Fluid handling inventions 02/07

20070039646 - Drag reduction using maleated fatty acids: Non-polymeric drag reducing agents in the form of maleated fatty acids and the esters thereof and the organic, inorganic or amine salts thereof are described herein. These additives are useful to reduce drag in hydrocarbon fluids and multiphase fluids of hydrocarbon(s) and water. No injection probes or other special equipment... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070039647 - Safety system hose: A safety system for a fluid conduit having: a hose; a first housing connected to the hose with an internal cavity having a first connection point and a first check ball opening cavity; a second housing connected to the hose with an internal cavity having a second connection point and... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC

20070039648 - Air release valve for fuel tank of a motor vehicle: The device includes an air release valve for a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, the air release valve comprising a housing defining at least one inlet opening therein, a central axis and a wall disposed proximate the inlet opening, the wall defining at least two outlet openings therein, the... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070039649 - Yard hydrant with drain port air line: A yard hydrant that facilitates the evacuation of water from therein. The wall hydrant has a standpipe having a drain port wherein the standpipe is coupled to a head casing that has a discharge conduit. An air line is mounted adjacent and to the drain port and extends from the... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070039650 - Leak diverter: A leak diverter for positioning above a suspended ceiling is disclosed. The leak diverter can comprise a liquid collection tray comprising a flexible or substantially rigid sheet of material. The leak diverter can have a drain in flow communication with the liquid collection tray. The leak diverter can comprise a... Agent: Alan G. Towner, Esquire Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070039651 - Pressure regulator: Pressure regulator with partial volumes for regulating the operating pressure of fluids, in particular adhesives, at the inlet of a consuming device, the first partial volume (14) being connectable to a fluid source and the second partial volume (24) being connectable to the fluid inlet of the consuming device, wherein... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (nordson)

20070039652 - Rotating bonded valve assembly: Apparatus and methods for constructing a valve assembly comprising an anti-friction ring. The anti-friction ring allows a closure member in the valve assembly to more freely rotate during operation of the valve assembly. Consequently, the closure member strikes a sealing member in different rotational positions during repetitive cycling of the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070039653 - Switching valve: A valve having one or more fluid conduits is operable to provide fluid flow configurations between various lines. The valve is operable to move between a first position, wherein a first fluid flow configuration is provided through the various lines, and a second position, wherein a second fluid flow configuration... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070039654 - Spring energized lip seal faucet ball valve: A faucet assembly includes a housing that defines a cavity. Within the cavity there is a ball valve that is held in place by cam surfaces of a cam. The cam surfaces positively and directly contact the ball valve without a pliable seal member disposed there between. The possible location... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070039655 - Relief valve: A valve portion for a solenoid valve is disclosed. The valve portion includes a valve body including a longitudinal channel, wherein the valve body further includes a supply aperture, a control aperture and an exhaust aperture. A spool is slidably disposed in said longitudinal channel and the spool is adapted... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070039656 - Retainer band and a valve using the same: The present invention relates to a retainer band and a valve using the retainer band. The retainer band comprises an annular ring, a gasket and a block member. The annular ring has two terminals, which are opposite to each other. The gasket is formed on a periphery of the annular... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070034255 - liquid flow control devices: A liquid flow control device includes an annular housing having an inlet for liquid in one periphery of the housing and an outlet for liquid in the other periphery. An annular block of water swellable material is located in the housing. A layer of sealing material encircles the annular block... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070034256 - Automatic degassing valve: An automatic degassing valve has a chamber with a float positioned therein to provide for automatically venting gas from a fluid system. The degassing valve includes an actuator lever having on one end a closure for sealing a vent and being attached at the other end to the float. Upward... Agent: Moses,john Millen White Zelano And Branigan PC

20070034257 - Compressor throttling valve assembly: A throttling valve assembly has an outer housing that is sealed. An actuator is connected to a pressure balanced shaft that extends into the housing to operate a plurality of linkages that can rotate blades in tandem. With the surrounding housing sealed, the shaft penetrations of the blade support shafts... Agent: Cooper Cameron Corporation

20070034258 - System and method for converting manually operated flush valves: Disclosed is a method and system for converting or retrofitting manually-operated flush valves. A conversion system for converting an installed manually-operated flush valve includes a power module, a control module, and a driver module mechanically coupled to a manual handle to externally activate the converted flush valve.... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20070034259 - Phosphorescent valve cover: A valve cover having a valve cover body, preferably of two sections. These sections are placed on either side of a valve. When joined, the sections enclose the valve, but form line apertures around the lines leading to and from the valve. Once the sections are in place, a cap... Agent: R. Bennett Ford

20070034260 - Tanks: A tank which is primarily intended for spraying applications and mountable on an all terrain vehicle (“ATV”). The tank (10) includes a main tank section (11) which, in use, extends laterally of the ATV and at least one longitudinally extending arm 12. The pump assembly is located in a cavity... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070034261 - Spill prevention system with safety valves: The present invention is for a spill prevention system to prevent fuel spills from a connecting line connecting duel fuel tanks on a truck when the connecting line is severed or detached from one of the reducer fittings to which it is attached. The connecting line provides pressure communication between... Agent: Mr. Martin A. Weeks

20070034262 - Pressure relief valve: A dual plunger valve having nested inner and outer plungers seated within a bore in the valve housing. The valve housing has an inlet port and an outlet port fluidly connected by the bore and sealed from one another by the plungers which are biased towards respective sealing surfaces by... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20070034263 - Valve, especially a gas safety valve: The invention relates to a valve, especially a gas safety valve, comprising a fluid-guiding path (32) that can be sealed by means of a sealing device (30) which is provided with a sealing surface (34) that can be brought against an abutment surface (36) of an abutment part (38) and... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070034264 - Apparatus for valve communication and control: A device for controlling a valve rotary actuator and communicating information regarding the valve rotary actuator, including a non-contact sensor which monitors, through a continuous range of rotation, the rotational position of a rotating unit connected to the valve rotary actuator, a main housing including a pneumatic valve body integrally... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070034265 - Rotary feed-through with leakage sensor: The invention pertains to a rotary feed-through for supplying a fluid to a rotating machine part with a hollow shaft (3) that is rotatably supported in a housing (1, 2) and has a first sliding surface (29), with a sealing bushing (31) that is arranged in a rotationally fixed fashion... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070034267 - Valve assembly and method with slotted plates and spherical ball plug: A valve assembly, comprises a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and an internal volume; a pair of sealing rings and mounted to the housing; and a spherical plug rotatably disposed within the housing for contact with the seating rings, the spherical plug comprising a general spherical main body having... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070034266 - Four-way valve: A type of four-way valve, in the technical field of plastic processing, is designed to facilitate easy production and accurate control. The four-way valve has two inlets and two outlets, including: a container main having a movable cover and divided by four partition boards into five spaces. Each sidewall of... Agent: Liberty Patent And Trademark Office

20070034268 - Air valve for spray guns: A compressed gas-aided coating dispensing device includes a valve controlling the flow of compressed gas through the device. The device includes a port for coupling to a source of compressed gas and a port through which the compressed gas flows downstream from the valve. The valve includes a first valve... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070034269 - Method of controlling fluid: There is provided a method of controlling a flow of a fluid in a microchannel, in which a part of a surface of the microchannel is a hydrophilization portion comprised of a substance being capable of decreasing a contact angle of water by irradiation of light, and the method comprises... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070034270 - Microfluidic separating and transporting device: The present invention discloses a microfluidic separating and transporting device, which utilizes free-energy gradient surfaces having micro/nano physical and chemical properties to drive and separate microfluids automatically. The device of the present invention comprises a platform having microchannels. The surfaces of the microchannels have surface energy gradient-inducing rare-to-dense microstructures. The... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070034271 - Residual pressure valve: The present invention relates to a residual pressure valve having a valve body and a valve seat. The valve seat is formed by a flexible tubular piece which is fixed in a housing, consists of an elastomer and surrounds the valve body under elastic prestress. Furthermore, the valve body is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070034272 - Valve assembly: There is described a valve assembly having a casing defining a cavity for passage of a fluid; and a valve housed in the cavity; the valve has first sealing means cooperating with the casing to divide the cavity into a first and a second environment; at least one opening permitting... Agent: Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

20070023083 - Two-way check valve: A two-way check valve includes a sleeve, a connection head, a valve stem eject-rod, a first valve body, a second valve body, a first pressure adjustment module, a second pressure adjustment module and an intake connector. The sleeve is threaded over the valve stem eject-rod and the intake connector at... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070023084 - Valve module for a fluid-distribution system: An enclosed valve module for a fluid-distribution system comprises a first main passageway for a fluid, a plurality of first branch passageways for the fluid, and a first plurality of valves with each of the valves selectively providing communication between the first main passageway and an associated one of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070023085 - Methods, apparatus and computer program products for controlling a volume of liquid in semiconductor processing based on reflected optical radiation: A method of controlling dispensing of a liquid can include detecting a predetermined shape of a surface of a liquid in a container by reflecting optical radiation from the surface to control a volume of the liquid dispensed into the container. Related apparatus and computer program products are also disclosed.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070023086 - Pressure independent control valve: The invention provides valves of the type employing a differential pressure regulator and a characterized valve with a mechanism to enhance control of fluid flow independently of system pressure. The valves of the invention are especially suitable for HVAC applications, and provide operation with improved accuracy over a greater flow... Agent: Thaddius J. Carvis

20070023087 - Screwable check valve: Disclosed is a check valve (5) that is screwed into a threaded bore (1) of a housing (2) of a hydraulic subassembly between a first pressure side (26) and a second pressure side (27) by means of an external thread (11) which is disposed in a first cylinder section (8)... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070023088 - Fluid transfer pump: A portable fluid transfer method and apparatus for moving a fluid from a source to a destination. The apparatus comprises a pump driven by an air motor, an activating valve, a needle valve for adjusting the flow of air from the air motor, and connections to the source of fluid... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20070023089 - Valve: A valve is provided with a valve housing encompassing a pressure chamber and possessing at least two valve ports which open into the pressure chamber, whereby, in the pressure chamber at least one axially slidable valve stem exists, which controls at least one of the valve ports and which the... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070023090 - Utility hot and cold water mixing system: The present invention is directed to a utility hot and cold water mixing system consisting of three components, a hot water Y-coupler with a flow control ball valve on one side, a central Y-coupler with a flow control ball valve and a cold water Y-coupler on the other side. A... Agent: Richard D. Clarke Law Office Of Richard D. Clarke

20070023091 - Proportional pressure control valve: Proportional pressure control valve with a magnetic part and a valve part, the valve part has an inflow opening for the inflow stream, a first outflow opening for the filling stream, and a second outflow opening for the tank volume stream, and has a ball seat, a flat seat with... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070023092 - Direction control valve: In a direction control valve, a bottom face of an insertion hole of a first movable member is at a predetermined distance from a second movable member with respect to a first axial direction when communication between a first communication switching port and a communication object port is made and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070023093 - Latchable electrohydraulic servovalve: An electro-hydraulic servovalve (EHSV) (10) that includes a nozzle (16), a motor (12) operably connected to the nozzle (16) for controlling the position of the nozzle (16) based on current provided to the motor (12), a spool (18) having first and second ends (22,26) slidably mounted in a sleeve (34)... Agent: Honeywell International Law Department Ab 2

20070023094 - Faucet: A faucet includes an outlet pipe and a switch member. The switch member is fitted on the outlet pipe near a water outlet and provided thereon with a pull handle able to be pushed to turn around. The push handle can be pushed to turn on or turn off the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070023095 - Vacuum chamber inlet device: A vacuum chamber inlet device includes a gas providing element (10), a plurality of flow control element (20), and a plurality of gas input elements (30). The gas providing element has an inlet (11) and a plurality of outlets (12). The flow control elements are connected to the outlets of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp