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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5427145 | Connector with integral valve A connector is provided for mounting on an anesthetic vaporizer to connect the inlet of the vaporizer with a discharge port of a container of liquid anesthetic. The connector includes a first coupling attachable to the vaporizer and defining a first passa... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5417403 | Captured ring and threaded armature solenoid valve A solenoid valve is disclosed including a valve housing having a central bore and a valve seat, a valve element movable between an open position allowing fluid to pass through said valve seat and a closed position in sealing engagement with said valve sea... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5400825 | Rotary noise attenuator A rotary valve noise attenuator with a rotary ball control element and a noise attenuator member mounted in the ball having multiple, elongated, substantially enclosed channels formed across the valve opening to split the flow stream into several smaller ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5398724 | High speed electrically actuated gaseous fuel admission valve An electronic fuel admission system for use in an industrial engine or the like, having high speed electrically operated flow control valve assemblies for controlling fuel flow to the engine's cylinders via an air intake system is disclosed. The valve ass... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5398910 | Damper A damper including a motor, a reduction gear train rotatably coupled with the motor, reducing rotation of the motor and transmitting the reduced rotation of the motor to a baffle, a rack meshing with a last-stage gear of the reduction gear train and engag... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5393035 | Flow control valve A fluid control valve for an inline fluid control system comprising a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the housing having a rectangular shaped fluid passage for fluid to flow therethrough, the housing having a first cylindrical passage loc... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5390897 | Expansion valve for air conditioning system with proportional solenoid An expansion valve (10) for heat transfer systems such as an air conditioning system, includes a control element (20) for controlling the flow rate of working fluid through the valve. The control element has a stem member (28) and movable member (42) mova... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5390691 | Bleed valve for water supply for camping vehicle A bleed valve apparatus for the fresh water system of a camping vehicle. The apparatus is interposed between a garden hose and the female hose coupling of the plumbing system of the camping vehicle. The apparatus includes a housing which contains three en... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5390896 | Energy loss device In order to discipate energy from a high pressure fluid without causing damage and environmental nuisanse an energy loss device is used. This device includes energy loss paths including void areas arranged to draw energy from the high pressure fluid as it... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5388984 | Method of continuous modulation of a fluid flow rate by means of an electrically controlled sequential valve A method of continuously modulating a fluid flow rate by means of an electrically controlled sequential valve, consisting in reciprocating the electrically controlled valve provided in a passageway conveying the fluid towards an apparatus to be fed therew... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5388613 | Valve with pressure compensation A valve with pressure compensation via two valve bodies (9, 10), which are arranged on a connecting rod (11 ) in the same direction, and which come to lie on the corresponding valve seats (7, 8) in the closed position in the same direction via deforming z... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5383648 | Valve for controlling flow A pressure surface forming a boundary of a plenum has an orifice therein through which the flow is channeled. An elastomeric body having a surface with curvature different than that of the pressure surface is squeezed to varying degrees against the pressu... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5381998 | Cylinder gas valve The invention is to a safety valve for gas cylinders which includes a valve housing 11, a movable valve stem 11a within the valve housing for opening and closing the valve, a restrictor 15 in the valve stem through which gas is dispensed from the gas cyli... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5381818 | Shut-off valve and sealing ring A shut-off valve includes a housing defining a flow channel and a bore for receiving a rotary actuator, a valve member, and first and second seal rings. The first seal ring cooperates with the valve member to close and seal the flow channel. The second se... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5381999 | Device for adjusting a fuel injector electromagnetic metering valve The valve comprises a shutter for the drain conduit of the control chamber of the injector; and an electromagnet having a fixed core, and an armature controlling the shutter and which is normally pushed by a return spring for maintaining the drain conduit... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5379982 | Control valve A control valve comprises a valve body having a fluid channel and a valve seat; a valve operating part; a valve stem supporting member having its upper end fixed to the valve operating part and its lower end fixed to the valve body; a valve stem penetrati... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5375622 | Multiport valve including leakage control system, particularly for a thermal regenerative fume incinerator A multiport fluid flow control valve, particularly for use in a regenerative incinerator system for treating process emissions to remove volatile organic combustibles (VOCs). A valve housing has at least three main conduit connection openings. A butterfly... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5375813 | Soft seat valve A valve having a valve body, a valve plug and a deformable valve seat. A generally annular, wedge-shaped space is provided between a portion of the valve seat and a seat support in the valve body. Closing the valve brings the valve plug into single line c... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5375811 | Magnetic-latching valve A magnetic-latching of either of the selected operating positions of a two-position valve utilizes a generally toroidal magnetic circuit that is established by spaced inner and outer annular walls which are connected at their axial ends, with an inlet-por... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5374029 | Solenoid flow control valve and frictionless plunger assembly Solenoid flow control valve having a valve body with a chamber defined therein and first and second flow ports; a seat member located within the chamber and defining a mouth of the first flow port; a plunger longitudinally positionable between a first plu... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5372351 | Manual override system for rotary magnetically operated valve A manual override for a magnetically operated rotary valve (10) is provided. The valve includes a rotary member connected to an internal carrier (18) that carries a plurality of permanent magnets (20). A rotary drive carrier (22) also carries a plurality ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5370357 | Needle valve with deformable seal A needle valve including a deformable seal positioned between the distal end of the needle and a hard, mechanical seat between the needle and the valve housing. The deformable seal is able to seal around the movable needle but is protected from serious de... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5370358 | Device for restricting flow and reducing noise A device for restricting flow of fluids and reducing noise that minimizes filling losses and muffles the vent noise, for example, while gravity filling cryogenic cylinders from a storage tank. The filling loss reducer part of this device is comprised of v... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5368276 | Valve with truncated aperture providing enhanced rangeability and logarithmic flow characteristic A control valve well-suited for controlling the flow of particulate solids comprises a valve body having a flow passageway comprising inlet and outlet passages extending transversely to a slide chamber. A plug member having a flow orifice is mounted for m... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5368071 | Wash-basin faucet A wash-basin faucet includes a valve housing enclosed within a casing, a ceramic valve received in a cylindrical chamber of the valve housing, and an operating handle operated to control the ceramic valve in regulating hot/cold water flow rate, wherein th... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5364066 | Dual port valve with stepper motor actuator This refrigeration system expansion valve (10) includes a body (12) having an inlet (20) and an outlet (22) and a valve assembly (24) within the body (12). The valve assembly (24) includes a first port (28) communicating with the inlet (20) and a second, ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5364067 | Vehicular anti-lock brake system hydraulic control valve and method of making same A vehicle anti-lock brake system control unit having a control valve for a housing with a control valve bore therein. The control valve includes a sleeve with a moveable armature, and a coil surrounding the sleeve for moving the armature from a normally o... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5362027 | Flow regulating valve for magnetic particles A valve for regulating the flow of materials which are made up substantially of magnetic particles. The valve includes an outer housing and a core assembly secured within the housing to define an annular flow passage therebetween. The core assembly suppor... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5358215 | Encapsulated solenoid operated valve assembly A solenoid valve assembly comprising solenoid windings positioned around a central core and a movable valve element arranged on the axis of the windings, the windings being supported by a spindle having a boss adapted to be received in an opening formed i... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5358005 | Solenoid valve with dirt trap A solenoid valve in which an actuator is located above a valve seat and closure member. A valve stem which carries the closure member has a particle diverting collar thereon located above a valve stem guide in the valve housing. The valve housing has an a... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5358212 | Poppet valve having external adjustment for a flow restrictor A poppet valve has a flow restrictor downstream of the poppet which is externally adjustable by rotation of the poppet valve stem. The restrictor is in the form of a throttle ring threadedly mounted on a valve guide and the throttle ring has a diameter le... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5356112 | Electrically controlled valve having a totally leakproof valve plug The present invention relates to an electrically controlled leakproof valve having a fluid feed channel and at least one channel for delivering said fluid, rotary displacement of a distributor plug in said valve being under the control of an actuator. The... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5351935 | Motor-driven control valve device A pushing type motor-driven control valve device for opening and closing a valve by a reciprocating motion of a motor shaft driven by normally and reversely rotating a motor, said pushing type motor-driven control valve device comprises a valve shaft for ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5351717 | High differential pressure control valve A high differential pressure control valve having a plurality of stages of high resistance ports forming a high resistance passage and one or more low resistance ports forming a low resistance passage in a cage. The number of stages of low resistance port... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5350153 | Core design for electromagnetically actuated valve An improved electromagnetically actuated valve is disclosed. The improved valve design includes a layer of structurally stable, non-magnetic material, preferably Kapton or Chrome, disposed intermediate the core element and the electromagnetic element of t... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5349987 | Faucet with a movable extension nozzle A faucet includes a barrel received in the casing thereof and defining a water mixing chamber, a control switch received inside the barrel and moved by an operating lever to control hot/cold water flow rate, a socket fastened to the unitary bottom disk of... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5349986 | Valve mechanism for an acoustic modulator A valve mechanism for an acoustic modulator which modulates air flowing tugh the acoustic modulator. The valve mechanism comprises a pair of cylindrical shaped members with each member having a plurality of elongated ports. The first cylindrical shaped m... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5346176 | Solenoid valve A solenoid valve has a first engaging hole at a lower end of a valve housing and a second engaging hole in an inner side of a closure. The valve structure permits the first end of a seal pipe to be pressed into the first engaging hole at the lower end of ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345968 | Rotary magnetic valve for low noise low wear operation A rotary magnetic valve including a cylindrical housing having flow passages in both ends and a magnetically-responsive valve closure assembly rotatively mounted therein. The valve closure assembly includes an armature mounted to rotate about the longitud... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5346174 | Spring-biased valve assembly for a gear pump A gear pump includes a valve member adapted to engage a valve seat and close a control port and urged to an open position by a coil spring. In order to reduce cocking of the valve member relative to the valve seat when the valve member is closed, the end ... | 09/13/1994 |
