Fluid handling inventions 06/07

20070144580 - Fuel cutoff valve: The fuel cutoff valve comprises a float and a valve mechanism situated within the valve chamber of a casing. The float has a supporting portion disposed in the upper portion of the float for supporting the valve mechanism, and having a supporting face formed with a flat surface or concave... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070144581 - Liquid seal for recovering flared gas: The liquid seal according to the present invention consists of a U-tube (1, 2) having one arm (1) connected to the pipe (8) collecting all the gas vented from across the plant and other arm (2) connected to a liquid holder (5). A pipe (6) provided at the top of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070144582 - Sprinkler valve manifold: A one-piece manifold for use in a sprinkler valve assembly includes an intake pipe having a water inlet and a plurality of ports adapted for fluid connection to inlets of a plurality of respective sprinkler valve assemblies. An outlet is attached to the intake, such as by cross-beams, and includes... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070144583 - Faucet assembly having a handle subassembly: A faucet assembly includes a valve subassembly having a valve mechanism and an actuator having an axis. An underbody includes a valve end body for receiving the valve subassembly for connection thereto. A deck plate is configured for coupling to the underbody. A handle adapter is coupled to said faucet... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070144584 - Swiveling hose reel: A hose reel assembly that includes a hose support assembly and a pivot assembly. The pivot assembly has a first component and a second component. The first component and the second component structured to be rotatably coupled together with a generally vertical axis of rotation. The pivot assembly first component... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070144585 - Metering valve for hydrofluoric plants: A metering valve for hydrofluoric plants, comprising a flow chamber for the flow of the fluid, housing a plug and having an inlet passage and another outlet passage, a guide body through which the actuator stem for actuating the plug member runs, and an actuator head. The flow chamber internally... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070144586 - Valve provided with a passage for conveying a medium and an installation provided with such a valve: A valve provided with a passage for conveying a medium, the passage having at least a first closable aperture, and with a closing device that is suitable for closing at least the first aperture. The valve is provided with a holder element that is movably included in a holder element... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070144587 - High pressure pressing device and method: A pressing device and a method of providing a change of pressure between two pressure states: a low pressure state and a high pressure state of at least 4000 bar, in a pressure vessel of a high pressure isostatic pressing device in which a liquid pressure medium is used for... Agent: Lorraine Linford Seed Intellectual Property Law Group

20070144588 - Spool activated lock-out valve for a hydraulic actuator load check valve: A check valve system controls the flow of fluid between a spool valve and a hydraulic actuator and includes a pilot operated check valve that is controlled by a lock-out valve. The check valve has a poppet that engages and disengages a first valve seat in response to a pressure... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070144589 - Flow conrol valve for a gas combustion device: A flow control valve for a gas combustion device, it comprises: a main-valve plug rod, a main-valve plug, a flow adjusting stick and a valve main-body; the valve main-body is provided with a main valve port in opposition to and cooperation with the main-valve plug to form the functions of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070144590 - Fluid control device: A fluid control device for controlling the flow of a fluid. The fluid flow device includes a modular fluid control device for controlling the flow of gas contained in a pressurized vessel. The device includes first and second manifolds and first and second isolation plates to control the flow of... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20070144591 - Pressure regulator: A main valve reduces an unregulated pressure of a high-pressure gas to a regulated pressure by being interlocked with a diaphragm, which receives the regulated pressure within a pressure regulating chamber and is displaced. A subsidiary valve is interlocked with the main valve through a plunger and reduces the unregulated... Agent: Trojan Law Offices

20070144592 - Fluid flow control valve: A fluid flow control valve is disclosed. This valve includes a housing which defines a central passageway having fluid inlet and fluid outlet openings. A pressure responsive element is disposed within the passageway for selectively opening and closing the inlet opening to fluid flow in response to pressure exerted thereon... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070144593 - Connecting device for a wall mixer: In such a connecting device, any desired fitting with respect to the axis is achieved in that the outlet (29) is rotatable relative to the housing (1) and relative to the mixer insert (5) about the axis (42) and is connected to the mixer insert (5) in such a way... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070144594 - Multiport rotary valve: A multiport rotary valve has a stator with plural flow paths and a rotary valve plate having plural flow channels. The rotary valve plate defines a rotor that rotates relative to the stator to define unique plural fluid pathways from the stator, through the valve plate, and returning through the... Agent: Ipsolon LLP

20070144595 - Hollow piston valve: A modular hollow sliding piston fluid valve, includes at least one inlet port and at least one outlet port both attached to a housing, and an axially-slidable piston inside the housing provided with means to close an inlet port when in proximity thereto, the piston being configured with at least... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070144596 - Hydraulic valve: Hydraulic valve (10) having a valve body (12) in a valve housing (16), which has a first (18), a second (20) and a third (22) cutout. A hydraulic medium can be fed via the first cutout (18), the hydraulic medium can be fed to a pressure consumer via the second... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070144597 - Circuit for supplying oxygen to aircraft passengers: The invention relates to a circuit for supplying oxygen to aircraft passengers. According to the invention, the line (5) used to supply pressurised oxygen to the passenger masks (6) comprises a motorised pressure regulator (8) which can be actuated in response to a pressure control signal (10) provided by an... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20070137703 - Double-walled flexible dispenser sump connection system: A double-walled flexible dispenser sump connection system prevents fuel leaks into a dispenser sump located below a fuel dispenser. An inner flexible connector and an outer flexible connector are configured such that the dispenser sump connection system may be installed on newly constructed fuel delivery systems or be retrofitted onto... Agent: Michael A. O'neill Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20070137704 - Thermal trip stop valve: An intermediate bulk container (IBC) for offloading materials comprises a portable tank including a bottom wall having a bottom discharge outlet. A thermal trip stop valve is mounted at the discharge outlet. The thermal trip stop valve comprises a spring loaded emergency valve biased to a closed position and including... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer Citigroup Center

20070137705 - Pressure-relief and cutoff device for an air compressor: A pressure-relief and cutoff device for an air compressor has a body, a link rod, a cutoff assembly and a bleed assembly. The body has a first adapting tube connecting to a reservoir, a second adapting tube connecting to a pump and the reservoir and a bottom opening. The link... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070137706 - Condensate removal device: A condensate drain includes a body defining an interior space. An inlet opening is in fluid communication with the interior space of the body for allowing condensate to enter into the interior space, and an outlet opening is in fluid communication with the interior space of the body for allowing... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070131279 - Mems flow sensor: A micro-electro-mechanical, micro-fluidic flow sensor (14) includes a flow separating element (15) for separating a first portion (24) of a fluid flow (25) from a second portion (26) of the fluid flow. The flow sensor also includes a flow obstructing member (17) disposed in the first portion of the flow... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070131280 - Wafer-type direct-acting valve: The direct-acting valve of the present invention includes: a driving section 1 that operates by sensing a primary pressure or a secondary pressure; and a valve body 3 communicating with the driving section 1 to open and close a flow path 2. A valve box 4 of the valve is... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070131282 - Pressure-insensitive mass flow controller: A method of preventing a mass flow controller from participating in crosstalk in an array of mass flow controllers is described. The method includes sensing and providing a signal indicative of a fluid pressure inside of a mass flow controller with a pressure sensor contained within the mass flow controller,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070131281 - Underground fuel tank vent valve: A vent valve for a fuel tank includes a valve housing having a first valve mechanism movable between an open and closed position and a second valve mechanism movable between an open and closed position. The first valve mechanism opens to vent the tank at a first design pressure differential... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070131283 - Sanitary tank vent valve: A combination pressure relief and vacuum relief valve for mounting on a storage tank is disclosed as having two vertical mounting connections of different elevations; a pressure relief valve mounted on one connection; and a vacuum relief valve mounted on the other connection such that said vacuum relief valve is... Agent: Kenneth H. Johnson

20070131284 - Montgomery soft stroke one way valve: The Montgomery Soft Stroke One Way Valve is designed to open and close more than four million times a year, as floats in the ocean go up and down with swells to compress water to make electricity. The valve is preferably round with vanes that open and close. The vanes... Agent: W.c. Gray Montgomery

20070131285 - Valve means: A valve means for blocking and clearing a passage between the pressure chambers which can be loaded with fluid pressure, especially of a passage for exhaust gas recirculation for internal combustion engines, with at least one leaf spring element (23) which is located between a valve seat surface (25) on... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070131286 - Gas valve with overtravel: A gas valve may include a valve body and a valve member disposed within the valve body. A resilient sealing ring may be disposed within the valve body such that the valve member achieves a closed position when the valve member contacts the resilient sealing ring. In some instances, a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070131287 - Apparatus, system and method for monitoring fluid flows and/or filter conditions and/or distributing a single fluid: An apparatus, a system and a method monitor fluid flows and/or filter conditions and/or distribute a single fluid. The apparatus and the system supply and/or maintain fluid requirements of one or more hydraulic systems with the single fluid from a reservoir. The filtered inlets transfer and/or add the single fluid... Agent: Patents+tms A Professional Corporation

20070131288 - Valve and valve cartridge: A faucet valve cartridge includes a valve seat with a co-molded proximal end. The cartridge regulates flow in a faucet valve and provides a floating sealing arrangement with the valve seat of the faucet valve.... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070131289 - Pressure balanced three-way valve for motion control: A switching control valve for use in controlling the motion of a hydraulic component is provided. The valve includes a housing that defines a feed port, an outlet port, a drain port, and a longitudinal opening through the housing. The valve also includes an inlet valve moveably positionable in the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070131290 - Manual valve of hydraulic control system for continuously variable transmission: In order to minimize shift shocks during R→N and D→N manual shifts, in a manual valve of a hydraulic control system of a continuously variable transmission including a valve body having one input port and two output ports and a valve spool having a first land and a second land... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070131291 - Manual valve of hydraulic pressure control system for automatic transmission: A manual valve of a hydraulic pressure control system for an automatic transmission includes: a valve body that includes an input port and two reverse range pressure supply ports for supplying a hydraulic pressure from the input port to two friction elements; and a valve spool that is disposed in... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070131292 - Hydraulically operated loading apparatus with dual three-function joystick controls: A control apparatus is provided for operating six hydraulic valves from two different positions. The control apparatus is particularly suitable for operating the hydraulic controls of a six function trash loader. First and second three-function joysticks are mounted at the first position, and third and fourth three-function joysticks are mounted... Agent: John W. Chestnut Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070131293 - Valve island with non-active area venting between components: A valve island that has vented non-active areas is disclosed. The valve island has a plurality of active gas passageways that are coupled together between components. At the junction between the different components the active fluid passageways are surrounded by a sealing surface. The sealing surface essentially surrounds some non-active... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070131294 - Valve with a rotated solenoid: A valve that has the solenoids aligned at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the valve operator is disclosed. By aligning the solenoid at 90 degrees the fluid passageways in the valve operator are simplified and the operator body is easier to mold.... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070125423 - Liquid supply method and apparatus: There is provided a liquid supply method in which, when preparing a solution that can be used as washing water and the like by supplying a minute amount of chemicals and the like to ultrapure water, the amount of supply solution that is supplied can be accurately determined. In this... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070125424 - Flow-regulating valve of nozzle: An invention of a flow-regulating valve for a nozzle comprise a valve chamber with an inlet and outlet, a valve axle with a notch passage and a block section for regulating the flow of the fluid, and a regulative handle joined with the valve axle by a set of joining... Agent: King - Yuan Wang

20070125425 - Module isolation devices: A gas flow isolation device includes a gas flow isolation valve movable from an opened condition to a closed condition. The module isolation valve in one embodiment includes a rupture disk in flow communication with a flow of gas when the module isolation valve is in an opened condition. The... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070125426 - Medical gas outlet with support bracket: A support bracket is affixed to a medical gas outlet. The support bracket supports one or more elements of a gas circuit coupled to the medical gas outlet and prevents deformation of a lock spring of the medical gas outlet. The medical gas outlet can be a wall mounted vacuum... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070125428 - Fuel leakage preventing valve: Disclosed is a fuel leakage preventing valve involving no variations in valve closing characteristics. In the fuel leakage preventing valve, in which a vertically movable float valve (4) is arranged in a chamber defined inside a housing and in which a valve seat of the housing communicating with an outside... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070125427 - Tank flow path structure: The fuel cutoff valve has a connection conduit that connects the connection hole to the approximately round shaped cross section tube passage. With the connection conduit, the connection hole and the flow path area are almost the same, and this comprises a curved passage part that makes the rising gas... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070125429 - Integrated leak detection and termination device for toilet: A toilet fill valve assembly for filling a toilet tank with water includes a tube assembly sized and shaped so as to be mounted in the toilet tank and to receive a supply of water. The fill valve assembly also includes a fill valve, which is connected to the tube... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20070125430 - Packaging release valve for microwavable food items: A valve assembly is provided for venting pressurized gases generated from within an enclosed package during a heating of the package. The valve assembly has a membrane element, a tubular body and a retaining member. The tubular body has an open end, a closed end and a recess defined therebetween.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070125431 - Elevated first fill valve in suction diesel units and pump modules: A reservoir structure of a fuel suction unit or pump module for a diesel vehicle is provided. The reservoir structure includes a reservoir 10 having a bottom surface 14. A primary opening 12 is provided in the bottom surface for permitting fuel to pass from a fuel tank of the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070125432 - Regulator insert with hydraulic damping in outlet: A regulator insert for valves includes inflow openings and a plurality of slot-shaped outflow openings extending in the axial direction of the insert and being, via a roller membrane, closable in response to the difference in pressure across the insert under the influence of a spring that seeks to keep... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070125433 - Manual valve of a hydraulic pressure control system for an automatic transmission: A manual valve of a hydraulic pressure control system for an automatic transmission includes: a valve body including a first exhaust passage that includes an exhausting hole and an intake hole that are communicated with a drive range port in a neutral range, such that a transmission fluid, which is... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070125434 - Microfluidic device: There is provided a microfluidic device capable of preventing the flow of a fluid from being interrupted by bubbles generated in a micro flow passage. In a microfluidic device 10 wherein a micro flow passage 16 having a substantially constant height is formed for allowing a fluid to flow therein... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070125435 - Method and apparatus for installing fluid system components: A method and apparatus for installing one or more axially ported components on a manifold with lateral space restraints, an installation bore being formed to have a sealing surface and the manifold further modified to include an outer threaded section, the apparatus including a sealing member formed of a compressible... Agent: Philip J. Lee