Fluid handling inventions 05/08

20080121282 - Temperature limiting device applicable to single lever valves for mixing hot and cold liquids: A single lever valve for mixing hot and cold liquids has a mixer which can internally impose an upper limit on the temperature of any liquid emerging from it. The means used may enable the upper limit to be changed by exchange of a component so that the mixer can... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080121283 - Device and method for regulating a level of fluid in a vessel: A system for regulating a level of fluid in a vessel is provided that is capable of detecting a pressure of the fluid, and increasing and/or decreasing a flow of fluid to the vessel in relation to the detected pressure. The system can contain a fluid level regulator adapted to... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080121284 - Tapping tee assembly with cap assembly: A tapping tee assembly and method for tapping a conduit and fluidly connecting to the conduit include a body defining a conduit recess for receiving the conduit and further defining a main passage with a cover disposed therein. The main passage has a first end adjacent the conduit recess and... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080121285 - Extrication device and method therefor: An extrication device includes a first plate and a second plate adapted to be coupled to at least a portion of the first plate. An inflatable bladder is coupled at least partially between the first and second plates, wherein at least a portion of the first plate is generally proximate... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080121286 - Commissioning module including an airtight housing: A commissioning module including an airtight housing, in which sealing members in the vicinity of an aperture in the periphery of the housing provides an airtight seal between the periphery of the housing and a conduit passing through the aperture in the periphery of the housing.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080121287 - Liquid level control valve: A valve for controlling a “guaranteed” back up pressurised liquid supply to a tank fed from another primary supply. The valve controls the quantity of water in the tank between a predetermined upper and lower level. The valve has an inlet and an outlet interconnected by a restricted passage controlled... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080121288 - High pressure valve for hydrogen gas and decompression device for hydrogen gas: A high pressure valve for hydrogen gas includes a valve seat and a valve member, which is movable to selectively open and close the valve seat. One of the valve member and the valve seat is formed of austenitic stainless steel, and the other one of the valve member and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080121289 - Hydraulic fluid tank: A hydraulic fluid tank includes a tank main member of a box-shaped member with a return port and a drawing port that are opened therein; and a divider member that is located in an interior of the tank main member and defines a path of fluid flow from the return... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080121290 - Method and arrangement for diagnosis of a final control element: The disclosure relates to a method and an arrangement for diagnosis of a final control element, which is actuated by a pneumatically operated actuating mechanism under the control of a control device, and which emits acoustic signals during conventional use. It is proposed to detect acoustic signals fed back into... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080121291 - High flow calibration test point: A high flow calibration test point has entry, inlet, and outlet ports and a spring-biased plunger that in one position provides communication between the entry port and both the inlet and outlet ports, in another position provides communication between the entry port only with the outlet port, and in yet... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080121292 - Fluid pressure control device: A fluid pressure control device has a configuration in which board-holding units and of a resin case are inserted and fitted to mounting holes of a board to fix the board. The board-holding units have a connector side board-holding unit provided at a position on a connector housing side with... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080121293 - Showerhead system: A showerhead system is provided. The showerhead system may provide a plurality of spray modes using a control mode selector located adjacent to a shower pipe. The showerhead system may also include an adjustment mechanism located near or about the shower pipe. The showerhead system may also have dual support... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080121294 - Fluid delivery system: This invention relates to a fluid delivery system which can be used to deliver hydraulic fluid in a subsea hydraulic line. The invention described herein includes a body, a flow line extending in the body, and a plunger slideably mounted on the flow line.... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20080121295 - Fluidic oscillator and display fountain: A fluidic device (10) has an input (8) and at least two alternative outputs (1,2), wherein flow to at least a first of said outputs is to a pressure accumulator (12,30) resulting in increasing pressure in said first output until a first high pressure threshold is reached. The device then... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080121296 - Tuning slide valve for intake manifold: A slide valve for use in an air intake manifold is disclosed, wherein a durability of the valve and a quality of a seal created while the valve is in a closed position are maximized, and a cost and a weight of the valve are minimized.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080121297 - Stopcock closure plug: The invention relates to a stopcock for fluids, comprising a housing (2) with an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) access and a closure plug (1) in the housing, with a spindle nut (9) and a closure membrane (6) adhering thereto, controlling the passage between the inlet (3) and outlet... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080121298 - Shut-off device for a pipe: Shut-off device for a pipe for a liquid, in particular pressurized crude oil, a pipe baffle, having an opening in the form of a valve seat for a valve flap placed upstream, being spring biased toward closed position, an appurtenant hydraulic cylinder being arranged to overcome the spring bias upon... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080121299 - Accumulator and method of manufacturing flow damper: An object of the present invention is to provide an accumulator including a flow damper which is capable of forming a strong vortex in a vortex chamber to thereby obtain a high flow resistance at the time of a small flow injection. To this end, the following are performed for... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080121300 - Accumulator: An object of the present invention is to provide an accumulator including a flow damper which is capable of performing a control so that a vortex may not be formed in a vortex chamber at the time of a large flow injection without requiring huge labors and fabrication costs. The... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080115834 - System and method to divide fluid flow in a predetermined ratio: A system and method for dividing the flow of one or more process fluids in a predetermined flow ratio is provided herein. In one embodiment, a system for dividing flow of one or more process fluids in a predetermined flow ratio includes a process chamber having a plurality of inlets... Agent: Moser Ip Law Group / Applied Materials, Inc.

20080115835 - Structure of straight-out controllable ceramic valve of anti-freezing faucet: An improved structure of straight-out controllable ceramic valve of anti-freezing faucet, which is comprised by cover water-receiving valve seat with open bottom, cylinder water-controlling shaft bolt that one end is covered into shaft hole at center of water-receiving valve seat and a group of butterfly outlet control valves, wherein bottom... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080115836 - Structure of temperature-controlled infrared sensor water faucet: An improved structure of temperature-controlled infrared sensor water faucet, which is comprised by cool water supply pipe and hot water supply pipe assembled from bottom to upward so that the mixing control ceramic valve installed in the upper valve slot can control cool and hot water as required, and the... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080115837 - Environmental control system, method, and computer program product for controlling the interior environment of a pressurized compartment: Methods, environmental control systems, and computer program products are provided for controlling an internal environment of a pressurized compartment of a vehicle. In one aspect, the pressurized compartment includes first and second exit valves for selectively allowing gas to exit the pressurized compartment. The first and second exit valves are... Agent: Alston & Bird, LLP

20080115838 - Inflation valve: An inflation valve includes a hollow sleeve having a first chamber with an internal beveled stop shoulder and a second chamber having at least one release port; a first valve body located in the first chamber and normally pushed upward by a first compression spring; a second valve body located... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080115839 - Structured hot water demand flow control: In a hot water system for providing intermittent hot water, a separate holding vessel is provided and disposed in a hot water line between a hot water source and a plumbing fixture for blending of incoming hot water with residual water in the vessel in order to decrease cold water... Agent: Walter A . Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080115840 - Gas block device and gas block method: A use condition of gas equipment is monitored. An abnormality determination unit 26 determines whether or not a use flow volume obtained by detecting a flow velocity obtained by measuring a signal transfer time in a medium using a flow velocity detection unit 17 and converting the detected flow velocity... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080115841 - Flow regulator: Disclosed is a flow regulator, especially for insertion into a jet regulator in an outlet fixture, comprising an insertion member that is penetrated by at least one flow duct in an axial direction as well as a throttle element which forms a control gap along with the insertion member in... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.c. 8 Penn Center

20080115842 - Pressure-compensated, subsea chemical injection valve: A backpressure-protected valve suitable for subsea well treatment chemical injection applications includes an improved gate valve, a check valve and a pressure compensator responsive to ambient hydrostatic pressure. The check valve may comprise a poppet valve in a detachable outlet body. The pressure compensator comprises a free piston in a... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.l.p.

20080115843 - Negative check valve of a pneumatic transfer pipe: A negative check valve of a pneumatic transfer pipe comprises a casing having a hollow chamber and a channel which is communicated to the hollow chamber; a cover having a penetrating channel; a plug movably received in the hollow chamber of the casing; a washer installed between the casing and... Agent: Chi-chang Wang

20080115844 - Mechatronic device: A mechatronic device comprising a housing that encompasses a mechanical part and an electronic part is provided. The mechanical part includes one or more solenoid valves and pressure-directing ducts. The electronic part includes a printed circuit board with electronic components. Sensor modules are incorporated in the pressure-directing ducts to measure... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080115845 - Needle valve pump for dispensing liquid product: The invention concerns a pump for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid product, designed to be used in particular in the pharmaceutical or cosmetic field. The pump comprises a needle valve and a dispensing head manually movable on the pump housing between an inactive position and a punctual product dispensing position. The... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20080115846 - Aqueous fluid photoprotective compositions comprising ester-terminated poly(ester amide) polymers: e

20080115847 - Oil suction device for automatic transmission: An oil suction device for an automatic transmission includes: an oil pan that receives oil supplied to various portions of the automatic transmission and returned to the oil pan and reserves the received oil therein; an oil strainer located over the oil pan; a suction port drawing in the oil... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080115848 - Valve, especially proportional pressure control valve: The invention relates to a valve, especially a proportional pressure control valve, comprising a valve housing (38) provided with at least three fluid connections (1, 2, 3). The valve can be connected to a hydraulic drive system with a pre-determinable minable consumer pressure. The aim of the invention is to... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080115850 - Fluid transport in monolithic structures: A modular insert and monolithic structure is disclosed where the inserts are embedded in a slot in the monolithic structure to allow MSM components to be mounted directly to the planar surface of the monolithic structure.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080115849 - Micro-fluidic oscillator: A micro-fluidic oscillator comprises a main body and a cover body for covering the main body. An oscillation chamber is disposed on the main body to provide an oscillation space for fluid. A sudden-expansion micro-nozzle is connected with one end of the oscillation chamber, and an outlet passage is connected... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080110500 - Microfluidic valve liquids: A microfluidic device for the splitting or sequencing of fluid flow includes a plurality of upstream and/or downstream chambers coupled via microfluidic channels. For splitting fluid, a substrate is provided that includes a main chamber and a plurality of downstream sub-chambers. Each sub-chamber is associated with a sealable vent hole.... Agent: Vista Ip Law Group LLP

20080110501 - Explosion pressure relief device: This invention relates to an explosion pressure relief device with a wall and a framework fixing the wall. In the case of an explosion in a container to which an explosion pressure relief device is attached, such explosion pressure relief device serves to allow the pressure wave to escape at... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.l.c.

20080110502 - Faucet with water temperature retaining feature: The present invention is related to a water faucet having a water temperature retaining feature. The water faucet includes a hot water control, a cold water control, a mixing chamber for receiving the hot water and the cold water, a first flow control cartridge operationally coupled with the hot water... Agent: Jonathan Y. Kang, Esq. Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka, P.c.

20080110503 - Cut valve: A cut valve preventing fuel overflow from a fuel tank to a fuel gas passage includes a float moving upward and downward corresponding to a surface of the fuel, a cone formed to an upper surface of the floater to move with the float, at least one link formed to... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080110504 - Manifold system for filtration modules: A modular membrane filtration system (5) includes a number of banks (6) of membrane modules (7). Each module (7) includes upper and lower modular manifolds (8) and (9), respectively which are connected to one another to form upper and lower common manifolds (10) and (11) for each bank (6). The... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080110505 - Circulating water reservoir tank: Disclosed embodiments describe a water reservoir tank used to temporarily supply a building in the event that the municipal water supply is disrupted. The municipal water supply, the tank, and the building are connected in series, so that any draw of water from the building will cause water in the... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080110506 - Flow control device: a housing (19) including a first chamber (21) communicated with an inlet port (11) and a second chamber (22) communicated with an outlet port (12); a cylindrical portion (25), which extends in the second chamber, for communicating the first chamber with the second chamber; a valve seat (61) provided at... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080110507 - Backflow prevention device for in-line screw-type injection molding machine: A check ring is mounted around a shaft of a screw tip that is mounted on a front part of a screw, whereby a resin is prevented from flowing back from ahead of a conical portion toward the screw. Projections are provided on a front end surface of the check... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080110508 - Guiding of short aspect ratio poppets in a hot gas application: A valve comprises a valve body, a poppet, and a pin. The valve body includes an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid flow passage therebetween. The poppet is disposed in the valve body, and is moveable between a closed position, in which the poppet at least substantially restricts fluid from... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080110509 - Hydraulic pump flow shut-off valve: A load sense valve assembly includes a first valve in flow communication with a pump discharge line, a second valve in flow communication with the first valve, and a third valve in flow communication with the first valve. The first valve can be a solenoid actuated directional control valve. The... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080110510 - Sub-sea solenoid valves: A solenoid-operated valve comprises an inlet valve member which is disposed to close in response to fluid pressure at an inlet port. A venting valve member is disposed relative to the inlet valve member so that closure of either valve member lifts the other. The valve includes at least one... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080110511 - Faucet device: The invention relates to a faucet device for dispensing of a pressurised fluid, for example water, comprising an outlet member, preferably a spout, and a shut-off mechanism, said outlet member having an initial position (A) in which the flow of fluid through the outlet member is shut off, said shut... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080110512 - Decorative faucet assembly formed of plastic molded onto metal parts: A faucet assembly is provided having a cylindrical body with a base, a rotatable top, a housing and hot and cold tubes entering the housing. Two plates are positioned in the housing, a stationary plate and a top rotatable plates, the stationary plate having one aperture for cold water, a... Agent: James W. Badie, Esq. Stoll, Miskin & Badie

20080110513 - Flexible, hermetic pivot seal for torque motor: A torque motor (10) includes a support (20), a jet tube passage (42) in the support having a first end opening (43) and a second end opening (45), a jet tube (30) extending into the jet tube passage (42) through the first end opening (43) for directing a flow of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Law Department Ab 2

20080110514 - Fuel tank system: Disclosed is a fuel tank system capable of suppressing stagnation of fuel between check valves arranged in a fuel filling path. The fuel tank system has the fuel filling path which supplies fuel to a fuel tank through a filling port, and at least two check valves arranged in series... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080110515 - Defined lead path for high pressure seal: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and devices for conveying or containing fluids under pressure in which seals are provided with a defined path to vent fluid in the event of a seal failure.... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080110516 - Check valve: A check valve and method for manufacture of the check valve. The check valve comprises a substrate and a channel in the substrate. The channel has an anchor region, a channel corridor and a valve seat region. There is an elastomeric valve mechanism in the channel. The valve mechanism has... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080105304 - Integrated vapor management and rollover valve for a fuel tank: A fuel system comprising a fuel tank having an opening. A cap is removably coupled to the fuel tank and operable for sealingly closing the opening to prevent ingress and egress of air through the opening. An overfill chamber is in communication with the fuel tank, and a hydrocarbon collection... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080105305 - Method and system for controlled release of hot water from a fixture: A valve assembly for a water circulation system includes a bypass valve with an inlet and an outlet that permits recirculating flow of water from a hot water line of the water circulation system. The valve assembly also includes a shut-off valve with a valve body having a hot water... Agent: Dean D. Small The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20080105306 - Flowing-down rainwater filtration device and rainwater storage device using the same: The filtration device is provided with a housing 22 attached to a lower part of an upper vertical pipe 21a and an upper part of a lower vertical pipe 21b from above and below and having a rainwater flow chamber 23 and a valve chamber 24; a ball valve 29... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080105307 - Fluid pressure actuated poppet valve: In a valve body, an input chamber is located between a small diameter slide hole, which slidably supports a small diameter portion of a slidable valve, and a large diameter slide hole, which slidably supports a large diameter portion of the slidable valve, at a location that is closer to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080105308 - First stage scuba diving regulator having an intermediate pressure spring protected from ice-induced blockage: In a scuba diving first stage pressure regulator soft silicone rubber is bonded to the first stage spring to prevent water from freezing between the coils of the spring thereby assuring unrestricted movement of the spring coils even during freezing conditions. By placing a soft molded material bonded directly to... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20080105309 - Valve device for high-pressure gas: A valve device for high-pressure gas opens and closes a communication hole for communicating a primary pressure chamber, into which the high-pressure gas flows, to a secondary pressure chamber where pressure is lower than that of the primary pressure chamber. The valve device has a valve seat member provided at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080105310 - Valve assembly for gas container: There is disclosed a valve assembly for a gas container capable of appropriately discharging a gas from the gas container, even if a valve of a discharge passage has a failure or the like. The valve assembly for the gas container disposed at the gas container has, as passages which... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080105311 - Distributor for liquids: A distributor for liquids has a base member having an intake and at least two outlets. At least one branch member is connected to one of the at least two outlets in a position that is changeable relative to the base member. The at least one branch member has an... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20080105312 - Decorative faucet: Components of a faucet are assembled together in a container as a whole. Thus, the faucet is easily installed. Besides, a surface of the container is decorative which adds beauty to a wall where the faucet is installed.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20080105313 - Sanitary fitting: Sanitary fitting (10, 10A) with an outlet (38) and a first supply line connection (74) connected hydraulically thereto and capable of being connected to a first source of liquid, with a pilot valve arrangement (48) arranged hydraulically between the first supply line connection (74) and the outlet (38), and with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080105314 - Vortex brake for a liquid drainage system: A vortex brake (4) for a liquid drainage system has a vortex chamber (5), an inlet section (6) and an outlet (12), wherein liquid can flow into the inlet section (6), through this into the vortex chamber (5), through this and out through the outlet (12). The vortex chamber (5)... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080105315 - Tandem supersonic ejectors: Low pressure off gases such as from dry gas seals may be recompressed to a higher pressure using multiple tandem supersonic ejectors in which upstream ejectors operate at a higher nozzle exit Mach number than down stream ejectors and all ejectors are operated at exit Mach numbers greater than 1.... Agent: Kenneth H. Johnson Patent Attorney

20080105317 - Fluid flow blender and methods: A flow blender device that includes a plurality of input flow conduits and a single output flow conduit. A variable sized orifice is positioned along at least one of the conduits for metering and controlling fluid flowing through the flow blender device. The variable sized orifice can be positioned along... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080105316 - Multiple fluid product stream processing: The disclosure is directed to techniques for processing multiple fluid product streams. The techniques employ multiple intensifier pump systems in combination with a fluid processing device to mix, react or otherwise combine multiple fluid product streams. The intensifier pump systems produce fluid product streams with substantially uniform pressure levels for... Agent: Attention: Eric D. Levinson Imation Corp.

20080105318 - Turbulence minimizing device for multi-lumen fluid infusing systems and method for minimizing turbulence in such systems: A fluid turbulence minimizing device includes a connection portion defining a connection cavity shaped to receive a tertiary fluid-supply conduit including a primary fluid-supply lumen and two secondary fluid-supply lumens and an intermixing portion having a longitudinal flow axis and defining an intermixing cavity that has an input orifice fluidically... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20080105319 - Portable one man root poisoning system for sewers: An Improved system for killing roots in sewers, an individual portable system to eliminate the roots in the sewers, this system making it possible to treat the zones touched by problems of roots by treating only the zone concerned and not the overall length of the drain of sewer. The... Agent: Raymond Aniban, Jr.

20080099069 - Method, controller and system providing techniques for control of an air loaded regulator and cascaded control loops: A method for controlling a dome-operated pressure regulator is disclosed. The pressure at a dome side of the pressure regulator is measured. The operation of the pressure regulator is controlled based upon at least a received command signal and the measurement. A proportional control valve may be used to control... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080099070 - Gasket and seal apparatus: Embodiments of the present invention feature devices and methods for holding fluids at high pressures. One embodiment of the present invention features a fluid containing conveying device for receiving and discharging fluids. The device comprises a housing having a chamber for containing a fluid. The housing has a first gasket... Agent: Waters Investments Limited C/o Waters Corporation

20080099071 - Ball seat leveler: A gas shutoff valve having a ball normally residing in a first seat, wherein sufficient disturbance of the valve causes the ball to escape the first seat and settle into a second seat wherein a flow of gas is blocked. The first seat is on an upper surface of a... Agent: Averill & Varn

20080099072 - Horizontal valve ball seat leveler: A gas shutoff valve having a sensor in cooperation with a magnet to hold a seal mechanism in an open position allowing a flow through a valve body, wherein sufficient disturbance of the valve causes the sensor to sufficiently separate from the magnet to release the seal mechanism to block... Agent: Averill & Varn

20080099073 - Emergency shutoff valve for use in a fuel dispensing system: An emergency shutoff valve is provided that includes a housing defining a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a fluid flow passage extending therebetween. The valve includes a valve element disposed within the housing and releasably latched in an open position by a latching mechanism. An expansible member defines at... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080099074 - Irrigation system with inflatable suction hose: A water pumping system for irrigation or the like uses a suction pump attached to a suction hose that has supporting ribs that may be inflated to hold the hose open against suction for use and deflated to allow the suction hose to be folded or collapsed for storage and... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080099075 - Leak containment apparatus for reactive gases: Fluid storage and leak containment comprising (a) a fluid storage vessel comprising at least one vessel having an interior, an exterior, and an outlet opening between the interior and the exterior; (b) a fluid flow fitting sealably connected to the outlet opening and adjacent the exterior of the at least... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080099076 - Rotatable wedge cartridge valve mechanism and method for assembly and disassembly: A rotatable wedge cartridge valve has a cartridge body defining a cartridge chamber of a defined internal width having flow ports in communication with the cartridge chamber. A rotatable wedge valve cartridge assembly is removeably positioned within the cartridge chamber and has a controllable width. A core member defines a... Agent: Burleson Cooke L.L.P.

20080099077 - Leakproof tapping tee assembly: A mechanical tapping tee assembly and a method for fluidly connecting to a conduit include a body defining a conduit recess for receiving the conduit and further defining a main passage having one end adjacent the conduit recess. A plug is disposed in the main passage preventing fluid communication between... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080099078 - Apparatus for a removable and replaceable insulation element for valves and fittings and method therefor: m

20080099079 - Fuel balancing system: A fuel system for a mobile platform is provided. The system includes a crossfeed fuel transmission assembly having a single crossfeed valve that controls fuel consumption from a first fuel tank and a second fuel tank. The system additionally includes a balancing fuel transfer assembly fluidly connected to the crossfeed... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080099080 - Fluid drain plug and method: A drain plug (300) for a fluid passage (506), the drain plug (300) including a head portion (302), a shank portion (304) connected to the head portion (302), a threaded portion (306) that is connected to the shank portion (304) and includes a solid segment (312) that is located adjacent... Agent: International Engine Intellectual Property Company

20080099081 - Adjustment valve: An adjustment valve includes a first diaphragm integrally formed from an attachment section engaged with and fixed to the bottom of a rod, a joining section to which a valve body is fixed, a thin film section radially extending from a shoulder section, a thick wall section continuous with the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080099082 - Gas valve shutoff seal: A gas valve includes a valve body and a valve member disposed within the valve body. In one illustrative embodiment, the valve body includes a valve seat that has a lower seat portion and a side seat portion. In some cases, the valve member may include a shutoff disk and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080099083 - Drain trap: To provide a drain trap which can simplify maintenance operations by allowing effluent to flow to a discharge unit properly. The drain trap has a main body equipped with a communicating path which communicates a receiving unit and a discharge unit; a storage unit which, being installed in the communicating... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080099084 - Check valve having integrally formed seat and seal body: A valve assembly includes first and second conduits having respective first and second flanges in abutment with each other, a stopper in the second conduit, and a valve body secured between the first and second flanges. The valve body includes a body bore in communication between the first and second... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080099085 - Hydraulic reservoir with filter: A hydraulic fluid reservoir includes a tank from which a hydraulic fluid inlet extends and a breather cap removably coupled to the hydraulic fluid inlet. An air filter is coupled to the hydraulic fluid inlet and abuts the breather cap to filter air entering the breather cap.... Agent: Deere & Company

20080099086 - Load sensing directional hydraulic valve: A directional hydraulic valve has a feed chamber, two user connection chambers, two discharge chambers connected to a discharge tank, and a control spool. The hydraulic valve also has two intermediate chambers which are connected together, each adjacent the feed chamber and one of the user connection chambers. The intermediate... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080099087 - Equalization of pressure in an electronically controlled valve: Disclosed herein is an electronically controlled valve. The electronically controlled valve includes a valve body and a spool. The valve body includes at least one fluid inlet port, at least one fluid outlet port, an upper cavity, and a lower cavity. The spool is disposed within the valve body. The... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080099088 - Faucet control system and method: A faucet control system comprises a valve apparatus, sensors or a motion detector to be activated by a user, and a controller that controls the valve apparatus. A first sensor may start fluid flow and a second sensor may alter the proportion of fluids delivered from two fluid sources. The... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080099089 - Faucet with a water outlet controlled by a central pull stick: A faucet with a water outlet controlled by a central pull stick capable of being installed easily comprises a valve body consisting of a main body and a head portion connected together by screw threads. The valve body further comprises a main body and a head portion connected to the... Agent: Tsai-chen Yang

20080099090 - Faucet with a water outlet controlled by a central pull stick: A linear voice coil actuator is described, specifically applied to a fluid power valve. The valve includes at least one inlet port and at least one outlet port. A spool controls fluid flow between the inlet port and outlet port. At least one counter-acting spring asserts a force on the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080099091 - Combination spout stop/bottom bushing: A faucet assembly includes a faucet housing including at least one rotational limit feature positioned with respect to an axis. A spout assembly includes a spout, the spout having attached thereto a stop member positioned to engage the rotational limit feature when the spout is rotated about the axis.... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080099092 - Splitter valve: A splitter valve comprising an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve both having orifices. The relative position of these elements determines the split of the flow. The orifices are configured so that the relative split between the two streams has a linear relationship with the relative position of the inner... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.