Fluid handling inventions 12/06

20060289059 - Method for mixing inside a capillary and devices for achieving same: The present invention provides a method for mixing three or more fluids inside a capillary. The present invention further provides a method for optimizing efficient mixing of two or more fluids inside a capillary, and a computer-readable medium for use by a processor to carry out this method. Additionally, the... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20060289060 - Viscosity auto detector of paste maker: A viscosity auto detector of a paste maker connected to a barrel of a paste maker; the viscosity auto detector comprises a flow detector; the flow detector being formed by a casing, a blade assembly and an encoder installed; an inlet being formed at one end of the casing; the... Agent: Chen-hui Chen

20060289061 - Inflation valve assembly: An inflation valve includes a main valve body having an outlet port, a rupture port, and a pull cord retainer. A puncture retainer body secures a puncture disc within the main valve body to seal the outlet port to gas flow. A slot in the puncture retaining body permits gas... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20060289062 - Dry break valve assembly: A fluid system component is provided that includes first and second elements configured to be removably engaged with each other and defining a fluid passageway when engaged. The first element defines three grooves, each of which includes a terminal portion. Correspondingly, the second element includes three engagement members each of... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20060289063 - Self-extracting service module for piping infrastructures: A self-extracting service module for piping infrastructures comprises a platform on which is mounted equipment for controlling and or monitoring the flow of liquid or gaseous media throughout the piping infrastructures. A first remote-controllable pipe coupling system is interconnected with the equipment inlet and a second pipe coupling system is... Agent: Kirby Eades Gale Baker

20060289064 - Self-extracting service module for piping infrastructures: A self-extracting service module for piping infrastructures comprises a platform on which is mounted equipment for controlling and or monitoring the flow of liquid or gaseous media throughout the piping infrastructures. A first remote-controllable pipe coupling system is interconnected with the equipment inlet and a second pipe coupling system is... Agent: Kirby Eades Gale Baker

20060289065 - Rapid hot water apparatus and method: An apparatus is shown for attachment to a plumbing system for the rapid on-demand delivery of hot water through the plumbing system to an ultimate point of use. The apparatus includes a diverter valve located in a hot water supply line upstream of the point of use. The diverter valve... Agent: Charles D. Gunter, Jr. Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20060289066 - Pre-assembled hot water heater mixing valve for hot water heaters: A pre-assembled hot water heating mixing valve for securement to a hot water outlet pipe of a hot water heater. The mixing valve has a hot water inlet port coupling. A cold water coupling is secured to a cold water inlet port of the valve and adapted to be secured... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20060289067 - Method and apparatus for pneumatic regulation including a high-pressure reserve: Methods and apparatus for regulating fluid pressure are described. A fluid regulator with relatively large passages and a high-pressure reserve may improve performance when the regulator is used in a sustained sequence. A smaller area stem piston may make the regulated pressure more independent of the input pressure.... Agent: Letham Patent Group LLC

20060289068 - Check valve: A check valve for a fluid handling system is disclosed, the check valve having a main body with a poppet valve disposed therein and a spring urging the poppet valve into abutment with an inner surface of the main body, wherein the check valve facilitates a flow of fluid in... Agent: Fraser Martin & Miller LLC

20060289070 - Expulsion valve assembly: A valve assembly having a threadless base and a removable threadless insert that separately contains a check valve piece. The check valve piece is resiliently supported to abut a seal fitted to the insert. In one assembly, a pair of resiliently biased latch arms restrain the insert to the base.... Agent: Douglas L. Tschida

20060289069 - Latched valve assembly: A valve assembly having a base and a removable latched insert that separately contains a valve piece. The valve piece is resiliently supported to abut a seal fitted to the insert. The insert is restrained to the base with a pair of resiliently biased latch arms that radiate from the... Agent: Douglas L. Tschida

20060289071 - Apparatus for conveying gases to and from a chamber: Apparatus comprising: a chamber having a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet; a first inlet for receiving a first gas stream; a second inlet for receiving a second gas stream; a first outlet for outputting the first gas stream to a first vacuum pump; a second outlet for outputting the... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20060289072 - Wastegate valve and associated method: A wastegate valve and associated method for controlling a flow of gas, such as a flow of exhaust gas from an exhaust inlet of a turbocharger, are provided. The wastegate valve includes multiple bypass ports that are selectively opened and closed by poppets, which are controlled by a linkage. The... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20060289073 - Infinitely variable directional valve: Disclosed is an infinitely variable directional valve comprising a seat slide on which a valve cone is formed which is prestressed counter to a valve seat in the initial position of the directional valve. The directional valve is configured with a pilot control device wherefore a pilot control valve seat... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060283500 - Adjusting device and pressure relief valve: There is disclosed an adjusting device for a valve, especially a pressure control valve, comprising an axially displaceable control member on which a control spring acting on a valve body of the valve is supported. The control member is in rotational engagement with a catch connected to a handle for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060283501 - Roll-over valve with shared overfill protection and vacuum relief: A tank venting system is configured to regulate air and fuel vapor flow between a fuel tank and a fuel vapor recovery canister. A roll-over valve is included in the tank venting system.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20060283502 - Air gap fitting: Apparatus and methods provide for an air gap fitting to be installed between various equipment drains and a sewer connection. The apparatus includes a body with an inlet at a receiver. A supply of waste is provided to the device through the inlet and the waste then flows through a... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20060283503 - Poppet type flow control valve: A valve of the invention includes a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and a flow passage connecting the inlet and outlet, the inlet, the outlet and the flow passage being in general axial alignment within the valve body. A valve seat surrounds the flow passage and a valve... Agent: Tyco Engineered Products & Services Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20060283504 - Hot/cold water tube connection structure for plastic faucets: A hot/cold water tube connection structure for plastic faucets comprises a hot/cold water connector tube made up of a valve seat and a coupling tube wherein the valve seat has a screw tube extending downwards at the bottom of a stop ring, and a sealing ring mounted at an appropriate... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20060283505 - Liquid flow control system: A system is provided for controlling flow of air and preventing flow of liquid within vent lines connected to, for example, a pipe line or other like piping systems. The system has a first float in a first body and a second float in a second body. The first body... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060283506 - Flow through pressure regulator with pinch valve: A fluid pressure regulator includes a regulator housing having an inlet end and an outlet end; a flexible flow tube extending between the inlet end and the outlet end; a hollow piston located at a downstream location relative to a mid-portion of the flow tube in a direction of flow... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060283507 - Water supply system for a linearly moving sprinkler irrigation system: A water supply system is described for supplying water to a linearly moving irrigation system. The water supply system is able to take water from a stationary water supply conduit (either a collapsible conduit or a rigid conduit) and feed it into one end of a feed pipe for the... Agent: Dean P. Edmundson

20060283508 - Storage tank filling device: A filling device for a storage tank which includes a manifold adapted to connect with a tank inlet on the storage tank, and a storage tank system which includes the storage tank and the filling device. The manifold includes an outer conduit communicating with an interior of the storage tank,... Agent: Rodman Rodman

20060283509 - Manifold-type solenoid valve assembly: To obtain a manifold type solenoid valve assembly in which an solenoid valve which is equipped with an output port and an solenoid valve which is equipped with no output port are mixed and mounted on a common manifold base. On a valve mounting part of the manifold base which... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060283510 - Hydrogen valve with pressure equalization: A shut-off valve that has particular application for opening and closing a compressed hydrogen storage tank. In one embodiment, the valve includes two valve sealing members where one side of one valve sealing member is on the high pressure side of the valve and an opposing side of the other... Agent: Cary W. Brooks General Motors Corporation

20060283511 - Magnetic coupling for sprayheads: A faucet including a faucet head, a body and a magnetic coupling releasably coupling the faucet head to the faucet body.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20060283512 - Diverter valve for capacity control of a refrigerant absorption cycle driving heat source: A control for controlling the amount of heated fluid entering the inlet of the driving heat source for a refrigerant absorption cycle is controlled to vary the relative amount of heated fluid entering the driving heat source inlet, and being dumped to atmosphere. Preferably, a diverter valve is utilized such... Agent: Theodore W Olds Carlson Gaskey & Olds

20060283513 - Valve assembly having a compensating gate: Methods and apparatus for selectively blocking or redirecting flow with a valve that compensates for misalignment between a seat and a gate are disclosed. In one aspect, a valve includes a gate having two discs spaced from one another, first and second seats within first and second passageways of the... Agent: William B. Patterson Moser, Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20060283514 - Manifold: A manifold with interconnecting, non-threaded modular sections. The connected sections define a fluidic passageway and at least one valved outlet. The valved. outlet is reversible to enable the valve to be readily accessible when the modular section is in any orientation. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060278268 - Flapper valve with mold-in-place bearings: A flapper valve and a method of making the same that does not require bearing assembly. More particularly, the flapper valve includes a shaft having one or more flap portions and one or more bearing portions molded in place on the shaft as a unitary structure. The bearing portions are... Agent: Don W. Bulson (parker Hannifin) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20060278269 - Seismic safety valve and valve actuator: A safety valve is positioned in supply plumbing that supplies a fluid medium such as natural gas to a point of use structure such as a home. A mechanical actuator is provided remote from the safety valve but mechanically connected to the safety valve. This allows the actuator to be... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20060278270 - Rotatable quick exhaust valve: A quick exhaust valve is preferably constructed having a port connector, an input body, and an exhaust body. The input body and exhaust body are preferably arranged in a rotatable relationship with the port connector such that an input port of the input body can be arranged in a desired... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20060278271 - Vacuum breaker: A vacuum breaker includes a hollow bushing with an end in communication with the atmosphere and the other end in communication with at least one water outlet, a check plugger moveably disposed in the bushing, and a sealing sleeve disposed in the bushing adjacent to the upper end of the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20060278272 - Expandable gas or fluid distribution system: A system and method for an expandable gas or fluid distribution system is disclosed. The expandable distribution system comprises at least one device, an endcap, and an inlet piece. The electromagnetic switch is removably coupled to the endcap and the inlet piece such that the distribution system can be expanded... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20060278273 - Height and accessory adaptable meter setter: A unitary water meter setter, preferably provided in an integral brass casting, has a continuous inlet pipe having an inwardly extending inlet service leg with a threaded end, and an inlet meter support leg extending upwardly with respect thereto to a threaded meter inlet end and a continuous outlet pipe... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20060278274 - Protective device for faucet and method of making the same: The present invention is directed to a protective device for a faucet or other protrusion. The protective device includes a housing having a proximal end, a distal end and a lip located at the proximal end. The lip is capable of being attached to a surface such that the housing... Agent: Law Office Of Steven B. Leavitt, L.L.P. Attn: John Pemberton

20060278275 - Shut off cover: A shut off cover removably attachable to a water shut off valve for protecting and decoratively covering the shut off valve.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20060278276 - Flow controller and its regulation method: The invention is intended to provide a mass flow control device incorporating a verification tank, in which the mass flow testing operations are conducted by the device itself. A mass flow control device comprises control means 18 for controlling a flow control valve mechanism based on an externally input flow... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20060278277 - Fluid pressure restricting valve: A fluid pressure restricting device and system to dispense a fluid under pressure. The device, which may be coupled to a pressurized supply and to a control device, includes a piston, a housing, and a spring. The fluid may be dispensed at a pressure determined according to a dimension of... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP James Coles

20060278278 - Pressure control device for a pipeline: A pipeline assembly for transporting a fluid such as oil, gas and water along a fluid path extending in the pipeline has a pressure control device incorporated therein. The pressure control device regulates the pressure of the fluid downstream the pressure control device to a predetermined pressure which is independent... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060278279 - Flow regulating device: The device comprises a stationary body which has, defined inside it, a passage for a flow of liquid with at least one inlet opening and one outlet opening for the flow and in which at least one valve seat directed towards the outlet opening is defined in the vicinity of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060278280 - Check valve: A check valve has a sleeve threaded to a seat so that an adjusting rod, a valve rod and a spring can be installed therein. The sleeve has a water inlet and a plurality of through holes so that when water flows into the valve body from the water inlet... Agent: Tzai-jen Yang 235 Chung - Ho

20060278281 - Apparatus and method for closing a fluid path: An apparatus for closing off a path in a fluid delivery system, comprising: a closing assembly providing a first fluid path between a first conduit and a second conduit, wherein the closing assembly comprises a remotely actuatable valve mechanism that closes the first fluid path and provides a second fluid... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060278282 - Vacuum unit and method for producing a filter for a vacuum unit: A main body section is provided with a filter for removing dust or the like contained in a pressure fluid, and a silencer for reducing an exhaust sound produced when pressure fluid is discharged from an ejector, which functions as a vacuum-generating mechanism. The filter is formed with a substantially... Agent: Paul A. Guss Paul A. Guss Attorney At Law

20060278283 - Fuel additive dosing system, apparatus, and method: A fuel additive system of a fuel delivery system of a vehicle includes an additive tank assembly, and a dosing unit in communication with the additive tank assembly to control the amount of additive dosed to the fuel tank. The additive tank assembly includes a pressurized tank of generally torispherical... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20060278284 - Reduced gain thrust control valve: A reduced gain thrust control valve for use in a rocket engine has a housing with a fluid inlet and a piston and cylinder unit for controlling a fluid output of the control valve. The fluid inlet is formed by at least one metering element formed in the housing. The... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20060278285 - Variable flow valve: A fluid valve has a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port. A fluid flow path extends between the inlet port and the outlet port. A valve member is located in the housing in the fluid flow path. The valve member is moveable among a series of positions.... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20060278286 - High-flow dual poppet valve having equalized closing forces: A dual-poppet valve comprising a valve body having spaced-apart coaxial valve seats and being arranged such that first and second poppets both open into the primary chamber. A first pintle shaft engages the first poppet, and a second pintle shaft engages the second poppet. A motorized actuator having a gear... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060278287 - Hydrophilic/hydrophobic surfaces: A microfluidic device that comprises one or a plurality of microchannel structures each of which comprises a microconduit for transport and/or processing of liquid, the inner surface of which comprises a hydrophilic liquid contact surface area (surface area 1) that is delineated in at least one direction by a boundary... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20060278288 - Microfluidic system including a bubble valve for regulating fluid flow through a microchannel: A microfluidic system includes a bubble valve for regulating fluid flow through a microchannel. The bubble valve includes a fluid meniscus interfacing the microchannel interior and an actuator for deflecting the membrane into the microchannel interior to regulate fluid flow. The actuator generates a gas bubble in a liquid in... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield

20060272702 - Method for introducing additives into fluids: The method introduces additives into flowing gas, fluid or fluidized media in a pulsed high pressure manner. The nozzle needle of at least one nozzle is variable and highly precisely moved for the introduction by means of a device and in such a way that additive is dosed exactly in... Agent: Francis C. Hand, Esq. C/o Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi

20060272703 - Method and apparatus for providing a determined ratio of process fluids: A fluid flow control system that includes a fluid inlet to receive a flow of process fluid and a plurality of fluid outlets. The plurality of fluid outlets include a first fluid outlet and at least one second fluid outlet. The first fluid outlet provides a first predetermined portion of... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20060272704 - Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling fluid consumption: Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling fluid consumption in a fluid-supply system are disclosed using one or more sensors for generating signals indicative of the operation thereof. In one embodiment, a method of controlling gas flow in a conduit of a natural gas supply system comprises sensing a gas... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20060272705 - Buoyancy type drain trap: Provided are a drain water discharging method and a buoyancy type drain trap in which a float is accommodated in a case and drain water allowed to flow into the case can be discharged by buoyancy acting on the float. In a case where an inner diameter of the valve... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20060272706 - Vacuum eliminator: The prevent invention comprises a non-returning pipe, pressure controller and pressure-resisting ring respectively, whose larger ring-shaped side exactly resists the water inlet edge of the non-returning pipe, in which some interlinked vents are designed on the larger ring-shaped side while a leakage-proof pad on the ladder-shaped side for the pressure-resisting... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20060272707 - Valve device for an inflatable object: A valve device includes a seat body and a valve body having a surrounding abutment member and a flange connected to each other and secured to an inflatable object. The seat body has a plug member which is spaced apart from the abutment member by a communicating port to be... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060272708 - Mounting unit of wall faucet: An improved mounting unit of wall faucet mainly is to design two locking ends extruded on the shutter near the granite counter to lock the locking units and position the water faucet on the granite counter; in addition, the locking ends are designed on the non-returning pads in the locking... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20060272710 - Device and method for pneumatic valve control: An apparatus for controlling a valve including an enclosure that defines first and second chambers, an indicator proximate the first and second chambers, an operating media distribution system that is disposed in the first chamber, and an electronic control unit disposed in the second chamber. The operating media distribution system... Agent: Tyco Engineered Products & Services Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20060272709 - Systems and methods to slowly reduce the pressure in a pressure chamber over time: Systems and methods for performing a stepwise depressurization of a high-pressure fluid (liquid) filled chamber are shown and described. At least two valves are controllably opened and closed in a sequence to release a predetermined amount of pressure from the high-pressure chamber. At least some of the pressurized fluid released... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20060272711 - Pressure control valve: A pressure control valve has a non-uniformly tapered valve bore that has an increasing diameter as it extends downstream. An interface angle, defined in part between a valve ball and the valve bore in the area of the smallest gap between them, increases as the valve ball is increasingly displaced... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20060272712 - Valve with end position switching: For detecting closing or opening of a valve activated preferably by a solenoid actuator, a switch activated by a tappet spring mounted on an armature of the actuator is provided. A stop and an associated surface limit the stroke of the tappet with reference to the switch. Preferably, a valve... Agent: Eugene Ledonne Reed Smith LLP

20060272713 - Microfluidic devices with integrated tubular structures: A microfluidic device is disclosed comprising a body of refractory material having one or more fluid passages of millimeter-or sub-millimeter scale defined therein and at least one tube of refractory material embedded in said body, the tube having a millimeter- or sub-millimeter-scale passage therein and first and second ends. The... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20060272714 - Magnetic circuit design for linear actuator with small coil diameter: A pressure control valve assembly includes a linear actuator portion and a hydraulic portion. The linear actuator includes an improved plunger that has an enlarged diameter portion near the secondary plate. The linear actuator further includes a plunger-to-primary plate interface that has a double step magnetic configuration, which increases the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060272715 - Gas cylinder valve assembly: The gas valve assembly includes a housing with a bore and a main valve body and a main valve stem mounted therein. The valve body has a fluid passage fluidly connecting the inlet and one of a housing and valve body outlet with the valve stem mounting a valve seat... Agent: Clayton R. Johnson

20060272716 - Method of adhesiveless lamination of polymer films into microfluidic networks with high dimensional fidelity: A method for fabricating an adhesiveless microfluidic device using solvent assisted thermal welding is provided. The method comprises use of a plurality of device layers of a bulk chemical conformation composition having a glass transition temperature that can be disrupted by a disrupting agent without total solvation, wherein the plurality... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060272717 - Valve device for containing and preventing backflow of fluids: A valve device that is securable to a cylinder includes a housing with a central passage in fluid communication with a first connection port that connects with a cylinder, and a second connection port including a passage that is in fluid communication with the central passage. The second connection port... Agent: Linda K. Russell, Patent Counsel Air Liquide

20060272720 - Gas-panel assembly: A gas-panel manifold for use in a gas-panel assembly mounted on a support is disclosed. The manifold includes (i) a plurality of two-port stations at which gas components, including one or more gas-valve components, can be mounted, (ii) at least one station having a port for accommodating an overhead fluid... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20060272721 - Gas-panel assembly: Modular components for use in a gas-panel assembly of the type having two or more gas-panel sticks mounted on a support, stick being composed of a manifold having a plurality of gas components mounted thereon, and internal fluid connections between individual components carried on each manifolds, are disclosed. The components... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20060272718 - Microvalve package assembly: A microvalve assembly that can help protect a microvalve or an assembly of microvalves from the environment. Such a microvalve assembly may be mechanically assembled, without the use of adhesives and/or other materials that might out-gas and/or otherwise reduce the performance of the electrostatically actuated devices contained therein. In particular,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060272719 - Modular manifold: A modular manifold comprises a front cap, an end cap, and at least two adjoining port modules being securely sandwiched between the front and end caps. Each of the adjoining port modules comprises an internal channel adapted for fluid flow, and a side port in communication with the internal channel.... Agent: Cislo & Thomas, LLP

20060272722 - Fluid controlling method, microfluidic device and process for fabricating the same: A fluid controlling method includes, sending an inner fluid, and sending an outer fluid coaxially with the inner fluid, wherein one of the inner fluid and the outer fluid includes a corkscrew flow that flows spirally, and wherein the inner fluid and the outer fluid are in contact with each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC