Fluid handling inventions 03/06

20060065303 - Tank safety valve: A safety valve for a tank of a pressurized gas provides a check valve that shuts off gas flow from the tank if the shutoff valve receives a damaging lateral impact. The safety valve is retrofittable in existing tanks with existing shutoff valves, wherein the shutoff valve is unscrewed from...

20060065304 - Fire collar: A fire collar or fire damper for location within a concrete slab of a building. The device incorporates a damper arrangement (12) and a heat detector (18, 19) comprising a metal alloy or lead which melts when a present temperature is reached, causing the damper arrangement to seal off associated...

20060065305 - Fuel cutoff valve: A fuel cutoff valve of the invention attached to an upper portion of a fuel tank includes a casing, a first float supported by multiple legs, a second float, and a spring. The second float is located below the first float in a vertically movable manner and has multiple air...

20060065306 - Removable, snap-on saddle and tap for irrigation pipes: A saddle and tap for lawn and similar irrigation systems. The saddle includes a base portion that snaps on the delivery pipe of the system and a pair of threaded, upright portions that extend upwardly from it. The tap includes a piercing member, barrel section, and threaded annular nut. In...

20060065307 - Gas pressure regulator having a vibration damping abutment: A gas pressure regulator has in the regulator housing (12) a damping abutment (38) adapted to be engaged, in open position of the regulator, by an actuating shaft (22) fixed to a regulator diaphragm (16) for damping vibrations of the regulator mechanism....

20060065308 - Pressure relief door for air duct work: A pressure relief door system for use in a duct for relieving positive or negative pressure within the duct includes a frame to be mounted in the duct; a gasket in the frame; a hinged door mounted on the frame and sealing against the gasket; and an adjustable pressure relief...

20060065309 - Air compressor assembly having removable air compressor: An air compressor assembly includes an air compressor mounted to a compressed air storage tank via a mounting assembly. The mounting assembly allows removal of the air compressor from the compressed air storage tank so that the air compressor and the compressed air storage tank may be utilized independently of...

20060065310 - Dip tube anchor assembly and related container: A container assembly includes a container bounding a chamber and having a floor. A well is mounted on the floor of the container. The well bounds a compartment that extends below the floor of the container and communicates with the chamber of the container. An anchor has a side wall...

20060065311 - Fuel supply pipe device of fuel tank: A fuel supply pipe device for a fuel tank of a vehicle includes a fuel supply pipe connected to the fuel tank, and a filler pipe connected to the fuel supply pipe. A hose intrusion preventing member is situated inside the fuel supply pipe. The hose intrusion preventing member includes...

20060065312 - Coupler: A female coupler comprises a valve support accommodated in a hole portion of the injection port and comprising a projecting portion having a axial hole, a cylindrical coupler main body placed around the projecting portion and comprising a locking projecting portion on an inner peripheral surface, a part of the...

20060065313 - Regulator and mixer ball valve: The invention concerns a regulator and mixer ball valve which comprises a valve body (20) forming a valve seat (25) housing a ball-shaped member (21) with relative lateral seals. On one side of the valve seat (25) a partition baffle (28) in provides with a differently shaped adjustment opening (29)....

20060065314 - Pigging ball valve: A pigging ball valve with a housing and ball core supported for rotation within the housing. The ball core sits on a valve seat, which is supported by a seat carrier. The valve seat carrier has three distinct diameters that locate the seat in the housing and thus provides an...

20060065315 - Directly operated pneumatic valve having a differential assist return: A fluid control valve includes a valve body having both fluid inlet and discharge ports. A flow passage axially extending within the valve body communicates with the inlet and discharge ports. A valve member within the flow passage is movable by an actuator force in a first direction to direct...

20060065316 - Non-return valve: A non-return valve (10) comprising a valve body (12) and a valve membrane (14). The valve body (12) is generally tubular and includes an elongate passageway (16) with inlet (18) and outlet (20) at opposing ends. The valve membrane (14) is of a generally conical-shaped diaphragm formed integrally with the...

20060065317 - Modular manifold system for fluid distribution and method of making the same: A modular manifold assembly includes at least one barbed distribution connector disposed on a modular manifold body. Individual modular manifold assemblies are assembled into various lengths as required to accommodate multiple different desired fluid distribution system configurations. The modular manifold body employs a tubular design with a D-shaped cross-section that...

20060065318 - Tree and plant watering system: Kit and apparatus for watering a Christmas tree or other plant supported in a stand with a water receptacle....

20060065319 - Quickflush valve kit for flushing of inboard/outboard marine engine cooling system: Subject of this invention, the QuickFlush Valve Kit for Inboard/Outboard Marine Engines, available in two different versions (Unit 1 and Unit 2) is a simple, inexpensive device which allows for a thorough, regular, cost-effective, and convenient flushing of cooling system of inboard/outboard marine engines. At the same time, after it...

20060054214 - Low power system for wireless monitoring of an environment and irrigation control: The present invention relates to a system and components thereof for intelligently watering an environment. The system comprises at least one sensor for monitoring particular environmental conditions, and at least one electrically powered valve that receives wireless information signals from the sensor and controls a watering device based on the...

20060054215 - Method and device for supply of a dialysis unit with dialysis fluid: A method and a device for supply of a dialyser in a dialysis unit with dialysis fluid is disclosed. At least one dialysis fluid concentrate is mixed with water to produce the dialysis fluid. The dialysis fluid concentrate is prepared in a reservoir unit in a given amount. A control...

20060054216 - Compressed gas container and apparatus: A compressed gas tank comprises a cylindrical body and mirror plates at the ends of the cylindrical body. A fastening rod puts through the center of the tank longitudinally. A nut is engaged at one end of the rod, such that the tank is pressingly connected with the mirror plates...

20060054217 - Heat exchanger for instant warm water: A method and apparatus for providing heated water to a hot water supply line positioned intermediate a hot water supply and a faucet....

20060054218 - Safety valve assembly having reset mechanism: A valve assembly includes an excess flow shut-off mechanism for controlling flow between an inlet and an outlet of the assembly. The excess flow shut-off mechanism is adapted to automatically stop fluid flow through the valve assembly when the flow exceeds a specified flow rate. The excess flow shut-off mechanism...

20060054219 - High purity fluid delivery system: A fluid delivery system includes a flow control device and a Coriolis mass flowmeter in fluid communication with the flow control device. The Coriolis flowmeter has a flow-tube made of a high-purity plastic material, such as PFA, making the delivery system suitable for high purity applications. A controller provides a...

20060054220 - Assembling structure for pressure sensor integrally formed with electromagnetic valve: In an assembling structure for assembling a pressure sensor device to a solenoid, the pressure sensor device comprises a pressure sensor and an electromagnetic valve, and the solenoid is electrically connected to an electrical circuit device and has a cylindrical inner space. The pressure sensor device is detachably inserted into...

20060054221 - Bipolar plate channel structure with knobs for the improvement of water management in particular on the cathode side of a fuel cell: A fluid distribution assembly for use in a fuel cell includes a separator plate having a major face. A boundary element is disposed over the major face. A flow field communicates reactant in a flow direction across the separator plate. The flow field is defined by a plurality of knobs...

20060054222 - Device for division of a non-newtonian liquid flowing through a passage: A device for division of a non-Newtonian liquid, for example a molten synthetic material, flowing through a passage (1, 21), and comprising a flow-conditioned viscosity decreasing outward in cross section in flow through a T-shaped passage branching (T) deflecting and dividing the liquid flow. In a first embodiment of the...

20060054223 - Valve unit for pressure exchanger installations: A valve for switching over liquid paths, particularly for pressure exchanger installations with tubular pressure exchanger chambers (3) through which an alternating flow occurs, in which a rotatable control element (10, 10.1) having a plurality of flow paths is mounted in a housing (11), which in turn comprises a plurality...

20060054224 - Control valve, nozzle arrangement, and washing unit: The invention relates to a control valve, a nozzle arrangement and a washing device for vehicle windscreens, the valve having at least two outlets that are coupled or couplable with the nozzle opening or openings, the valve having an inlet that is coupled or couplable with a feed pump for...

20060054225 - Proportional pressure control valve: The invention relates to a proportional pressure control valve comprising a valve housing (10) with at least three ports that conduct fluid, in particular in the form of a pump port (P), a utilisation port (A) and a tank port (T), a regulating piston (18) being configured to be displaced...

20060054226 - Liquid delivery device: A fluid delivery device is provided which comprises a microchannel device for cutting out a certain amount of a sample from a micorochannel by controlling a valve opening. The fluid delivery device has a valve for controlling a flow of a fluid, comprising a flow channel for the fluid, and...

20060054227 - Fluid rotating apparatus using ehd technology: A fluid rotating apparatus employing micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) technology and electrohydrodynamic (EHD) technology, including a basal layer having a space for drawing therein a polar-fluid; a plurality of first and second electrodes mounted in the space; a cover sealing the space and including an inlet for supplying the polar-fluid...

20060054228 - Microfabricated elastomeric valve and pump systems: A method of fabricating an elastomeric structure, comprising: forming a first elastomeric layer on top of a first micromachined mold, the first micromachined mold having a first raised protrusion which forms a first recess extending along a bottom surface of the first elastomeric layer; forming a second elastomeric layer on...

20060054229 - Valve assemblies principally for automatic swimming pool cleaner: Detailed are valves principally useful for automatic swimming pool cleaners. The valves may be made of flexible material and, typically, are generally tubular in shape. Mouths of the valves may be divided into two or more parts, with certain versions having three lobes. These configurations enable larger debris to pass...

20060048813 - Water saver valve: The present invention relates to a valve designed to be in series with a toilet water supply line and the inlet of a toilet tank so that water which is flowing into the tank must flow through the valve. The valve includes a shutoff spool that is actuated by an...

20060048814 - Supply unit for an application device and process for operating such a unit: There are described a supply unit for an application device, in particular for a lacquer-application device, and a process for operating such a unit, with at least one pig which is capable of being conveyed in at least one pig line between at least two pig stations, and with at...

20060048815 - Device for closing a conduit: A device for closing a conduit (30) in case of fire includes a housing (11) having a receptacle (17) for receiving the conduit (30), a cutting and blocking member (20) arranged in the housing (11) and displaceable, in case of fire, by a drive element out of the housing (11)...

20060048816 - Weldable mount for fuel system component: A vent apparatus includes a venting outlet and a tank mount adapted to support the venting outlet in communication with a mounting aperture formed in a fuel tank. The tank mount is made of a weldable plastics material....

20060048817 - Pressure tank apparatus and method: A pressure tank apparatus for use with a plumbing system of the like. The pressure tank apparatus includes a liquid storage vessel having a first end and a second end along with a curved side wall that extends between the first and second ends. The pressure tank apparatus also includes...

20060048818 - Multi-port free flow valve and element: A multi-port valve arrangement and removable valve element for use in sanitary environments that comprises at least three ports formed by the joining of at least two valve casing bodies at angles necessary to accommodate multiple connecting fluid streams. A seamless, flexible element is used within the valve arrangement to...

20060048819 - Garden hose storage apparatus and method: An apparatus and method for storing a garden hose is disclosed. The apparatus consists of an elongated tube which is at least as long as the garden hose that is to be stored in it, and the cross section of the tube is large enough for a hose to fit...

20060048820 - Proportioning system: A proportioning system includes a cutoff valve, a three-way valve, a check valve and an eductor. The cutoff valve has a cutoff intake port and a cutoff discharge port. The cutoff valve is capable of receiving a carrier fluid from a carrier fluid source and selectively discharging the carrier fluid...

20060048821 - Method and apparatus for selectively shutting off the flow of water to a building: Embodiments disclosed herein relates in part to selectively shutting off the flow of water through a water supply pipe to a building, such as in the event of a broken water pipe. The embodiments disclosed herein also optionally discontinue electrical power to a water heater to minimize the risk of...

20060048822 - Pressure regulator: A variable device for regulating the outlet pressure of a fluid from a valve body, includes a pressure-sensing chamber having a wall formed by a resilient self-restoring diaphragm which is responsive to pressure in the chamber. A valve element connected to the diaphragm controls flow into the chamber. Increased pressure...

20060048823 - Shut-off device and fueling apparatus for fuel tank: A fuel cap easily realizes a function to warn the user that the pressure regulating valve is activated as backup means for the fuel tank pressure adjustment mechanism. The fuel cap includes a negative pressure valve that regulates the fuel tank pressure. An alarm mechanism is disposed upstream from the...

20060048824 - Controllable solenoid valve: Controllable solenoid valve in which, due to the interaction between a magnetic force caused by an electrical flow and a spring force acting against the magnetic force, at least one first sealing body in the interior of a valve housing is displaced in axial direction between two final positions whereby...

20060048825 - Valve assembly: The invention relates to a valve assembly (1), typically of the double block and bleed type. Conventionally these assemblies include a flange formation at each end to allow the same to be joined to adjacent pipeline end flanges. However this causes problems as there are limitations on the acceptable length...

20060048826 - Control valve having \"c\" seal: A control valve having a shiftable valve plug includes a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, a flow passage extending between the inlet and the outlet, and defining a longitudinal axis, a generally cylindrical valve cage disposed within the valve body and sized to receive the valve plug, with...

20060048827 - Balanced globe valve: An essentially fully balanced plug valve is presented in which the flow control contour is interior to the moving member. The sealing edge of the moving member is at the exterior surface relative to the interior contour. This sealing edge is formed by use of matching angles on the interior...

20060048828 - Reversing valve with flowsplitter: Provided is a reversing valve for reversing flow in a refrigeration system. The reversing valve includes a valve body having first, second, third, and fourth ports disposed into the valve body. A valve member inside the valve body can be selectively moved between a first position intersecting the second and...

20060048829 - Method and mechanism for producing suction and periodic excitation flow: A method and mechanism of producing a suction and periodic excitation flow. The method includes providing fluid flow from jet port with diameter d1 at a controlled input pressure (Pin), directing the flow to a conduit with diameter d2, >d1, allowing additional fluid to join the flow through suction slot(s)...

20060048830 - Fluid control device: Line interconnecting means 50 comprises lower channel blocks 51 each having a line interconnecting channel 54 and arranged in an upper stage of lines B1, B2, B3 to be interconnected, at the same position with respect to the direction of the lines, and a plurality of upper channel blocks 57...

20060042686 - Rotary valve and analytical chromatographic system using the same: There is provided a rotary valve for fluid analytical systems. The present valve provides improved characteristics such as an extended lifetime. The valve can fulfil different fluid analytical functions and can be a multi-ports and/or multi-positions valve. The valve is provided with extra recesses in the rotor and extra ports...

20060042688 - Fluid flow regulator for swimming pool cleaning system: A fluid flow regulator useful with swimming pool suction cleaners includes a flow passage conduit for connection between a suction pump and the pool cleaner. A flow bypass conduit is connected to the flow passage conduit for injecting an ambient fluid into a bypass flow passage. A valve operates within...

20060042687 - Vacuum feed system for liquid chemical feeding: A vacuum feed-system for feeding liquid chemical into a stream of a second liquid flowing in a conduit includes a venturi connected in the conduit for supplying vacuum through first and second one-way check valves, a flow regulating valve, and a vacuum regulated flow control valve connected to a supply...

20060042689 - Skimmer/waterfall with backlight: A skimmer through which water is extracted from a reservoir such as a pool, spa or tub extracts debris from the water and includes a mechanism to return water to the reservoir as a waterfall. Water extracted through the skimmer is distributed between the waterfall and a reservoir return, such...

20060042690 - Fuel cut-off valve: A fuel cut-off valve 100 of the invention is attached to an upper portion of a fuel tank and connects and disconnects inside with and from outside of the fuel tank according to the fuel level in the fuel tank. In the fuel cut-off valve 100 of the invention, a...

20060042691 - Double-disk slide valve: A double-disk slide valve (10), the shut-off plates (16, 17) of which are displaceable by means of an actuator rod (21) and which is provided with a bridging pipe (22) having two sealing rings (23, 24) that are in operative engagement with corresponding housing sealing seats (14, 15) of the...

20060042692 - Liquid displacement shuttle system and method: A multi-vessel gas storage system and liquid displacement shuttle system that utilizes a liquid-piston shuttled to alternate reservoirs and tank banks to evacuate stored gas or other fluids from storage vessels. Preferably, the gas storage and fluid displacement shuttle system includes multiple pressure storage vessels or tanks arranged in tank...

20060042693 - Vented port-cap for fire hydrant: The vented port-cap includes a check-valve, which admits air into the barrel of the hydrant when the pressure inside is lower than the pressure outside. After an inspection of the hydrant, the hydrant can be left to drain by itself, even though the port-cap has been replaced and tightened....

20060042694 - Water meter lock: A water meter lock for a water meter having a water meter valve mounted on a water meter pipe includes a body, defined by a body wall, and a lock assembly. The body wall forms a substantial enclosure with an opening and is shaped to fit over the water meter...

20060042695 - Low-power wireless inflatable bladder damper for forced air heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems: A low-power, wireless, inflatable bladder damper device for controlling the flow of air through an airflow channel, and a method of operation for the same. Rather than requiring power supply and/or control wiring for operation of a wireless damper device, a low-power inflatable bladder damper device that requires no external...

20060042697 - Passive, double acting, vacuum actuated vent valve: A valve is provided for use on a control moment gyroscope (CMG) having a housing separating an internal environment from an external environment. The valve includes a valve housing, a valve element, and bellows. The valve housing is configured to couple to the CMG housing and includes an inner surface...

20060042696 - Surge relief valve: A surge relief valve comprising a main valve body having a dome port and an inlet port. The inlet port is in fluid communication with a first fluid. The invention further includes a dome reservoir connected to the main valve body via the dome port and arranged to hold a...

20060042698 - Microfluidic check-valve embedded in lcp: Embedded check-valve assembly (100, 600) for integration in a micro-fluidic system. The assembly can include a check-valve chamber (104, 604), an inlet port (106, 606) and an outlet port (108, 608) formed from at least one layer of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) film to form a substrate (102, 602). A...

20060042699 - Method for monitoring a pipeline and position regulator for a control valve: The invention relates to a method for monitoring a pipeline in order to detect the slow reduction of the free inner cross-section by means of the position of a control valve in the pipeline. When the flow rate is essentially constant, a first position is determined and stored at a...

20060042700 - Hydraulic pressure supplying device for transmission: In a hydraulic pressure supplying device for a transmission including a first oil pump adapted to be driven by a main shaft of the transmission, at least one second oil pump adapted to be driven by suitable means, and a check valve provided between the discharge side of the first...

20060042701 - Emissions sampling valve: The invention provides a device for use in sampling the exhaust emissions from a turbine engine. The device has a valve array in a manifold housing coupling multiple turbine exhaust lines to an emissions analyzer, such as used in CEMS. Each valve can be actuated by pilot air pressure to...

20060042703 - Variable discharge sludge distributor: Devices and methods for evenly distributing sludge, including manure and industrial sludge, to numerous hoses, over a large range of sludge supply pressures. Some devices include a housing having an inlet for receiving sludge under pressure and several outlets disposed outwardly through the housing cylindrical wall for coupling to hoses....

20060042702 - Fluted reciprocating ball valve: The device described herein is a valve suitable for the control or shut-off of fluid flow in a piping system. It comprises a valve housing having inlet and outlet ports and a cylindrical bore whose axis is slanted at about 90 degrees in relation to the axis connecting said inlet...

20060042704 - Mixing valves: A single handle mixing valve of the plate valve type where a single stem controls both the temperature and flow output from the valve. A control said characteristic plate having an opening is positioned over the stem and has at least one surface defining limits of stem movement. An actuating...

20060042705 - Flow and temperature separation control valve: A flow and temperature separation control valve includes a valve housing for connecting to a water faucet, a temperature control module received in the valve housing for controlling the temperature of the outputted water flow, and a flow control module received in the valve housing for controlling the outputted flow....

20060042706 - Modular drinks dispenser: This invention relates to a drinks dispenser, and in particular to a drinks dispenser suitable for use at commercial premises such as a bar or public house for serving beer and the like. According to the invention there is provided a drinks dispenser comprising a frame (14) carrying at least...