Fluid handling inventions 06/09

20090159132 - Method for operating a metering valve and device for performing the method: A method for operating a metering valve and a device for performing the method, providing for diagnosis of the metering valve which defines a flow rate of a reagent to be introduced into an exhaust gas area of an internal combustion engine. The diagnosis is performed on the basis of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090159133 - Electro-mechanically controlled ceramic based proportional valve: An electromechanically-controlled ceramic based proportional valve is disclosed. The apparatus may be manufactured with an accompanying ceramic pressure breakdown orifice pack. The apparatus is designed to utilize the wear-resistant properties of ceramic valve components to control the flow of high-pressure fluids using a servo-driven mechanical actuator. The apparatus is designed... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20090159134 - Water manifold system and method: A system for distributing water within a building operates to distribute water from a pressurized water supply source to devices that receive water, such as faucets, toilets, showers, sprinklers, and hot water heating devices. The system includes at least one manifold which may be of unitary molded plastic construction and... Agent: Legal Department Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc

20090159135 - Pneumatic amplifier and arrangement for regulating a regulating armature of a process plant: A pneumatic amplifier is provided comprising a supply air valve with a supply inlet connected to a pneumatic supply. A signal input for receiving a pneumatic input signal, a signal output for transmitting an amplified pneumatic output signal, a valve member for continuously opening or cutting off a pneumatic connection... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090159136 - Valve assembly: A valve assembly comprising a support body (10), a plunger assembly (11) movable relative to the support body in an axial direction parallel with a longitudinal axis of the plunger assembly and said plunger assembly being angularly movable relative to the support body about said longitudinal axis, seal means (34)... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20090159137 - Flood box: A mobile, emergency apparatus that can be used to minimize the flood damage to the property in rooms that experience ceiling or roof water leaks includes: (a) a container that has exterior and interior surfaces that include a bottom and sidewalls with free edges that form the rim of an... Agent: Larry J. Guffey

20090159138 - Double-disk slide valve: A double-disk slide valve, the shut-off plates of which are displaceable by means of an actuator rod and which is provided with a bridging pipe having two sealing rings that are in operative engagement with corresponding housing sealing seats of the slide valve housing when the slide valve is in... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090159139 - Recirculation valve in an aircraft engine: The present invention relates to an installation for lubricating and/or cooling in an aircraft engine comprising an oil tank (3), a main feed pipe (6) feeding a main pump (1) supplying a flow in a discharge line from the main pump (7) to one or several systems (2) to be... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090159140 - Cartridge: The invention relates to a cartridge (1) for insertion into a receptacle of a motor vehicle handling facility having an interior chamber (2) which receives a liquid or pasty medium, an outlet (7), that can be opened so that the cartridge (1) can be used, and a data carrier (8)... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090159141 - Steam valve assembly and steam turbine plant: A steam valve assembly has a main-steam stop valve, and a steam control valve connected downstream to the main-steam stop valve via an intermediate flow path. The two valves each has a casing having an inlet port directing horizontally, and an outlet port directing vertically. The valve bodies and the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090159142 - Valve and associated system and method: A valve is disclosed that includes a valve body defining an inlet and a plurality of outlets, the inlet and the plurality of outlets cooperating to form a plurality of alternative fluid flow paths through the valve body. The valve further includes an outlet selection member carried by the valve... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090159143 - Fluid pressure circuit: A fluid pressure circuit that can, in either case where a first actuator that is fed from a first pump or a second actuator that is fed from a second pump is operated, by allowing feeding of the hydraulic fluid to a specific actuator from either the first or second... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090151790 - Electro-magnetic multi choke position valve: An electromagnetic valving system includes a manifold having one or more flow passages therein; a sleeve disposed relative to the manifold so that movement of the sleeve inhibits or allows fluid flow relative to the manifold; and an electromagnet positioned relative to the sleeve such that a magnetic field generated... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090151789 - Heat dissipation: A method and apparatus are disclosed for dissipating heat from a region of flexible pipe covered by a bend stiffener. The method includes the steps of, via at least one channel in an outer surface around a flexible pipe, providing a flow path for water to flow from a region... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090151791 - Method of constructing a secondary containment area: The method of the present invention results in a secondary containment area for above ground storage tanks. The method involves leveling the site, laying a foundation bed, building a retaining barrier around the site, covering the foundation bed and retaining barrier with a liner cloth, and applying a layer of... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20090151792 - Liquid feeding method and cartridge to be used therein: A liquid feeding method for feeding liquid in a minute flow path is provided. The minute flow path includes flow paths 43a, 43c, 43d connected to each other directly at respective first ends. The liquid feeding direction of blood S in the minute flow path is controlled by creating a... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090151793 - Method and apparatus for the disposal of waste fluids: An innovative method and apparatus for disposing of waste fluids, especially human body fluids such as are generated during surgery, into a hospital's sanitary sewer system is provided. A conduit system is adapted to transport waste fluid from a receptacle to a sanitary sewer using an eductor having a venturi... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090151794 - Compressor arrangement with bypass means for preventing freezing of the cooling unit: Compressor arrangement for generating compressed air by means of a motor-operator compressor unit, down stream of which at least one cooler unit is connected for cooling the generated compressed air, which enters the cooler unit via at least one inlet, flows there through a cooling structure, around which cooling air... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090151795 - Ice tray with water level detecting device: An ice tray with water level detecting device includes an ice trench and a water level detecting device for detecting the water level of the water in the ice trench. The water level detecting device includes a radio frequency detecting device and a parameter setting unit. The radio frequency detecting... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090151796 - Fluid level control toggle valve device and method: A water level control device has connected tubular housings, one serving as a support for a hose connection and the other serving to support a valve housing assembly for operation of a toggle valve within the valve housing. An airtight float serves to raise the one extreme of a float... Agent: Michael E. Buchtel

20090151797 - Pressure regulator: The present invention discloses a pressure regulator comprising: a housing having an inlet opening for the supply of pressurized fluid under primary pressure from a pressurized fluid source and an outlet opening for discharging the pressurized fluid under a secondary reduced pressure, a channel between the aforementioned inlet opening and... Agent: Trojan Law Offices

20090151798 - Irrigation system emitter: The current invention provides a emitter with an internal passage for a drip irrigation system that delivers an irrigation fluid such as water from a fluid source to one or more plants. The emitter is capable of being operably attached to a tube or other conduit of an irrigation fluid.... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090151799 - Check valve: A check valve in which a valve opens to allow a fluid to flow out when a differential pressure of a pressure in one area with respect to that in the other area becomes large and remains closed even when the pressure in the other area becomes higher than that... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090151800 - Flow regulator device: A fluid flow regulator of the present invention comprises in combination a stationary hollow duct housing having a first end and a second end through which fluid flows. The device also incorporates a movable member aligned concentric with the duct having an end essentially similarly shaped and sized to the... Agent: Daniel Dejoseph F.l.smidth Inc.

20090151801 - Method, system and apparatus for an efficient design and operation of a pump motor: A method of operating a controller for a pool pump motor includes the steps of setting an operating mode for the pool pump motor, setting a torque value for the pool pump motor corresponding to the operating mode, setting a high operating threshold and a low operating threshold corresponding to... Agent: Bob Kulakowski

20090151802 - Impulse charger for motor vehicle engines: An impulse charger for motor vehicle engines include impulse valves driven using driving force continuously generated by a driving apparatus so as to be instantaneously opened and closed at a high speed by a link unit in which link members are interconnected, and in which the impulse valves for all... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090151803 - Hybrid spool valve for multi-port pulse tube: The problems of reducing the torque required to turn the valve, eliminating wear dust, and extending the life of the valves in Gifford McMahon (G-M) type multi-port pulse tube refrigerators are solved by using a rotary spool valve having radial clearance to control flow to and from the regenerator, and... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090151804 - Cooling medium flow path: The cooling medium flow path according to the present invention is capable of increasing cooling efficiency of a cooling medium by providing magnetic members for generating a magnetic force in a direction substantially perpendicular to the flow direction of the cooling medium so that clusters of a liquid, such as... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090145484 - Gas supply system, substrate processing apparatus and gas supply method: A gas supply system for supplying a gas into a processing chamber for processing a substrate to be processed includes: a processing gas supply unit; a processing gas supply line; a first and a second processing gas branch line; a branch flow control unit; an additional gas supply unit; an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090145485 - Microfluidic methods and apparatuses for fluid mixing and valving: According to one embodiment, an apparatus and method for delivering one or more fluids to a microfluidic channel is provided. A microfluidic channel is provided in communication with a first conduit for delivering fluids to the microfluidic channel. Further, the apparatus and method can include a first fluid freeze valve... Agent: Eksigent Technologies, LLC C/o Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson

20090145486 - Self-cleaning valve: An elongated filter disposed over a metering passage of a valve. A rotor is rotatably mounted over the filter and includes a scraping surface positioned along the length of the filter. As water enters the valve, the rotor rotates, causing the scraping surface to scrape off any debris along the... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20090145487 - Sanitary valve assembly: A reusable sanitary valve assembly with a releasable cap or cover that disengages from the valve indicating an over-pressure situation has occurred, the cap or cover is capable of being reset, and once it is known that gas, liquid or other contaminants have possibly entered the valve following an over-pressure... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20090145488 - Saddle tee: An improved saddle tee for branching a conduit from a main line is disclosed. The saddle tee includes a base unit that defines an opening for receiving a tap and interlocking jaws for securing the base unit to a main line. The tap may include a shaped portion for receiving... Agent: Madson Ip

20090145489 - Temperature regulation method and system for low flow rate liquid: ABSTRACT A method and a system for controlling temperature of a liquid in small flow amount, for supplying a liquid whose temperature is highly accurately controlled, as a flow of a small flow amount or an intermittent flow. A liquid supplied from a supply path is pressurized and introduced into... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090145490 - Water conservation / hot water recirculation system utilizing timer and demand method: In most homes today, when a person turns on a hot water faucet, he or she must wait for residual cold water to flow out of the hot water pipe as hot water travels from the water heater to the faucet. That residual cold water typically goes down the drain.... Agent: Donald, Gregory Kershisnik

20090145491 - Method of preheating injectors of internal combustion engines: In a method and device for preheating an internal combustion engine injector (1) including at least one valve (3) to be activated by an electromagnet (21), in which the coil of the electromagnet (21) is energized before the engine is started, the coil of the electromagnet (21) is periodically powered... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20090145492 - Two piece moveable hose retractor for a faucet: A hose retractor for use with a pull-out dispensing unit of a faucet.... Agent: Delta Faucet Company C/o Masco Corporation Leon E. Redman, Esq.

20090145493 - Built-in wall water service box: Disclosed herein is a built-in wall water service box. The water service box of the present invention includes a case (100) which is connected to cold and hot water pipes (10, 20) and is open at a front end thereof, and a faucet unit (200) which is provided in the... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20090145494 - Integrated valve regulator assembly and system for the controlled storage and dispensing of a hazardous material: The present invention provides for an integrated valve regulator assembly that comprises an integral body having a base portion that includes an axis for mounting on and coaxially with the neck portion of a pressurized source vessel and an assembly outlet, a defined internal passage in the integral body that... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20090145495 - Pressure reducer: A pressure reducer for fluid lines, with a sealing piston (70, 110) as stop element, with an equalization piston (20a, 190) as a means for pressure equalization, with a single-part or multi-part connecting means (20b, 90, 200) by which the sealing piston (70, 110) and the equalization piston (20a, 190)... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20090145496 - Non-return valve with a ball-shaped valve body: In the valve of this invention, at its outlet there is a blade gate (1) and at least a part of the body (2) makes for a uniform cast of the valve body (3).... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090145497 - Check valve: To provide at low cost a check valve which is relatively lightweight and not limited in applicable range thereof, has a good sealing property, and exhibits excellent pressure resistance and durability, a valve chamber (5) is formed between a fluid inlet (3) and a fluid outlet (4) in a valve... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090145498 - Strainer housing assembly and stand for pump: A pump for use with a fluid circulation system for a recreational water body is disclosed. The pump includes a strainer housing, an impeller housing integrally formed with respect to the strainer housing, and an impeller cover mounted with respect to the impeller housing. The strainer housing includes a top... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Newark

20090145499 - Actuating drive with a position transmitter: The disclosure relates to an actuating drive having a position transmitter for control of an actuating element with a position in a process installation. The position transmitter is equipped with a rotary measurement system whose pivoting range is mechanically limited, with the rotary measurement system having a shaft which is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090145500 - Water recovery systems and control valves: A valve assembly (18) including: a housing (41) having a water supply inlet (48), a hot water outlet (49), a cold water outlet (50), a hot water flow passage (64) between said water supply inlet and said hot water outlet and a cold water flow passage (65) between said water... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090145501 - Piston slide valve: An electromagnetically actuated piston slide valve (1) with proportional characteristic comprises an axially movable piston (5) for closing radial passage openings (7). So as to change, with a cross-sectional area of the fluid passage openings (7) given by the magnetic drive, a parabolic course of the pressure loss at an... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20090145502 - Flow system and a micro fluidic system comprising a flow system: A flow system (1) comprising a first part (2) and a second part (3), the parts (2, 3) being made from materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion. The first (2) and second (3) parts are positioned relatively to each other in such a way that when the ambient temperature... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090139575 - Method and system for supplying water to cooling towers: The present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling the circulation of water films on the exchange walls of an exchange surface of a cooling tower. It comprises combining a tank and a dispenser lip to ensure that the film has a specific thickness and that it... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20090139576 - Microfluidic systems, devices and methods for reducing noise generated by mechanical instabilities: Microfluidic Systems, Devices and Methods for Reducing Noise Generated by Mechanical Instabilities. According to one embodiment, a microfluidic device is provided for reducing noise in a fluid mix. The microfluidic device can include microscale channels for passage of fluids to a mixing junction. The mixing channel can be adapted to... Agent: Eksigent Technologies, LLC C/o Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson

20090139577 - Method of using triggerable passive valves to control the flow of fluid: The present invention is directed to methods for controlling the flow of fluid and, more particularly, to a method of using triggerable passive valves to control the flow of fluid. In one embodiment of the present invention a method of using triggerable passive valves to control the flow of fluid... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090139578 - Centrifugal force based platform, microfluidic system including the same, and method of determining home position of the platform: Provided are a centrifugal force based platform formed to be rotatable and including a home mark having a retro-reflective property of light, and a centrifugal force based microfluidic system including the platform. The method of determining a home position of the centrifugal force based platform includes: rotating the platform formed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090139579 - Diversion under load conditions in distribution systems: The invention relates to a diversion which can be used under load conditions in a fluid distribution system without interrupting the fluid supply or installing a by pass. The diversions consists of a body that is formed by two complementary components including an upper component comprising openings which are oriented... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20090139580 - Apparatus for the production of leno fabric: A leno device uses the link mechanisms (31, 31′) to derive the movement of its half shaft (28) from the movement of its pull or lifting shafts (2, 3). The link mechanisms (31, 31′) connect the shaft rods (4, 5) of the pull or lifting shafts (2, 3) to the... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20090139581 - Vent valve: A pipeline vent valve comprising a body (11) defining a chamber of clerestory configuration in which the upper portion (B) of the chamber is of reduced cross-sectional area, the chamber having an inlet (13) towards its lower end which is adapted to be connected to a pipeline and an outlet... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20090139582 - Inflation valve assembly: An inflation valve assembly comprises a longitudinally extending conduit, a cap, a normally closed elastic double-duckbill valve, and a hollow nozzle insert. The longitudinally extending conduit has a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end. The cap is configured and arranged for removable attachment to the first longitudinal end... Agent: Sherrill Law Offices

20090139583 - T & s all season water hose reel: Gravity flow for liquids evacuation from hose with the use of this specially designed drum with spiral grooves for coiling. Spring loaded allows reel to self wind hose with swivel connectors at the inlet for preventing tangling and crimping. A check valve is added to allow pressure relief so that... Agent: Howard Elwood Sawyers

20090139584 - Valve assembly with overfill protection device and capacitive liquid level gauge: A valve assembly, such as a tap for a liquefied gas cylinder, includes an overfill protection device and a liquid level gauge having an electrode assembly comprising a pair of lamellar electrodes mounted closely adjacent a housing member of the overfill protection device and deflectable into close proximity with a... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20090139585 - Integrated air tank: An integrated air tank (10) for an air supply system of a vehicle brake system includes a tank housing (12) subdivided into at least three portions with a first separator wall (24) and a second separator wall (26). The at least three portions include a primary tank portion (18), a... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090139586 - Flush valve diaphragm: A flush valve diaphragm that includes a body portion and a peripheral sealing portion. The body portion is flexible and has a central passageway. The peripheral portion includes an integral filter, an exit chamber, and a bypass arrangement, such that water flowing through the filter flows through the bypass arrangement.... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090139587 - Device for actuating a process valve for use in foodstuffs technology: The invention relates to a device (100) for actuating a process valve (1), for use in foodstuffs technology, that has a valve member (4), an actuating element (14) being moved upon the shifting of the valve (1), in such a way that the position of the actuating element (14) is... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090139588 - Two-stage valve for controlling fluids: The present invention relates to a two-stage valve for controlling fluids, in particular a hydraulic fluid, The valve includes an actuating element, a pilot stage having a first valve seat and a first closing body, which is connected to the actuating element, and a main stage having a second valve... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090139589 - 4 port fluid cartridge: A control disk insert for a one lever mixer valve (20) contains two preferably, planar disks, whereof one fixed control disk (24) has at least one opening zone for hot water and at least one opening zone for cold water. The movable control disk (22) facing the fixed control disk... Agent: David Di Nunzio

20090139590 - Durable frit composition and composites and devices comprised thereof: and wherein the total mole percent of SiO2, AlO3 and ZrO2 together is greater than 82 but less than 86, and wherein the total mole percent of B2O3, Na2O, K2O, alkali earths and lanthanides together is greater than 13 and less than 18. Frits (200,600), composites (600) and microfluidic devices... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090139591 - Solenoid valve manifold: Attaching/detaching workability of a fitting block to/from an solenoid valve assembly is improved, and a fixing strength of the fitting block to the solenoid valve assembly is enhanced. The fitting block 41 is intended to be detachably mounted to the solenoid valve assembly 12, and the fitting block 41 is... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP