The fuel member includes a first corrugated filler pipe placing the inlet and tank in fluid communication, and a seco... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4708371 | Coupling for a fuel manifold A manifold is provided surrounding the casing of a combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine, and the manifold is mounted in spaced aligned segments with couplings between the segments. Each coupling includes a removable tube connector extending between... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4621634 | Anesthesia tubing connections Improved connectors are disclosed for a Bain anesthesiology circuit. At the end remote from the patient, positive connections are made to the anesthesiology gas supply tube. The construction of the fitting for the exhaust is such as to apply a crank actio... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4519636 | Seal for an underwater connector A seal for use in an underwater connector having first and second mating members each of which has a coacting mating surface with a plurality of fluid passageways for mating with the passageways of the other member. The seal is a resilient tubular member ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4475751 | Coupler A coupler comprising a female coupling member and a male coupling member adapted to be fitted therein for coupling air conduits of two systems, i.e., an air pressure supply system and a control system thereof, wherein the coupling members have openings of... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4444218 | Underwater fluid connector An underwater connector for interconnecting a plurality of fluid power and control lines for controlling and actuating underwater equipment. The connector includes one or more members adapted to be positioned underwater some each of which includes a verti... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4411454 | Underwater wellhead connector The invention pertains to apparatus for connecting to a wellhead structure. Lower and upper female bodies define first and second receptacles disposed generally in coaxially aligned, end-to-end, communicative relation. A male body is received in both rece... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4378123 | Seal means for underwater connectors Seal means for communicating, aligned passages in telescoping insert and socket parts of an underwater connector for hydraulic lines. A seal means carrier, interposed between the parts, has a passageway aligned with and connecting the mentioned passages. ... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4219223 | Underwater multiple hydraulic line connector A hub mounted on a wellhead has hydraulic control line openings around its outer periphery. A body containing control lines to be connected to the hub carries a plurality of dogs arranged within the body to annularly surround the hub. These dogs are camme... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4196088 | Connection member A connection of a tubular member with a flexible plastic container includes an aperture in the wall of the flexible plastic container. The tubular member is positioned adjacent the aperture, with the axis of the tubular member being generally parallel to ... | 04/01/1980 |
