Fluid handling inventions 03/09

20090078319 - Method for providing fresh spring water to occupants of a facility directly from a sealable collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container centrally located in the facility: A method for providing fresh spring water to occupants of a facility directly from a sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container centrally located in the facility. The method includes the steps of: fabricating the sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container; installing the sealable, collapsible, insulated, and sanitary container to be... Agent: Bernard S. Hoffman

20090078320 - Steam exhaust assembly: There is provided an apparatus for condensing and removing exhaust steam from sterilization equipment. The apparatus comprises a primary exhaust vessel and condensing means which accepts and condenses exhaust steam from sterilization equipment. A secondary exhaust vessel, connected to the primary exhaust vessel, provides for further condensing and elimination of... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090078321 - Gas pressure regulator having a regulator cap for a bayonet engagement with the regulator body: A gas pressure regulator comprising a housing. The housing includes a regulator cap and a regulator body. The regulator cap and the regulator body engage one another through the use of bayonets on one of the regulator cap or the regulator body and pockets on the other of the cap... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090078322 - Overmolded fitting connection with color indication: A overmold fitting is coupled to a fluid conduit. The overmold fitting may include a first portion and a spaced apart second portion proximate a first end of the fluid conduit. The first portion may be an end ring and the second portion may be a retention ring. The overmold... Agent: Leon E. Redman, Esq. Delta Faucet Company

20090078323 - Air discharge device: My inventive property is a tool to expel residual liquid from larger diameter hose, pipe or any other defined tubular conduit such as Fire Hose or Lay Flat PVC Hose, therefore dramatically reducing the weight of said conduit prior to retrieval and defined storage. All prior art fails to solve... Agent: Billy Joe Davis

20090078324 - Gas-panel system: The invention involves the introduction of a gas-flow restrictor and reservoir upstream of a mass flow controller (MFC) in a gas-panel stick. The restrictor and reservoir components function to smooth out pressure spikes in the gas line, thus preventing gas-flow irregularities that can occur in an MFC or pressure-insensitive MFC.... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20090078325 - Water outlet device for a plastic faucet: A water outlet device includes a first pipe component having opposite first and second end portions and a first internal wall surface, a second pipe component having a third end portion and a second external wall surface, and a leakproofing component clamped between the pipe components. One of the first... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20090078326 - Light-driven microfluidic devices and amplification of stimulus-induced wetting: Disclosed are compositions and methods for producing movement of liquid across surfaces.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20090071541 - Implementation of microfluidic components in a microfluidic system: A system and method for integrating microfluidic components in a microfluidic system enables the microfluidic system to perform a selected microfluidic function. A capping module includes a microfluidic element for performing a microfluidic function. The capping module is stacked on a microfluidic substrate having microfluidic plumbing to incorporate the microfluidic... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090071542 - Microvalve having magnetic wax plug and flux control method using magnetic wax: Provided is a microvalve having a magnetic wax plug which includes a micro fluidic structure having an inlet portion and an outlet portion, a magnetic wax plug provided at a predetermined section where the inlet portion and the outlet portion meet, existing in a solid state, melted at a temperature... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090071543 - Fuel vent valve and improvement thereof: A fuel valve comprising a primary valve and a pressure responsive auxiliary valve, both being axially accommodated and displaceable within a common housing formed with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet port, and a partition extending between the primary valve and the auxiliary valve. The partition comprising a flow... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090071544 - Fluid conditioning and mixing apparatus and method for using same: The invention includes a high pressure fluid processing device for shearing particles in a fluid mixture. The fluid processing device makes use of a first annular flow path that is directed toward a second annular flow path. The two annular flow paths flow toward one another through a bore in... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090071545 - Automatic transmission having hydraulic valves with flow force compensation: An automatic transmission having at least one hydraulic valve with flow force compensation. The hydraulic valve includes a valve body having a valve bore and at least one inlet and at least one outlet adapted to provide fluid communication with a source of pressurized hydraulic fluid and a return to... Agent: Gerald E. Mcglynn Bliss Mcglynn, P . C .

20090071546 - Low-profile, less conspicuous retractable garden hose reel: Low-profile garden hose storage apparatus comprises a housing adapted for mounting onto an exterior wall of a building to store a garden house having first and second ends and an outer diameter ‘d’. A reel, rotatable in the housing, has a central hub and a pair of plates spaced apart... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090071547 - Standpipe hydraulic float valve: The standpipe hydraulic float valve of the present invention employs a mechanical linkage between the float mechanism, which is responsive to changes in the fluid level in the standpipe, and a pilot valve, which regulates a control valve that controls the flow of fluid into the standpipe through its inlet... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20090071548 - Modular in-line fluid regulators: Modular in-line fluid regulators are described. One described example modular fluid regulator apparatus includes a body having a fluid inlet and a threaded outer surface to engage a threaded opening in another fluid regulator to serially fluidly couple first and second fluid regulators. The example fluid regulator apparatus also includes... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090071549 - Flapper with insert stops for check valve: A check valve is provided that includes a valve body, a stop bar, a flapper, and a protrusion. The valve body has a flow channel extending therethrough, a first stop support, and a second stop support. The first and second stop supports extend axially from the valve body. The stop... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090071550 - In-line adjustable regulators: Adjustable in-line fluid regulators are described. One described example fluid regulator includes a body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The example regulator also includes a first fluid regulator having a valve to control the flow of fluid from the inlet to the outlet, a piston coupled to... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090071551 - Living-hinge air vent valve: An application for a living-hinge air vent valve connectable to a sewer conduit includes a base and a cover sealed to the base forming a cavity between the cover and the base. A fluid inlet shaft depends from a roof of the base and is connected to external air passages... Agent: Larson And Larson

20090071552 - Backflow preventing apparatus for water closets:

20090071553 - Insert molded evacuation valve: An evacuation valve for a metering device for a liquid medium is disclosed. The valve includes a seal holder having a chamber formed therein and a seal. An elastomeric material fills the chamber to form the seal. The seal includes a smooth, flat sealing surface located above the seal holder.... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20090071554 - Rotatable shaft position indicator: In some embodiments, a rotary shaft position indicating and display apparatus for use with a device having a rotatable shaft may include one or more of the following features: (a) a housing having a base with a cover secured to said base and defining a hollow sealed chamber, (b) an... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090071555 - Integrated technological system for improving the climate: An integrated technological system for improving the climate is disclosed providing integrated management especially in the area of water. The system provides management and improvement in the area of integrated management of water sources, replenishment of water into the water cycle, water policy, and flood prevention with an additional contribution... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20090071556 - Gaseous fluid mixing apparatus: A mixing device for gaseous fluids such as air, made up of a tank having a central line and provided with inlet ducts and outlet ducts arranged so as to create an upward swirling movement of the said fluid inside the said tank in order to ensure homogenous temperature at... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090071557 - Rotary ceramic chip of a water control ceramic valve: The present invention provides an improved rotary ceramic chip of a water control ceramic valve, which is used to address the problems arising from rapid linking or misalignment of the through-flow slot of a typical rotary ceramic chip and water inlet of fixed ceramic chip. The rotary ceramic chip is... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090071558 - Rotary ceramic chip of a water control ceramic valve: The present invention provides an improved rotary ceramic chip of a water control ceramic valve, which is used to address a typical problem, namely, the rising temperature of water control ceramic valve elements. A bypass slot is laterally placed onto the first slot portion of a through-flow slot of the... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090071559 - Water diverter: The present invention provides an improved structure of a water diverter, which includes a housing, a brake axle, a drive seat, a rotary valve, a fixed valve, a base and water inlet/water outlet. The water inlet is placed centrally onto the fixed valve and base, so that one end of... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090071560 - Hermetic compressor: A hermetic compressor having an improved discharge valve assembly to efficiently limit deformation of a stopper caused by a reed valve while achieving efficient opening operation of the reed valve. The hermetic compressor includes a compression chamber and a discharge valve assembly. The discharge valve assembly includes a valve plate,... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090065061 - Flow restrictor cartridge for fluid flow measurements: A flow restrictor member having a means for conditioning the flow of fluids through a circular aperture, a means for positioning the flow restrictor member within a path for fluid flow, a means for aligning the flow restrictor member within the path for fluid flow, a means for sealing the... Agent: Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P.

20090065063 - Hose reel assembly: A reel assembly comprises a drum configured to rotate about a drum axis. The drum is configured to receive a linear material wrapped around a spool surface thereof as the drum rotates about the drum axis. A housing substantially encloses the drum, wherein a portion of the housing defines an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090065062 - Water main system with monitoring of addition of branches, system and method therefor: The present invention relates to a system for reusing water, comprising: —a mains system which comprises at least one conduit for transporting water and monitoring means adapted to measure changes in an electrical parameter of the conduit; —a storage tank for storing supplied water; —a water discharge for discharging stored... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20090065064 - Compressor tip gap flow control using plasma actuators: A plasma generator for delaying the onset of rotation stall by tip gap flow control in, for example, an axial flow compressor is disclosed. The tip gap flow control system includes a housing surrounding a rotor of blades and having an inner wall. At least one plasma generating device is... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090065065 - Accurate dilution control apparatus and methods: Chemical concentrate flow is cycled into a diluent via an eductor to provide a wide range of possible dilution ratios from a dispenser. Temperature, viscosity, temperate/viscosity rate, cycle duration and diluent flow parameters may be used to control the cycling of chemical flow to produce an accurate dilution ratio... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090065066 - Method for vaporizing liquid material capable of vaporizing liquid material at low temperature and vaporizer using the same: A vaporizer is provided with a vaporizing chamber heated by heaters; a primary filter positioned in a bottom end portion of the vaporizing chamber and heated by the heater; a liquid material supply portion for dropping down a flow-controlled liquid material from upper portion of the vaporizing chamber toward the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090065067 - Check valve flap for fluid injector: A backflow-prevention system that substantially prevents contaminant backflow at a treatment site. The system includes a fluid ejector tube for insertion into the patient's mouth and a backflow prevention device that receives fluid from the fluid ejector tube. The backflow prevention device includes an internally positioned valve member. The valve... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090065068 - Emergency gas and electricity shutoff apparatus and control system: A gas meter installation including gas supply plumbing and point of use plumbing will have a gas meter therebetween. A valve can be installed with the gas meter for shutting off the flow of gas to the point of use. This valve is preferably a gate valve mounted with the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090065070 - Branching unit for boring without stopping passage of fluid: A branching unit for boring without stopping passage of fluid, which is suitable for forming an opening 11 at a pipe wall 12 by boring a part of the pipe wall 12 of an existing pipe 1 using a drill machine 3 having a hole saw 4 to connect a... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090065069 - Modular service saddle: A modular outlet is used with a service saddle strap so that different outlets that can be connected to different size lines can be used with the same saddle strap.... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20090065071 - Emergency drain for dewatering an area: An emergency drain for dewatering an area (F) accumulating water via a discharge opening (6) connected to a drainpipe (4), with which water dammed up above a minimum dammed height (H) can be led away, having a weir (7) for damming up the water up to the minimum dammed height... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090065072 - Rainwater irrigation apparatus: There is a water collection apparatus for attachment to a water downpipe (1) from which a section has been deleted to form an upper discharge end (3) spaced above a lower inlet end (4). The apparatus includes a water receptacle (5) with an inflow passage (6) for positioning below the... Agent: Jacobson & Johnson

20090065073 - Metal sealing disk having an elastomeric backing for use with fluid regulators: A metallic sealing disk having an elastomeric backing for use with fluid regulators is described. An example apparatus includes a substantially disk-shaped elastomeric ring and a substantially disk-shaped metallic ring coupled to the elastomeric ring to form a sealing surface.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090065074 - Distribution valve for concrete transport pump: Disclosed herein is a distribution valve for concrete transport pump including: a valve body, rocker arm, end covers, a left rotary valve and a right rotary valve. The end covers are disposed on two ends of the valve body. The internal space of the valve body is divided into a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090065075 - Pressure control valve: A pressure control valve (1) designed as a closed-end pressure regulator is proposed, which comprises two valve seats (7, 11) arranged in a hydraulic half-bridge circuit, with an electromagnet (2) having a magnetic core, a magnetic coil (3), and a displaceable armature (4), with an anchor rod (5) displaceable by... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090065076 - Manifold apparatus: Manifold apparatus comprising a manifold body and a plurality of fluid adapters, in which the manifold body comprises a primary fluid inlet, one or more secondary fluid inlets and a fluid outlet, in which the one or more secondary fluid inlets and the fluid outlet are provided with the first... Agent: Paul Grandinetti Levy & Grandinetti

20090065077 - Double seat valve for separating media: A double seat valve for separating media includes a valve housing which has connectors for a first pipeline and a second pipeline, a first closing element and a first closing element seat which is assigned to the latter, where the first closing element is in seal-forming abutment, in its closed... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090065078 - Discharge arm assembly with guiding cable: Assembly for loading and unloading products, comprising a balanced loading and unloading arm installed at a first location and having a compass-style duct system mounted by one of its ends on a base and provided at the other of its ends with a connection system suitable for connecting the compass-style... Agent: Henry C Query Jr

20090065080 - Bi-directional adjustable energy dissipating near zero leakage head loss valve: A bi-directional adjustable energy dissipating near zero leakage head loss valve comprising a valve body including and actuation shaft housing and a guide shaft mount disposed in opposition along the transverse valve actuation axis; a fixed plate having downstream orifices parallel to the flow axis; a mobile plate having upstream... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090065079 - Faucet assembly with color indication system: A faucet assembly includes a body having a handle pivotably connected thereon, a hot water connection end and a cold water connection end are located at two ends of the body. An outlet pipe is located between the hot water connection end and the cold water connection end. A coating... Agent: Tien-ho Chung

20090056812 - Infusion/mass transfer of treatment substances into substantial liquid flows: Process and equipment for rapid and reliable infusion of treatment substances into a liquid mainstream. The equipment includes diversion of some of the liquid, boosting its pressure into an aspirating injector, which adds treatment substance and in turn discharges to a pair of opposed nozzles that inject the diversion stream... Agent: Donald D. Mon Attorney At Law

20090056813 - Beverage dispensing system with a head capable of dispensing plural different beverages: A beverage dispensing system includes a base to which a dispensing head is removably attached without additional fasteners. Beverage-forming liquids are supplied through a plurality of separate conduits in the base. Each base conduit has a normally closed valve that normally blocks fluid flow. The dispensing head has at least... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20090056814 - Method and device for storing chemical products in a container: In a method for the storage of chemical products in a container (1), the product is stored in the pertinent device in the liquid state with a temperature above its melting temperature and remains there at a lower environmental temperature, in an at least partly rigidified state until it is... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090056815 - Retrofit valve assembly kit for frost-resistant hydrant: A retrofit valve assembly for a frost-resistant hydrant comprises ceramic valve disks and a hydrant adapter to enable the valve assembly to be readily retrofit to existing frost-resistant hydrants produced by different manufacturers.... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20090056816 - Check valve and shut-off reset device for liquid delivery systems: A check valve assembly which in an open position allows liquid to flow in one direction through the assembly including a moving sealing member which engages a seal to prevent liquid flow in a second opposite direction. The sealing member may be moved into engagement with the seal by rotation... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20090056817 - Fuel pressure regulator for vehicle: In one embodiment, a fuel pressure regulator includes a housing defining a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet, and a ball in the housing is movable between a closed configuration, wherein fluid communication between the inlet and outlet is blocked, and an open configuration, wherein fluid communication between the inlet... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090056818 - Check valves with noise reducer: A check valve includes a valve body, a flapper, and a seat region. The valve body has an upstream side, a downstream side, and a first valve flow channel that extends between the upstream and downstream sides. The flapper is rotationally mounted on the valve body, and is movable between... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090056820 - Controllable pressure-reducing valve and device for the generation of pressure change signals: The pressure reducing valve (1) is particularly well suited for the generation of pressure change signals adapted to be transmitted to a downhole location in a mud pump supply conduit connected to drill pipes, with the inlet opening (15) of the pressure reducing valve (1) being connected to a bypass... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090056819 - mixing valve: A mixing valve assembly (10) having a main housing (12) with a mixing chamber with hot (22) and cold (24) fluid inlets and an outlet (20) allowing hot and cold fluid to enter and exit the mixing chamber (14). The valve assembly also has a cold fluid bypass pipe to... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20090056821 - Plumbing valve with stick control handle: Faucets are provided with joystick type control handles. The joysticks are provided with springs outside the main valve housing between the joystick handle and an associated ball. The ball retains a sliding disk.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090056822 - Microfluidic pump and valve structures and fabrication methods: Plastic microfluidic structures having a substantially rigid diaphragm that actuates between a relaxed state wherein the diaphragm sits against the surface of a substrate and an actuated state wherein the diaphragm is moved away from the substrate. As will be seen from the following description, the microfluidic structures formed with... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC