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Fluid handling March list of published pending patents 03/07

20070068573 - Device and method for microfluidic control of a first fluid in contact with a second fluid, wherein the first and second fluids are immiscible: Various embodiments described in the application relate to an apparatus, system, and method for fluidically controlling, within a conduit, discrete volumes of one or more fluids that are immiscible with a second fluid. The discrete volumes can be used for biochemical or molecular biology procedures involving small volumes, for example,... Agent: Mila Kasan, Patent Dept. Applied Biosystems

20070068574 - Fuel cutoff valve: The fuel cutoff valve comprises a valve support on the upper part of the float, and the seat member is mounted on the valve support. The valve support has the bending space that has an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the seal part. The seat member is... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070068575 - Transfer unit: In present-day aircraft a drain mast is used on the underside of the fuselage in order to discharge grey water to the external environment. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention there is no need to provide such a drain mast in that a transfer unit is used... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070068576 - Methods and systems for filling a vessel with a compressed gas: Systems and methods for filling a vessel with a compressed process gas. In a particular embodiment the process gas is a dry gas, such as ozone and a dry pressurizing gas, such as carbon dioxide, is used to drive the process gas through an intermediate gas piston unit and then... Agent: Ms. Linda K. Russell Air Liquide Intellectual Property Dept.

20070068577 - Method for closing fluid passage, and water hammerless valve device and water hammerless closing device used in the method: A fluid passage is emergently-closed in a short time without causing a water hammer by an extremely simple device and operation. A water hammerless closing device includes an actuator operated valve provided in a fluid passage, an electro-pneumatic conversion device for supplying a 2-step actuator operating pressure Pa to an... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20070068578 - Direct acting pressure reducing valve: A direct acting pressure reducing valve includes a valve-inlet pressure introduction port; a valve-outlet pressure output port; a main valve for opening and closing a communicating conduit; a pilot pressure chamber formed with a flexible diaphragm member; a communicating hole; a connecting rod inserted in the communicating hole; and a... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070068579 - Non-return valve: A non-return valve includes a flap and a valve body. The flap has one side formed with a pivot connector pivotally connected with the valve body and the other side formed integral with a weight. After the flap is pushed open by the pushing force of fluid and the pushing... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070068580 - Valve, in particular for a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine: A valve having a valve member, which cooperates with a valve seat formed in a housing part in order to control a connection, and the valve seat has an at least approximately conical seat face, which is located at a transition of the connection from a portion of small diameter... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070068581 - Throttle valve control device: To reduce cost and size of a throttle valve control device, one end 3a of a throttle valve shaft 3 fixedly has a throttle valve lever 5 energized in valve opening direction by a throttle valve lever open spring 8, and rotatably has a drive gear 6 connected to a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070068582 - Valve pin cross over nozzle for stack mould: According to the present invention, a cross over nozzle (10) is provided of two parts (22,24) which, when joined, define a housing (20) having a passage (30) extending therethrough, a tapered valve seat (50) extending about the passage and a valve member (60) having a tapered valve head (62) disposed... Agent: John B Hardaway Iii Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier

20070068583 - Motor-driven hydraulic valve cartridge: A motor-driven hydraulic valve cartridge is used for controlling a flow of fluid through a cavity in a fluid circuit external to the valve cartridge. The valve cartridge includes a valve apparatus and a motor joined into a unitary structure adapted for removable attachment to the external fluid circuit. The... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070068584 - Y-manifold valve: A valve includes a one piece, Y-shaped body including a main member, a first branch having a first branch flow passage and a second branch having a second branch flow passage. The first and second branches extend outwardly from the main member. A single ball is rotatably disposed within the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070068585 - Valve apparatus having o-ring: A valve apparatus is adapted to be at least partially inserted into an insertion hole of a counterpart member. The valve apparatus includes a housing and an O-ring. The housing is adapted to be inserted from an outside of the insertion hole into the insertion hole. The housing and the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070068586 - Valve for hydraulic braking of work machines or the like: A valve for the hydraulic braking of work machines comprises an outer casing provided with a longitudinal seat and with at least one-to-third connection port, a slider slideable along the seat and provided with a contoured portion to control passage of the fluid through the connecting ports, and a reaction... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070068587 - Slidable valve for fluid flow line: A rotary valve for a fluid flow line comprises a valve tube having at least one lumen for unobstructed fluid flow of the fluid flow line therethrough. The valve tube has at least one side aperture communicating with the lumen. A housing is provided which is sealingly and rotatably mounted... Agent: Garrettson Ellis Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070062578 - System for liquid removal in a vacuum environment: A system operating in an environment under a vacuum draw in which liquid accumulates utilizes the weight of the liquid to discharge the liquid from the system. The system includes a first holding tank and a second holding tank interconnected by a liquid passageway and an equalization passageway. First, second,... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070062579 - Air transfer tube: An air transfer tube for transferring air from an inflated tire to a deflated tire is constructed of a tube with a connector attached to either end. The connectors each are adapted to be removably secured to the tire valve stems of the inflated and deflated tires. A valve device... Agent: Howard M Cohn Patent Attorney LLC

20070062580 - Method for manufacturing a multi-path joint: A method for manufacturing a multi-path joint is disclosed. A housing is formed having a plurality of lead-in ports, a main path, connecting to each lead-in port, and a lead-out port. The housing is formed by connecting a plurality of blocks, each block having at least one lead in port... Agent: Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP

20070062581 - Faucet with temperature control having replaceable handle: A faucet with temperature control having a replaceable handle comprises a movable conversion mechanism connecting a hollow conversion sleeve thereof, wherein a water passage is hidden. The conversion sleeve further includes a section of teeth that is engaged with a water control knob, and the passage of the conversion sleeve... Agent: Tsai-chen Yang

20070062582 - Structure of relief valve for oil pump: When oil pressure of discharged oil of a pump is increased, a plunger moves backward against spring force of a spring to open relief holes. One of the relief holes is opened in advance of the other relief hole. A part of the one relief hole which is opened in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070062583 - Device and method for making discrete volumes of a first fluid in contact with a second fluid, which are immiscible with each other: Various embodiments described in the application relate to an apparatus, system, and method for generating, within a conduit, discrete volumes of one or more fluids that are immiscible with a second fluid. The discrete volumes can be used for biochemical or molecular biology procedures involving small volumes, for example, microliter-sized... Agent: Leonard D. Bowersox

20070062584 - Vacuum vessel wall element with a line leadthrough: A vacuum vessel wall element is presented and described with a fixed flange element, with a separable flange element and with a line running from the inside of the vacuum vessel to the outside, the separable flange element being separably connected to the fixed flange element, with the line being... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070062585 - Gas cyclinder dispensing valve: A gas cylinder dispensing valve having an internal flow path provided with a pressure regulator. An isolation valve is provided within the flow path between the pressure regulator and a gas inlet of the valve and a flow control valve is provided within the flow path between the pressure regulator... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070062586 - Oil flow control valve for a cam phaser: The present invention relates to an oil flow control valve (10) for a cam phaser comprising a spool (18), a spool housing (16) and a check valve (40), wherein the spool (18) comprises a throughbore (60) and the check valve (40) is mounted in the spool housing (16) in that... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070062588 - Electromagnetic hydraulic valve, in particular a 3/2-way directional control valve, for controlling a variable drive train of an internal combustion engine: According to the invention, at least the magnet housing (11) and the lower magnet pole (16) of the electromagnet (2) and/or the valve housing (18) and the fastening flange (26) of the hydraulic valve (1) are respectively formed as one-part integral components and as individual parts which can be produced... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070062587 - Seal assembly for a fluid pressure control device: A seal assembly for a fluid pressure control device includes a guide element having a scaling surface and a first guide surface. A throttling element assembly includes a throttling element positionable within a fluid flow path, the assembly defines a mating surface adapted to seal with the sealing surface, and... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070062589 - Rotary ball valve assembly: A method of forming a ball valve element for a rotary ball valve assembly, the method comprising the steps of: (a) inserting an impedance element through an insertion opening of a ball valve element into a bore; (b) forming a fluid opening in the ball valve element which is non-rectilinearly... Agent: Lundeen & Dickinson, LLP

20070062590 - Valve for a fire hose line: A valve for a hose line, the valve having an inlet having a threaded female swivel fitting, a first outlet having an external thread, and a second outlet having an external thread. The inlet and the first outlet are at a 90 degree angle to each other and the inlet... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070062591 - Solenoid actuator and method for making and using same: A solenoid actuator includes a generally cylindrical armature captured to a generally annular coil tube by means of interference geometry. A major portion of the coil tube has a first inside diameter and a second portion of the coil tube has a second, smaller inside diameter. A first portion of... Agent: Jenner & Block, LLP

20070062592 - Manifold comprising a body with a conical inner surface such that the cross-sectional area decreases in the direction of flow: A manifold (1) comprises a body (2) with a plurality of branch fittings (3) diverging therefrom. The inner surface of the body (2) is conical such that the inner cross-sectional area of the body (2) decreases in the direction of flow. The manifold (1) is particularly well suited for use... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070062593 - V-rad (vacuum-revolving automatic doser): The specific application initially contemplated for the V-RAD invention is that of feed rate control of liquid chemical solutions for the purpose of municipal and industrial water treatment. In this application, a vacuum solution feed system is commonly operated by water forced through a Venturi nozzle to create a vacuum... Agent: Hydro Instruments

20070056629 - Force transferring pressure relief device: A pressure relief device is disclosed for a system containing a pressurized fluid. The device includes a main valve body having inlet and outlet flow ports and a valve plug positioned to seal the flowpath of the pressurized fluid between the inlet port and the outlet port of main valve... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070056630 - Pump controller for controlling pumps connected in tandem: A system for automatically controlling a pumping unit used in fire suppression comprises a pumping unit, a water flow sensor and a pump controller. The pumping unit has a pump with a suction inlet configured to receive water from an upstream pumping unit and an engine to run the pump.... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group

20070056631 - Hydrant assist kit: A coupler for a hydrant assist kit includes a single piece construction having an inlet, an outlet, a basin, and a drain, the drain above the inlet and at a bottom of the basin. A hydrant assist kit connects a water line to a hydrant with the coupler and a... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A.

20070056632 - Hydraulic relief valve: A hydraulic relief valve has a spring to offset an acting force of a spring resiliently supporting a main poppet so as to improve the make-up function of supplementing a hydraulic fluid since the outflow rate is higher than the inflow rate when the cylinder is retracted by an external... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070056633 - Pressure-dependent check valve and hydraulic system equipped therewith: The inventive sliding valve (8) comprises a slide (18), which is mounted in a manner that enables it to move transversal to the passage channel (11). This valve is provided with an asymmetrical design whereby enabling the pressure prevailing in the passage channel (11) to reach a side of the... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070056634 - Pressure controller, valve having pressure controller, and fuel cell equipped with valve having pressure controller: In order to provide a set pressure controller capable of easily controlling a set pressure, releasing a load in an environment at a predetermined temperature or higher and realizing a compact structure, a valve having the pressure controller, and a fuel cell equipped with the valve having the pressure controller,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070056635 - Fluid regulator: A fluid regulator having a body that encloses a chamber includes a gasket, a valve seat, and a valve stem. A fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are connected to the chamber and the gasket fluidly separates a portion of the chamber from a fluid path between the fluid inlet... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070056636 - Spring actuated check valve: A check valve is for use in a fluid system. A valve body has an inlet end, a valve cavity, and an outlet end. A valve enables a valve assembly to control the flow of fluid therethrough. A plug of the valve assembly includes tapered and non-tapered sections, the tapered... Agent: Edward W. Goebel, Jr. Macdonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP

20070056637 - Dripping nozzle device, device for recovering feedstock liquid, device for supplying a feedstock liquid, device for solidifying the surfaces of drops, device for circulation aqueous ammonia solution, and apparatus for droducing ammonium diuranate particle: This invention provides a dripping nozzle device to produce ADU particles with good sphericity, a device for recovering a feedstock liquid to prepare a uniform feedstock liquid, a device for supplying a feedstock liquid to form drops with a uniform volume, a device for solidifying the surfaces of drops so... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070056638 - Leak detection and isolation for segmented inflatable structures: Space vehicles such as space stations are often constructed as segmented inflatable structures which are susceptible to being punctured by small meteoric materials, resulting in small insidious leaks which are difficult to locate and repair. A method and apparatus are described in which a differential pressure transducer is positioned between... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070056639 - Aspirator for a shower fitting: An aspirator configured to be received within a shower fitting for generating a negative pressure in response to water flow.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070056640 - Flow control system: A flow control system able to realize stabilization of a flow rate of fluid at a high precision even in cases where pressure fluctuation of an outlet fluid of the flow control system occurs, that is, a flow control system arranged in a supply line of fluid running from a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070056642 - 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... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070056641 - Standing pipe faucet assembly: A standing pipe faucet assembly manufactured by a process separately manufacturing a faucet body and a separate body to simplify the process and lower its manufacturing cost effectively includes a faucet body made of a hollow copper pillar, a blocking rim formed at the top of the faucet body for... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C. Suite 500

20070056643 - Tank manifold assembly: A tank manifold assembly for use in combination with fuel tanks of Hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles. The manifold assembly incorporates a regulator, an excess flow valve, a manual shutoff valve, and ports to receive separate components. The separate components may include, by way of example, a thermal relief valve, a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070056644 - Damper spool: A spool for a valve assembly is disclosed. The spool comprises an intermediate portion adapted to form a control chamber with a valve body, and a first end portion adapted to form a first damper chamber with the valve body, wherein the control chamber is in hydraulic communication with the... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070056645 - Solenoid valve with integrated structure: A solenoid valve and method has a simplified structure that integrates the fluid metering functions of the spool in the armature, thereby eliminating the need for a separate spool, bearings, and pin in the valve. The armature has a aperture that communicates with at least one port in a valve... Agent: Anna M. Shih

20070056646 - Peltier based freeze-thaw valves and methods of use: A freeze-thaw valve is provided using a Peltier heat pump where the thermal short-circuit path between a cooled thermal mass and a heated thermal mass is reduced or absent and the valve state transition time is minimized. The freeze-thaw valve comprises a Peltier heat pump mounted to a heat exchange... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20070056647 - Flexible valves: A flexible valve includes two or more juxtaposed film plies joined together with one or more seals. The valve is movable between (1) an ingress position to allow fluid flow through the valve in a first direction, e.g., into a container with which the valve is associated; (2) a seal... Agent: Sealed Air Corporation

20070056648 - Two-piece valve: A valve has a flexible flap with a neck that engages with a slot on a spud to close a passage in the spud. When an object is inserted into the passage, the flap bends to an open position to allow flow through the passage. When the object is removed... Agent: Anna M. Shih

20070051404 - Fluid line assembly: A fluid line assembly includes an outer fluid line and an inner fluid line. The inner and outer fluid lines each include a slip joint. At least one of the slip joints include a variable volume reservoir in communication with the interior of the corresponding fluid line. The reservoir is... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn: Ip Department Docket Clerk

20070051405 - Method for controlling operation of cylinder apparatus: A cylinder apparatus comprises a piston which is displaced along a cylinder tube under the driving action of a driving section provided for a main cylinder body, while the piston is displaced under the pressing action of a pressure fluid supplied to the cylinder tube. The amount of the pressure... Agent: Paul A. Guss Paul A. Guss Attorney At Law

20070051406 - Shrouded valve apparatus and related methods: A shrouded valve apparatus including an outer conduit, an inner conduit disposed within the outer conduit, and a valve member operable to regulate flow through the inner conduit. This apparatus is useful in shrouded aircraft fuel systems.... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, Plc

20070051407 - Manipulator system for servicing a hydraulic choke: The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in field servicing a choke valve system. The apparatus is used for lifting, manipulating, and handling the heavy components of hydraulic choke valves. The apparatus includes an elongated track, a choke valve support structure, a trolley that selectably reciprocates along a... Agent: Elizabeth R. Hall

20070051408 - Safety valve: The invention is for a safety valve for a piping system. The safety valve has a cylindrical housing, a piston assembly with two disc-shaped pistons, each piston having at least one orifice defined therein, a shaft connecting the pistons, a valve stem, and a stop attached to one end of... Agent: Mr. Martin A. Weeks

20070051409 - Pressure responsive fluid flow control valves: In one set of embodiments a selected section of tubular stock has its ends welded together to form a pillow-like pressure sensing device with an entry tube and an exit tube each configured to facilitate insertion of the pressure sensing device into the flow path of IV infusate in an... Agent: Morris I. Pollack

20070051410 - Check valve with locking key and pull cord: A check valve for an inflatable device comprising a poppet urged by a conical spring to annularly seal uniformly around its entire periphery to assure more uniform cracking pressure about its entire periphery. In one embodiment the check valve comprises a locking key to lock the valve closed irrespective of... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/ Ip Dept.

20070051411 - Check valve: A top entry check valve including a valve body with an access port. A compressible hanger body engages a portion of the valve body and is positioned in alignment with the access port of the valve body. A clapper is connected to the hanger body so that the clapper is... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.c.

20070051412 - Method and apparatus for the mechanical actuation of valves in fluidic devices: Mechanical actuation of valves in flexible fluidic structures allows for the regulation of fluid flow. In accordance with the disclosure herein, a fluidic structure is provided wherein mechanical actuation is conferred using a pin to actuate a flexible layer to occlude fluid flow in a fluid channel.... Agent: Alessandro Steinfl, Esq. C/o Ladas & Parry

20070051413 - Printing machine cleaning device, fluid system and distributor valve therefor: A fluid system (4) of a printing machine cleaning device (6) has at least one distributor valve (2) with an inlet (8), at least two outlets (10), a locking element (12) and a locking element seat (14). The at least two outlets (10) are each simultaneously separated, in terms of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20070051414 - Spool valve device: A spool valve system includes a valve main body with, from a first side to a second side, an input port to which an input pressure is supplied, an output port that outputs an output pressure, and a drain port that discharges the input pressure; and a spool that is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20070051415 - Microvalve switching array: A low power switching valve array employing two or more actuated microvalves that are arranged to accommodate any desired number of inlets and any desired number of outlets. Fluid entering one of inlets may be directed to any one or more of the outlets. In one illustrative embodiment, a valve... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070051416 - Multiway valve: A multiway valve contains a housing having several inlets and outlets and a chamber. Several seats are provided and each is respectively associated with one inlet or one outlet. A closure element is provided which can move between the seats and at least one actuator is provided in the form... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070044838 - Yard hydrant with closure valve check valve: A yard hydrant having a valve body with a valve seat and a drain port. A closure valve disposed within the valve body and engaging the valve seat. The valve body having a conduit in fluid communication with the drain port and a hollow interior of the valve body. A... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070044839 - Modular and mobile waste and/or hazardous liquid containment and collection shower system: A waste water and hazardous chemical collection system is provided. The system includes a bottom pan having a plurality of vertically disposed walls, a multitude of outwardly horizontally projecting ledges and a plurality of downwardly depending lips. Each pan further includes a drainage waffle inserted within said pan. A work... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070044840 - Motor actuated wall hydrant: A wall hydrant assembly with a faucet head mounted to an exterior wall of a building and connected to an outlet pipe that extends through the exterior wall to a motor located in an interior area. An inlet pipe is connected to a water supply at one end and the... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070044841 - Gate valve sealing structure: An improved liquid infiltration adapting structure for preventing liquid infiltration around a gate valve box. The structure has an annular tube structure that is tapered to more easily receive a mating pipe. The tube structure may also comprise at least one bead for further securing the mating pipe. The adapting... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070044842 - Valve assembly with manual override cover: A valve assembly generally including a valve base having a plurality of internal conduits formed therein, at least one valve mounted to the base and in fluid communication with at least one internal conduit of the base and an override cover removably attached to the valve base. The valve has... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070044843 - Apparatus for controlling and metering fluid flow: A device for metering and controlling fluid flow includes a variable orifice and is configured to use a pressure sensor. The device includes a fluid flow conduit having at least one planar inner wall that extends along a portion of the fluid flow conduit length, and an element having a... Agent: Attention Of Joshua N. Randall Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070044844 - Gas pressure regulator: A pressure regulator for dispensing CO2 gas from a pressurized cylinder which has a reduced probability of freezing when liquid carbon dioxide is converted to the gaseous phase. A plunger which is configured to increase the length of the gas flow path between the regulator inlet and the regulator outlet,... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070044845 - Variable rate pressure regulator: A pressure regulator valve including a valve seat separating a fluid flowpath into an upstream region and a downstream region. A valve closure member is mounted on a valve stem, the valve stem operable to vary a separation between the valve seat and the valve closure member. A diaphragm is... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070044846 - Check valve: Described is a check valve with a housing having an inlet side and an outlet side, a flow blocking valve element with centering protrusions, an inlet annular shoulder, an outlet annular shoulder, cylindrical valve element cavity with an aspect ratio such that the flow blocking valve element cannot be put... Agent: Thomas B. Martin Sr.

20070044847 - Connecting structure for a check valve: The connecting structure of the check valve has a mounted water-blocking disk placed on the valve base of the check valve and using a pin connection, an inner wall of the valve having two chips, and through holes on the chips outside the valve base having a protruding part and... Agent: John S. Egbert Egbert Law Offices

20070044848 - Check valve: A poppet-style check valve for allowing uni-directional flow in a fluid conducting system. The check valve comprises a valve body, and a poppet mounted therein for reciprocal axial movement between a first position in which the poppet is pressed against a valve seat restricting flow through the check valve, and... Agent: Edgar A. Zarins Masco Corporation

20070044849 - Intake device: An intake device has a passage member defining a fluid passage, a housing, a valve member and a shaft member. The housing is disposed in the passage member such that a passage of the housing is in communication with the fluid passage of the passage member. The valve member is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070044850 - Fluid control apparatus for a faucet: A fluid control apparatus includes a cartridge valve with a stationary valve disk and a sliding valve disk. The stationary valve disk has a first mixing water passage and a second mixing water passage. The sliding valve disk is slidably mounted on the stationary valve disk between a first and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070044851 - Latching micro-regulator: A latching microregulator for regulating liquid flow on micro-scale levels comprises a substrate having an inlet port and an outlet port, a valve element defining a valve chamber for opening and closing the inlet port, and an actuator assembly for actuating the valve element. The valve chamber is configured to... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070044852 - Waterway connection: A coupler for a faucet is disclosed which couples a first waterway component and a second waterway component, the coupler being an overmold component.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070044853 - Safety system hose: A safety system for a fluid conduit having: a hose; a first and second housing connected to the hose, each housing having a first and second opening and an internal cavity having a first cavity and a first recess; a perforated retention tube positioned longitudinally within said hose; a first... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC

20070044854 - Pneumatic controller for compressed-air gun: A pneumatic controller for a compressed-air gun has a shell, a hollow cylinder inside which defines a first space extending along the axis thereof, having a first through hole and a second through hole extend through a wall of the shell at two opposed positions; a guiding structure, a hollow... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070044855 - Counterpole self-sealing poppet valve: A gas/fluid control device includes a valve body, a first poppet and a second poppet, a first lever and a second lever, and an actuator. The valve body has a chamber inside thereof, has passages at opposite sides of the chamber communicable with the chamber, and has a poppet seat... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070044856 - Diverter valve for water systems: An apparatus for diverting water flow between a single port and at least a pair of ports. The diverter valve includes a single port on one side of a valve body and a pair of ports on the opposite side of the cylindrical valve body. The diverter member inside the... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20070044857 - Pilot controlled pulse valve: A pilot controlled pulse valve has a valve spool releaseably held in both terminal positions by latching means. The latching means comprise a permanent magnet means holding the valve spool by magnetic force. To set the terminal or end position the permanent magnet means has an abutment means placed to... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP