Fluid handling inventions 03/08

20080072963 - Method, device and tool for cleaning, surveying, inspecting, etc. unpiggable pipelines: The invention relates to a method for introducing a pig-like tool into an operating pipeline, such as a fluid pipe. According to the invention the pipeline is drilled during operation and the tool is injected into the pipeline through the drilled hole. During a corresponding tool removal from the pipeline... Agent: Patentanwaelte Lichti + Partner Gbr

20080072964 - Microfluidic device capable of equalizing flow of multiple microfluids in chamber, and microfluidic network employing the same: Provided are a microfluidic device and a microfluidic network formed by connecting such microfluidic devices. The microfluidic device can equalize the flow of multiple microfluids in a chamber in parallel to thereby have an equal flow rate when the microfluids transferred through different flow channels join in the chamber having... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080072965 - Valve device for sanitary fitting and sanitary fitting: A valve device (10) for a sanitary fitting having at least two control elements (30, 32) which are movable relative to one another and on which at least two inlet channels (16, 18) and at least one control channel (42) are formed is described. The control channel (42) is configured... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20080072966 - Damper device: A damper device may include a frame, a baffle turnably supported on the frame, a drive unit for turnably driving the baffle, a first and a second turnable support parts for supporting the baffle on the frame, and a mechanical connecting part between the drive unit and the baffle which... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080072967 - Self-sealing floor drain: A self-sealing floor drain includes a hollow cylindrical drain basket mounted in a drain pipe or an existing bell-type floor drain, and a sealing disc movably mounted at a water outlet of the drain basket. The drain basket has a case, on an inner wall surface of which a switch... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080072968 - Maintaining dynamic water storage in underground porosity reservoirs: An underground porosity reservoir includes substantially impermeable barriers and an aquiclude surrounding a volume of alluvial materials for storing water within the pore spaces of the alluvial materials. Upstream and downstream ends of the reservoir define both a static storage portion (extending below an elevation of the downstream end of... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080072969 - Automate fluid flow control system: An automate fluid flow control system includes a valve member for being sealedly disposed within a fluid chamber to seal a flow of fluid flowing from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet, a relief valve having a fluid passage extended along the valve member for communicating the fluid chamber... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20080072970 - Foot pedal for controlling flow of liquid fluid in arthroscopic surgery: A foot pedal evacuates debris and fluid from the field of view of a camera during arthroscopic procedures. In a first embodiment, the foot pedal houses a ball check valve to control fluid flow, and includes a base and a foot support hingedly mounted to one another. The foot support... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080072971 - Liquid conservation device and a liquid apparatus incorporating the liquid conservation device: A water saving device for us in a hot water system to recover an initial volume of cold water when a hot water tap is turned on. The device has an inlet for receiving water piped from a water heater, a primary outlet for delivering hot water to a tap,... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080072972 - Vapor recovery control valve: A fuel vapor control valve comprising a housing fitted with an inlet port connectable to a fuel tank and an outlet port connectable to a fuel vapor recovery device. The inlet port and the outlet port are in flow communication via a first valve controlled passage admitting fuel vapor flow... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080072973 - Rotary pneumatic damper for check valve: A damping system for a valve with a flapper comprises a main body having at least an inner wall defining a pneumatic chamber, a paddle disposed within the pneumatic chamber, and a plurality of orifices extending through the main body. The paddle is coupled to the flapper and moved thereby... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080072974 - Engineered composite quiet check valve: A check valve is provided that includes a valve body, a stop mechanism, and a flapper. The valve body includes a flowpath extending therethrough and a pair of stop supports extending axially therefrom. The valve body includes an engineered composite. The stop mechanism is integrally formed with the valve body... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080072975 - Oil pressure control valve having actuator: An oil pressure control valve is composed of a three-way valve and an electromagnetic actuator for driving the three-way valve. An oil port such as a bleed port is formed in an elongated valve housing to open to a radial direction of the valve housing. The oil port is covered... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080072976 - Feed-through module for an analyzer: A feed-through module for an analyzer, such as a gas chromatograph. The feed-through module is adapted for connection to a plurality of tubes and for conveying fluids between the tubes and an enclosed volume of a housing of the analyzer. The feed-through module includes a connection structure threadably secured to... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080072977 - Pilot-operated valves and manifold assemblies: A pilot-operated valve can include a manifold assembly with a plate cavity and a valve plate positioned within the cavity. The valve plate includes a first surface facing a cavity surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The valve plate also includes a first aperture extending... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080072978 - Spool valve: A spool valve includes a valve housing, a spool and radial damper device. The valve housing has a shaft bore. The spool is slidably supported within the shaft bore in a longitudinal direction, and the spool has a first diameter portion and a second diameter portion. The radial damper device... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080066805 - Pressure tank system with heat conducting layer: A pressure tank system including a pressure release valve that releases pressure in the tank if the valve exceeds a predetermined temperature. In order for the pressure release valve to be effective, it must detect heat at all areas of the tank system. The tank system includes a heat conducting... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080066806 - Pneumatic safety valve: A pneumatic safety valve prevents dangerously rapid outflow of pressurized air in the event that an air hose ruptures or a pneumatic tool is accidentally decoupled from the hose downstream of the valve. The valve has an internal air conduit in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet ports. The... Agent: Weinick & Associates, LLC

20080066803 - Efficient liquid processing system: A fluid processing system has a plurality of segments configured to receive flow of a fluid product. Each of the plurality of segments has a line input, a line output, a cleaning input valve, and a cleaning discharge valve. The cleaning input valve connects to the line input and the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20080066804 - Non-pyrotechnic isolation valve element: A housing has a passageway containing a valve seat. A valve element seals against the valve seat to maintain the valve in the closed position. A release rod extends from the valve body and a shell surrounds the release rod, preventing its movement. The shell is formed in several sections,... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20080066807 - Hot water supply device: The Present invention provides a hot water supply device in which the temperature of hot water stored at high temperature in a hot water storage tank or the like can be lowered to a temperature for use at which the risk of scalding is prevented, when supplied to a hot... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20080066808 - Swivel metal hose cart: A hose reel cart utilizes metal and coated metal component construction for increased durability and stability while still remaining lightweight for increased hose capacity and maneuverability. Additionally the hose reel can pivot about an axis which is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal rotary axis of the hose reel thereby enabling... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20080066809 - Gas bottle valve stem protective sleeve: A protective sleeve for use in connection with valve stems for gas bottles is provided, the protective sleeve being comprised of an elongated body of such length as to extend along at least a portion of the length of the valve stem. A projection extends from an interior surface of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080066810 - Anti-siphon control valve: An anti-siphon control valve includes a housing fitted with a first port inflow, being in fluid communication with a first chamber; a second port outflow, being in fluid communication with a second chamber coaxial with the first chamber. A fluid flow path extends between the chambers. A resilient membrane is... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20080066811 - Vacuum valve: A vacuum valve comprises a valve housing with a first valve opening and a second valve opening which are surrounded by a first valve seat and a second valve seat, a closure member comprising a first closure plate and a second closure plate, a transverse drive unit for adjusting the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080066812 - Water leak detection and prevention systems and methods: Water leak detection and prevention systems and methods in which water is only delivered to the water pipes in the building when a faucet or appliance demands water and water is delivered through a normally closed shut off water valve. During the period that the main water is shut off,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080066813 - Mixer cartridge: A mixer cartridge for insertion into the basic body of a fitting contains a bottom making the water connection with the basic body of the fitting. This bottom is guided so as to be displaceable to some extent with respect to the cartridge housing. In the initial state, this bottom... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080066814 - Two-stage servo-valve: A two-stage servo-valve has a first stage in which four flow resistances are arranged in a bridge circuit. At least one of the flow resistances is variable, and two opposite switching points of the bridge circuit are connected to an air inlet and to an air outlet respectively. A differential... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080066815 - One-way elastomer valve: A low-profile one-way valve assembly that attaches to a liquid conduit. A valve fitting supports a recessed, bi-leaflet, elastomer valve piece. A compound curvature at a valve base, raised seal forming surfaces at provided leaflets, tapered extension surfaces at the leaflets and a tailored sidewall thickness profile at the leaflets... Agent: Douglas L. Tschida

20080066816 - Automatic stop cock valve: A flow control device includes a fitting having three portals. One of the portals is an entry portal for a liquid, one of the portals is an entry portal for a gas, and the other portal is an exit portal for either the liquid or the gas. A normally closed... Agent: Alcon

20080066817 - Device for adjusting and throttling the flow-rate of a fluid, particularly medical oxygen and compressed gases in general: A device for adjusting and throttling the flow-rate of a fluid, particularly medical oxygen and compressed gases in general, which comprises a valve body which defines an input port and an output port for a fluid at high pressure; the input port is controlled by a high-pressure flow control element;... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080066818 - Device for adjusting the flow-rate of a fluid, particularly medical oxygen and compressed gases in general: A device for adjusting the flow-rate of a fluid, particularly medical oxygen and compressed gases in general, which comprises a valve body which defines an input duct for a low-pressure fluid which is connected to a rotary flow control element, which has an output port which can be arranged at... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080066819 - Devices and method for transporting a container: A receptacle configured to accept a container, a cart which can releasably accept a receptacle, and method for use of the receptacle and cart.... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080060700 - Method and apparatus for generating large pressures on a microfluidic chip: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for generating pressure suitable in magnitude for powering micro-sized devices. The present invention typically comprises a gas generation chamber that is equipped with an activation element and filled with a gas-containing liquid. Powering of the activation element causes gas within the... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20080060701 - Earthquake safety valve for shutting off overflowing gas: The present invention relates to a valve to shut off an overflowing gas passage and an earthquake safety valve for automatically shutting off a flow passage of LPG, LNG and a poisonous gas; and more particularly, to a valve capable of automatically shutting off the flow passage by sensing an... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080060702 - Elliptical score pattern for reverse acting style rupture disc and assembly using the same: A non-reclosing, over-pressure relief device comprising a unitary pressure support having a central dome including a convex surface and an opposed concave surface, a flange surrounding the dome, the flange including a transition portion joining the flange to the dome and an elliptically shaped blow-out portion included in the dome... Agent: Ian Fincham

20080060699 - Polymeric pipes and liners suitable for transporting oil and gas materials and made from blends of polyolefins and polyamides: A pipe or liner for use in the oil and gas industry that comprises a melt-mixed bend of polyamide and incompatible polyolefin and a compatibilizing agent where the polyamide exists as a discontinuous phase that is dispersed in a polyolefin matrix. The pipe or liner has enhanced resistance to the... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080060703 - Action keeping siphon unit: An action keeping siphon unit includes a curved tube that upon expansion on a plane, assumes a W-shape is used as a siphon. Start-up portions on both sides thereof are used as auxiliary pools. Even when the water level in storage tank lowers to the bottom, a balance is kept... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20080060704 - Replaceable outlet liner for control valve: A liner assembly adapted to line a valve body of a control valve comprises a sleeve, a liner and a retainer. The sleeve has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface defines a bore. The outer surface is adapted to be disposed in engagement with the outlet... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080060705 - Fill valve: A fill valve includes a stand pipe for positioning upright on the floor of a fluid reservoir, and a discharge tube secured at a selected position on the stand pipe by a locking collar. The discharge tube is adapted to move along the stand pipe to allow for height adjustment... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080060706 - Fire fighting fluid delivery device with sensor: A firefighting fluid delivery device includes a device body with a fluid passage through which a fluid flows, a fluid flow restrictor member pivotable about a pivot axis to selectively open or close the passage to thereby open or close the device, and an actuator for selectively pivoting the fluid... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080060707 - Remote shower actuation and temperature sensing unit: A remote shower actuator and temperature sensing unit installs in a shower having a shower head in a water line that is downstream of hot and cold water mixing for the shower. The shower actuator includes a battery powered wireless actuated blocking valve, a digital temperature sensor mechanism, a temperature... Agent: Blynn L. Shideler The Blk Law Group

20080060708 - Control valve: A gas valve may include a valve body defining an upper valve seat region, and in some cases a lower valve seat region. A main valve that includes an upper main plate, and in some cases a lower main plate, may be disposed within the valve body. A control valve... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080060709 - Adjustable water-dispersing device for a faucet: An adjustable water-dispersing device has a housing, a valve shaft, a plug, a resilient element, a pivotal bracket, a handle and a mouth cap. Wherein, the housing has a channel, a valve chamber and a water chamber communicated with each other in sequence. Two draining holes extend between the valve... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080060710 - Controllable magnetorheological fluid valve, devices, and methods: A controllable magnetorheological fluid valve for controlling magnetorheological fluid. The controllable fluid valve includes a magnetorheological fluid conduit with a magnetorheological fluid path. The controllable fluid valve includes a north magnetic pole and a south magnetic pole, with the south magnetic pole proximate the north magnetic pole with a magnetic... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20080053527 - Bursting disc assembly: A bursting disc assembly has a bursting disc and an outlet side support ring. In order to provide a safety warning, when the bursting disc assembly is incorrectly installed in a reversed orientation, the outlet side ring has a passage through it from its radial interior to its exterior, in... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20080053526 - 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

20080053528 - Diaphragm pressure balancing valves: A simplified diaphragm pressure balancing valve assembly is claimed with a body having inlet and outlet water ports selectively connected to supply a shower or a spout. The body includes a cylindrical opening to receive a cartridge assembly including inlet and outlet parts for alignment with the inlet and outlet... Agent: Ivor M. Hughes, Barrister & Solicitor, Patent & Trademark Agents

20080053529 - Drain tap: An inexpensive, compact, conveniently installed drain tap for disposing of water from a condensate hose. The drain tap channels condensate water from a hose to a drain having at least one drain hole. The tap includes a base forming a hollow channel. The base has a spillway at one end... Agent: Stephen R. Robinson

20080053530 - Valve with freeze-proof heated valve seat: A valve comprises a valve body having a fluid inlet and fluid outlet, a valve seat located in the valve body between the fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a valve member movable towards and away from the valve seat for controlling the flow of fluid from the fluid inlet... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080053531 - Faucet incorporating vandal resistant features: A faucet incorporating vandal resistant features is provided to limit the possibility of tampering by limiting access to the valve cartridges of the faucet. The faucet includes a valve cartridge and a handle bat operatively attached to the valve cartridge. A hub covering the valve cartridge is freely rotatable about... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080053532 - Control system for a plurality of toilets and related method: An adapter includes an interface module that receives signals from a first sensor that indicate a first fill status of a holding tank. A control module of the adapter generates a control signal based on the first fill status. The toilet is at least partially controlled by a toilet control... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080053533 - Gauge assembly having a stop fill device: A gauge assembly includes an indicator for providing an indication of an amount of fluid in a tank and a stop-fill assembly for stopping the flow of fluid flowing into the tank once the fluid reaches a particular level. The gauge assembly has a shaft that rotates as the fluid... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20080053535 - Cylinder valve regulator: Assembly comprising a housing having valve and regulator portions, with the housing having an inlet, an outlet and a fluid path extending through the portions. The regulator portion includes a cavity, an inlet connected to the cavity and a outlet connected to the cavity. The regulator portion includes a member... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080053534 - Pressure regulator for a fuel supply unit and method for production of a pressure regulator: The invention relates to a pressure regulator for a fuel supply unit on a motor vehicle, whereby a membrane (11) is connected to an annular element (3) of the housing (1) and a moving piston (2) by a laser welding technique. A reliable sealing of the membrane (11) is thus... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080053537 - Check valve assembly including position indicator and method of operation: A check valve assembly including a position indicator and method of operation, wherein the position indicator indicates the position of at least one of a plurality of flappers. The valve assembly including at least one bridge conductor and at least one pair of spaced apart mating conductors formed on at... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080053536 - High flow insert type check valve: A check valve is provided for use in a low pressure differential system. The check valve includes a valve body, a support bar, stop supports, a shaft, a stop mechanism, and flappers. The valve body has a first and a second flow channel extending therethrough that each has an inlet... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080053538 - Hydraulic circuit of option device for excavator: A hydraulic circuit of an option device for an excavator is disclosed, which can constantly supply hydraulic fluid to an option device, such as a breaker and so on, selectively mounted on the excavator, irrespective of the size of a load occurring when the option device operates, and control respective... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080053539 - Method of collecting medical waste in a collection device using a disposable manifold assembly having an outlet valve to reduce leakage: A manifold assembly (100) for directing and filtering material (102) from fluid flowing into a medical waste collection device (104) includes a plurality of inlet ports (116) and an outlet port (118) with a filter (108, 110, 112) disposed between the ports (116, 118) along a fluid path (120). An... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080053540 - Fluid flow control device: A fluid flow control device (1) comprising at least one valve, the or each valve being controlled by an electrically-operate e actuator (32), a control means (27) for controlling the actuators and a communication means (28) to provide signals for the control means (27), wherein the device (1) includes an... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20080053541 - Pressure regulation device, in particular for an oxygen emergency supply system in an aircraft: A pressure regulation device is provided, in particular for an oxygen emergency supply system in an aircraft. The device includes at least two parallel conduits in each of which at least two controllable valves are arranged in series. Further, a pressure sensor is arranged on the exit side of the... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080053543 - Valve module and methods for simulated moving bed chromatography: The present invention provides devices and methods for micro-scale simulated moving bed chromatography (SMB) for continuous preparation of analytic quantities of highly pure fractions of target molecules. The present apparatus and method of the invention is adapted in a preferred embodiment to separations by affinity chromatography involving three discontinuous liquid... Agent: Casimir Jones, S.c.

20080053544 - Flow for port guided globe valve: A valve assembly includes a valve body, a valve seat, and a valve plug. The valve body defines a flow path for a fluid. The valve plug is adapted for displacement between a closed position and an open position in the valve body. The valve plug includes a crown, a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080053542 - Multi-stage pedal control water supply: A multi-stage pedal control water supply installation includes a tap provided with water inlet and water outlet, a control valve with orifice, a linking unit, one or a plurality of pedal, and a flow control unit; the flow control unit being disposed by one side of the pedal to interfere... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080053545 - Parabolic bonnet for three-way valve: A fluid control device including a valve body, a control member, and a one-piece bonnet. The valve body defines a flow path for a fluid. The control member is disposed in the valve body and adapted for displacement between at least a first position and a second position. The one-piece... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080053546 - Valve seal structure for reservoir of a fuel delivery module: A valve seal structure 20 seals an opening in a reservoir 10′ of a fuel delivery module. The reservoir is constructed and arranged to be mounted with respect to a bottom of a fuel tank of a vehicle. The reservoir has wall structure 15 coupled with a bottom 14 to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department