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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4903935 | Bottled water cooler with improved valve construction The improved valve construction provides low force actuation and is therefore suitable in applications where children and handicapped persons may need to operate the valves. The pinch-type valve employs a lever arm pilot which supports a section of tubing... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4889313 | Utility shutoff method and device A device for turning off valves for utilities such as gas and water from a remote location in the event of an earthquake or other emergency. The device has two spring loaded valve assemblies, each of which has a valve stem held away from a valve seat by a... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4866864 | Multi-channel transparent film jacket An improved multi-channel transparent jacket to accommodate film strips is disclosed. The jacket is constituted of top and bottom rectangular panels of flexible plastic material and ribs formed of plastic or other adhering material in situ along parallel ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4862884 | Regulator second stage for scuba The regulator second stage for scuba incorporates a semi-balanced valve mechanism of high flow capacity which operates without significant influence from friction. The compression spring is suspended between two axially opposed pins to avoid friction prod... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4858648 | Self-flushing hydraulic coupling A self-flushing subsea hydraulic coupling having a pair of interconnectable male and female and members and a flushing port for flushing the hydraulic line connected to one of the members. Each of the members includes a poppet valve, the poppet valve of t... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4858887 | Valve and valve roller sealing A fluid control valve of the kind in which a pair of cylindrical rollers (26,27) are provided with complementary peripheral grooves (32) the cross-section of which is tapered so as to form an aperture the size of which is varied by rotation of the rollers... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4854615 | Metal sealed joint for large diameter rocket motor casings A joint for forming a sealed junction between two large diameter cylinders or rocket motor casings. A tongue-and-groove arrangement employs a pressure-energized metal seal which expands radially when the cylinders are internally pressurized. The radial ex... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4854545 | Faucet valve with diagonal sealing ring An improved faucet valve utilizes a static diagonal sealing ring which coacts with a control member cylindrical flow control portion having a tapered lower end portion in a relationship that provides: substantially 180 degrees of control member rotation f... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4846226 | Color changer A modular color changer provides selected paint colors for spraying and recirculates nonselected colors. A module is provided for each paint color to be selected, and each module has an inlet for connection with a respective supply of paint, a recirculate... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4846225 | Transmission assembly for use with double block and bleed system A transmission assembly for operating a double block and bleed valve system having a first block valve with a first valve shaft, a second block valve with a second valve shaft and a bleed valve disposed between the first and second block valves, the trans... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4846441 | Methods and apparatus for adjusting a valve closure member Improved techniques are provided for adjusting the axial position of a rotatable valve closure element carrying an elastomeric annular seal with respect to a metallic valve body. An adjustable nut is threaded to the valve body and includes a recess for re... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4844406 | Blowout preventer A blowout preventer for use on wellheads for sealing around tubing strings, polished rods, and wirelines, including a body having a bore therethrough and connectable on a wellhead, integral laterally opposed side chambers in the body, a closure cap over e... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4844409 | Medical gas adapter with molded spring bias A medical gas adapter useable for connecting a gas tubing or other end use device to a gas service outlet to supply the gas for its end use. The adapter has a fixed adapter assembly including an elongated nose that fits within the gas service outlet to ac... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4842004 | Quick-release assembly for rupture disc insert type holder and the like A quick release assembly including a pair of flanges for receiving a rupture disc insert type holder and the like therebetween in a leak-tight seal, at least one of the flanges being secured to a pressure relief conduit of a pressure system. A minimum num... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4842021 | Support for fluid power devices A tray-like support for the mounting of a group of pneumatic or other control components such as valves so that they may operate different loads, comprises a mounting plate to carry the components. The mounting plate is connected with an elongated manifol... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4842523 | Makeup method and device According to the method, a portrait of the client is projected onto a medium and is made up, said medium being suitable for receiving cosmetics such as makeup and cream and the references of the cosmetics used to perform the makeup are marked on a chart. ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4842018 | Valve assembly This relates to a valve assembly or hydrant which is particularly suitable for use in conditions where freezing temperatures may be encountered, such as in water supply systems for snowmaking equipment and the like as commonly used in ski resort areas. Th... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4840192 | Hydraulic hammer reduction system for railroad tank cars A mechanical hydraulic dampening device having kinetic energy dissipating baffles in its interior with no moving parts, which device is included in a moving tank car carrying a liquid load, such as for example a railroad tank car, having a rupture disk as... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4838520 | Valve for a vacuum enclosure A valve for a vacuum enclosure, the valve comprising a valve body (1) which is hollow about an axis Ɗ and which opens out to the outside via two opposite end openings (24, 25) of the valve body, thereby enabling the valve to be inserted in a pumping circ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4836233 | Method and apparatus for venting vacuum processing equipment Controlled, low-turbulence venting of a semiconductor processing vacuum chamber is provided by a venting system including sensing elements for sensing gas conditions, including pressure, in the chamber during venting, and vent rate control elements, inclu... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836499 | Butterfly valves The present invention comprises a transport system having an annular inflatable seal which has an annular interior domed portion which expands as an integral unit until it contacts the edge of a butterfly valve which engages the domed portion to form a sl... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836500 | Assembly and method for installing and retaining valve seals An assembly for retaining a seal ring in a seating surface of a valve is provided having a circumferential groove disposed in the seating surface for receiving the seal ring. The groove has a pair of substantially opposed side walls, one of which includes... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836236 | Flush sealing tank valve with diaphgram A valve particularly adapted for use as a sterilizable drain valve to be mounted flush in the bottom of a tank, has a housing body running flush with the bottom of the tank and a piston-mounted diaphragm sealing an opening perpendicular to the tank walls.... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836248 | Hydraulic electromagnetically actuated slide valve A hydraulic slide valve with electromagnetic actuation is proposed, the magnet armature of which is embodied by a hollow-cylindrical tube element. The lower bearing location of the magnet armature is provided by the slide of the hydraulic valve, which wit... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4833804 | Display device for images broken up into strips Device for the sequential display of images broken up in the form of groups of strips comprising a drive motor and means for cyclically displaying a succession of images. The strips are mounted on movable pallets (4, 57), independent of each other; the pa... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4834401 | Fuel tank assembly for a refrigerated container A fuel tank assembly which includes a fuel tank mounted below spaced I-beams of a refrigerated container chassis during a land transportation mode in which an engine driven generator provides electrical power for driving a refrigeration compressor. The fu... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4832083 | Valve apparatus A valve apparatus having a three-flow line connectable flow housing with the valve closure located to enable control of the flow through the branch line while leaving primary straight through flow unaffected. The branch line flow is controlled by a conven... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4832012 | Intermittent signal actuated nebulizer A self-contained, high capacity nebulizer, having automatic mixing and temperature control features is provided. The nebulizer may be adapted for use in conjunction with mechanical respirators, ventilators, or breathing machines, and for this purpose will... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4830055 | Circulating and dead end color changer with improved valves and manifolds Modular circulating and dead end color changers are made from synthetic materials inert to chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents. Universal supply and return manifolds have relatively smooth and uninterrupted walls defined, in part, by inlet and return valve s... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4830054 | Component assembly of several directional control valves adapted to be shifted electromagnetically independently of one another A component group of electromagnetically shiftable directional control valves which can be installed in a simple manner includes 2/2- and 3/2-directional control valves preassembled on an electrical printed circuit board and secured in common with the pri... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4827648 | Frame A frame includes four corner pieces and four side members. Each corner piece is formed with two tubular formations which are at right angles to each other and which have longitudinally extending slots in their respective walls. The side members have forma... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4828220 | Control valve device A control valve device including a body member having two input ports and an output port is provided with a chamber which communicated with each port therein. A valve member is received in the chamber and is freely movable in the chamber to control fluid ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4827835 | Cylinder end cap An end cap for a reciprocating piston rod cylinder is designed so that the cylinder can be easily removed from external structures, such as a power clamp, without loosening the tie rods.... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4826133 | Seal arrangement for flap valve In a flap valve, a casing is provided forming a flow opening through the valve. A flap is pivotally mounted in the casing for closing the flow opening. The casing is formed of two annular parts secured together by bolts. The two casing parts have a plane ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4823551 | Hydraulic control circuit for an injection molding with two loads driven by a pump A hydraulic control system for simultaneously driving two hydraulic loads of a production machine by means of a variable delivery pump feeding drive fluid to the two loads through separate load lines, in accordance with independently controllable programs... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823832 | Cartridge valve A faucet valve is operated by a rotatable stem which is inserted in a tube-shaped housing. The valve, preferably composed of brass, is screwed into a standard size plumbing fixture. The body of the stem is disposed between a washer preferably made of tefl... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4824073 | Integrated, microminiature electric to fluidic valve There is disclosed herein an apparatus for converting control signals of an electrical or optical nature of any other type or signal which may be converted to a change of temperature of a fixed volume of material trapped in a chamber to flexure of a membr... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4821771 | Diverter valve with bellows seal A diverter valve for diverting the flow of hot gases has a valve door pivotable between two outlets, each of which is surrounded by a bellows seal having a sidewall of significant width for continuous with the valve door and defining with the door a seal ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4821997 | Integrated, microminiature electric-to-fluidic valve and pressure/flow regulator There is disclosed herein an apparatus for converting control signals of an electrical or optical nature or any other type of signal which may be converted to a change of temperature of a fixed volume of material trapped in a chamber to flexure of a membr... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4822000 | Eccentric segmented ball valves A segmented ball valve has a rotatably mounted segmented ball valve element positioned to rotate eccentrically in a valve body with respect to three valve body sealing elements about the sealing opening for the valve body. The sealing elements include a c... | 04/18/1989 |
