Fluid handling inventions 09/09

20090235989 - Automatic flush actuation apparatus: An automatic flush actuation apparatus, which is incorporated with a flushing system having a water inlet, a water outlet, and a water chamber communicating therebetween, that includes a valve member being moved by a flush lever for releasing the water pressure within the water chamber to allow the water passing... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090235990 - Monodisperse microdroplet generation and stopping without coalescence: A system for monodispersed microdroplet generation and trapping including providing a flow channel in a microchip; producing microdroplets in the flow channel, the microdroplets movable in the flow channel; providing carrier fluid in the flow channel using a pump or pressure source; controlling movement of the microdroplets in the flow... Agent: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

20090235991 - Detergent releasing device for water tank: A detergent releasing device for toilet water tank includes a case connected to inside of the water tank and a releasing unit is connected with the case. The releasing unit includes a guide member with a hollow central tube in which an operation rod is movably inserted. The central tube... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090235992 - Method and apparatus for detecting water system leaks and preventing excessive water usage: A method and apparatus for detecting water system leaks and preventing excessive water usage by water systems in residential and commercial buildings provides a processor-controller, a user interface for programming the processor-controller with preselected controller output criteria, and a water meter located in a water line within the building. The... Agent: James T. Robinson Exclusivity-law, Inc.

20090235993 - Flow rate control device: A flow rate control device comprises a regulator that adjusts the pressure of a fluid to be supplied, a plurality of narrowed pathways arranged in parallel on the downstream side of the regulator, and an open/close section that switches a predetermined narrowed pathway amongst the plurality of narrowed pathways between... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090235994 - Coaxial pressure retention and relief mechanism: A pressure relief mechanism may utilize a casing that defines an internal cavity, a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet. A first valve may reside within the internal cavity to permit fluid flow in one direction and further utilize a first valve carriage and a first valve spring that forces... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090235995 - Fuel delivery module regulator valve: A pressure responsive regulator valve particularly suitable for a vehicle fuel system includes a substantially monolithic T-shaped body having a first bore defining a substantially unrestricted fluid flow path therethrough and a second bore in fluid flow communication with the first bore. A pressure responsive valve is provided in the... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20090235996 - Distributor: A distributor 6 includes a distributor body 40 and outlet pathways 42 each formed above the distributor body 40 and along a flow direction of a fluid in the distributor body 40. The distributor body 40 has a liquid pan 40a formed on the lower side, and an outlet 40b... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090235997 - Apparatus, system, and method for diverting fluid: A pump component is removed from a port of a suction-side fluid cavity of a high-pressure fluid pump. The pump component performs a pump function for the high-pressure fluid pump. A primary coupler connects to the port. The pump component connects to the primary coupler. A diverter fluid passage diverts... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20090235998 - Dual-purpose gas stove switch: A dual-purpose gas stove switch includes a valve body and a valve seat. The valve body includes an inlet passageway, an interior passageway, a nozzle having a mouth, a compensation nozzle, and a compensation passageway in communication with the compensation nozzle. A valve core is received in a chamber formed... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090235999 - Spray application rate regulating valve: A regulator valve includes an inlet coupled for receiving a spray solution delivered by a fixed displacement pump coupled to a solution tank. Located in the valve body so as to divide the solution received at the inlet between a bypass or tank port of the regulator valve, and a... Agent: Deere & Company

20090236000 - Diverter valve with handle: A diverter valve assembly which eliminates rotational motion for actuation.... Agent: Masco Corporation

20090236001 - Drain system for a motor vehicle: A drain system for transporting waste from a vehicle to a discharge location located spaced from the vehicle may include first, second and third modular components. The first modular component may be adapted to coupling to the vehicle and may define a first male connection. The second modular component may... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090229671 - Fluid transfer device: A disposable device for the sterile transfer of fluids, such as liquids or gases, includes a body, a bore formed through at least a portion of the interior of the body, and a linearly moveable plunger contained within the bore. The body is formed from a rotating section and a... Agent: Millipore Corporation

20090229672 - Method of constructing cold and hot water piping system: Disclosed herein is a method of constructing a cold and hot water piping system which improves pipe construction ability and prevents cold and hot water pipes from being damaged. The method of the present invention includes the distributor connecting step (S1) of connecting cold and hot water pipes (5) between... Agent: Aquilla Patents & Marks, PLLC

20090229673 - Solenoid valve control apparatus: A solenoid valve control apparatus has a solenoid valve having first and second solenoid valves that output first and second solenoid pressures respectively, a pressure regulation valve that works with the first and second solenoid pressures being working signal pressures, and a foreign matter removal control means that removes a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090229674 - Ventilation for a reducing agent tank: “Ventilation for a reducing agent tank, having a first reducing agent tank which is provided with a first reducing agent fill opening, a fuel tank which is provided with a fuel fill opening and a ventilation device, as well as a first line through which the first reducing agent tank... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090229675 - In-line filter/flow regulator/anti-siphon device: An in-line, hose-end filter/flow regulator/anti-siphon device is disclosed. The disclosed hose-end device includes a unitary body having a generally linear side profile, a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis. An inlet hose-end receptor is disposed on the first end, while an outlet hose-end receptor is disposed on... Agent: Madson Ip

20090229676 - Valve arrangement and construction kit for a valve arrangement: A valve arrangement (1) comprising a valve body (2) for inflating and deflating a vehicle tire and comprising a measuring device (8) for measuring the tire pressure, in which the measuring device (8) is secured on the valve body (2) against axial movement in a pulling direction (Z) away from... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090229677 - Pump connector device for different valves: A pump connector device includes two or more sleeves engaged into a housing for receiving inflation valves, a mobile member engaged in the housing for compressing the sleeves to grasp the inflation valves, two or more valve elements engaged into the sleeves for engaging with the inflation valves, a casing... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090229678 - Hydraulic valve assembly with valve locking mechanism: A hydraulic valve assembly for an excavator including a hydraulic valve movable along a longitudinal axis to control a flow of fluid, a flange coupled to the hydraulic valve, the flange including a receptor, and a locking mechanism movable between a locked orientation and an unlocked orientation. In the locked... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090229679 - Vented steamer port cap assembly: The present invention relates generally to methods and devices for providing a fire hydrant with a vented steamer port cap assembly to allow air and water to pass through an upper area of a fire hydrant. Various embodiments include hydrants with a vented steamer port cap assembly. In other embodiments,... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090229680 - Plug structure of a coupler: A projecting connecting portion 32 which is fitted to a socket S10 and a valve seat 33 are provided in a plug main body 31 of a plug P10. The valve main body 31 having a valve head 35 which is urged to the valve seat 33 for sealing is... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090229681 - Hot tap clamp: Hot tap clamp, comprising a first clamp part, a second clamp part, means for stable fastening of the clamp parts around a section of a pipeline that shall be provided with a hot tap coupling, a pipe socket fixedly integrated with one of the clamp parts at an inner end... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP

20090229682 - Regulator valve with locking system: A regulator valve includes a duct, a valve element, and an actuator. The duct has an inner surface defining a flow passage. The valve element is movably disposed within the flow passage between an open position, in which fluid is permitted to flow through the flow passage, and a closed... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090229683 - Non-contact type water level control apparatus: A water level control apparatus including: at least one capacitive sensor attached to an outer surface of a sidewall of a tank for storing water, the capacitive sensor sensing a capacitance change depending on whether water stored in the tank exists or not at the location where the capacitive sensor... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090229684 - Temperature back flow control valve: Temperature control valve apparatus for preventing back flow from a cold water line into a hot water line includes a housing having an inlet or connection to a hot water line, an outlet for a connection to a cold water line and an interconnecting bore with a valve seat. A... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20090229685 - Air intake system with flow-diverting plenum box: A work machine comprises an external housing, an air precleaner, an air filter, and a plenum box. The air precleaner is positioned outside the external housing, and the air filter is positioned inside the external housing. The plenum box is coupled fluidly to the air precleaner and the air filter... Agent: Deere & Company

20090229686 - Poppet valve assembly with in-line sight glass: A poppet valve assembly is provided for use on a fuel tanker truck which enables the truck's driver to determine whether fuel is flowing through the valve assembly and whether fuel is present in the valve assembly. The valve assembly has a two part housing, one of the parts having... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090229687 - Marker for faucet handle: A marker for a faucet is provided to indicate information about the liquid or other flowable product to be dispensed from the faucet. The faucet, itself, includes a body and a handle operatively connected to the body for controlling flow of liquid through the body. The handle includes a base,... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090229688 - Vacuum processing apparatus, method of controlling vacuum processing apparatus, device manufacturing method, and storage medium: A space necessary to install an exhaust pump and a driving portion for a gate valve is reduced to make an entire apparatus compact. A vacuum processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, an exhaust pump communicating with the exhaust port of the vacuum chamber, and a gate valve having a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090229689 - Water diversion device: A rain water diversion device for insertion in a truncated down pipe comprises an upper deflecting section (2) and a mating lower diverting section (1) which is divided into two communicating compartments one of which, in use, feeds an outlet (6) and the other of which receives overflow from the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090229690 - Rigid mount anti-leak fluid coupler: A fluid coupler for connecting two hydraulic appliances together without requiring flexible hoses is described. The fluid coupler enables fluid-tight connecting between fixed position components and allows for separating the hydraulic appliances without decoupling the coupler while maintaining fluid-tightness of both appliances after separation.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090229691 - Mount structure of two-way valve for fuel tank of small boat: A mount structure for a two-way valve for a fuel tank of a small boat for improving mountability of the two-way valve while ensuring strength of the deck. The interior space of the boat, which is formed of a hull and a deck, is provided with an engine, a fuel... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090229692 - Multiple phase transfer valve for liquid hydrogen tank: A product comprising a phase transfer valve, and wherein said phase transfer valve comprises an actuating valve housing having a housing interior; a liquid hydrogen inlet, a gaseous hydrogen inlet and a hydrogen outlet provided in said valve housing; an actuating valve slidably mounted in said housing interior; and wherein... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090229693 - Hydraulic valves with integral seals: A hydraulic valve comprises a plurality of ports, which communicate with a passageway, and a valve member movable in the passageway to control the communication between the ports. The valve member carries a lateral shear seal which is integral with the valve member and engages the passageway. In one position,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090229694 - Hydraulic actuator with floating pistons: A hydraulic actuator is configured to provide redundant boost control to an aircraft within approximately the same space required by a single hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic actuator includes a housing and a piston assembly disposed within the housing. The piston assembly includes a ram, a first piston secured to the... Agent: Bainwood, Huang & Associates, LLC

20090223567 - Nitrous oxide safety system: The present invention is a nitrous oxide safety system or method that provides a safety control valve actuated by low-vacuum fluids to control the release of nitrous oxide therethrough. The nitrous oxide safety system may include a low-vacuum fluid, a nitrous oxide fluid, a scavenging mask assembly, and a safety... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20090223568 - Automated balloon inflator system: An automated system for inflating balloons. A balloon inflator comprises an electronic control system that activates the pressurized gas source to inflate a balloon. The balloons are fed through the inflator on a belt and, at the appropriate time as governed by the electronic control system, pressurized gas is emitted... Agent: Etherton Law Group, LLC

20090223569 - Temperature sensitive valve having shape memory actuator: A valve for preventing the flow of fluid when the temperature of the fluid is above a predetermined threshold, the valve including: a body having at least one opening for allowing the fluid to pass when the temperature of the fluid is below the predetermined threshold; and a shape memory... Agent: Thomas Spinelli, Esq.

20090223570 - Valve stem assembly for clamping a tire pressure detector: A valve stem assembly for clamping tire pressure detector has a valve stem and a fastener. The valve stem has an outer section and an inner section. The inner section has a distal end, an outlet hole, a sidewall and a side fixing hole. The distal end has a domical... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090223571 - Temperature sensitive valve having shape memory actuator: A valve for preventing the flow of fluid when the temperature of the fluid is above a predetermined threshold, the valve including: a body having at least one opening for allowing the fluid to pass when the temperature of the fluid is below the predetermined threshold; and a shape memory... Agent: Thomas Spinelli, Esq.

20090223572 - Gas regulating and safety valve for burners of a modulatable gas heating device: The invention relates to an integrated gas regulating and safety valve for burners of a modulatable gas heating device. According to the invention, the gas regulating and safety valve comprises a housing (1) with two controllable closing elements, the axes of which are spaced apart from each other and extend... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20090223573 - Fluid operated valve: This invention pertains to a fluid operated valve whereby the valve open or closed status is controlled by the fluid flowing in the valve. The valve geometry is such that it makes use of the fluid and the prevailing fluid flow characteristics to assert control over the period of the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090223574 - Backflow preventer valve: An insertable backflow preventer is presented. The backflow preventer is provided with a cylindrical housing. The housing has a flow transition zone, a proximal orifice/ball seat, a ball with a specific weight that equals or is close to the specific weight of the surrounding fluid, and a distal retaining screen.... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090223575 - Ejector valve machine: A fast opening, stand alone pressure relief valve (200) for providing pressure relief for a vessel in which the valve (200) is installed. The valve has an ejector (216) and a sleeve structure (210) in which the ejector (216) moves. The ejector (216) is constructed of a material that will... Agent: Molly D Mckay, P.C.

20090223576 - Check valve: A nipple of a check has a first portion that is selectively positionable within a housing of the check valve. A second portion of the nipple extends from the housing when the first portion of the nipple is selectively positioned within the housing. The check valve is configured to allow... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.A.

20090223577 - Remanufactured machine component and remanufacturing process: A process for remanufacturing valve bodies, such as fuel injector valve bodies, includes regrinding a valve seat of a salvaged valve body with a grinding apparatus, and linking a center axis of the valve seat with a center axis of a guide bore for a valve which contacts the valve... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper Intellectual Property Department

20090223578 - Flush-mounted capacitive sensor mount: In some embodiments, a method of monitoring particulates may include one or more of the following steps: (a) receiving the particulates in a particulate flow restrictor, (b) collecting a particulate sample in a body section of the flow restrictor, (c) sensing moisture content of the particulate with a flush mounted... Agent: James J. Paige, Esq. Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090223579 - Water flow control device: A water flow control device for installation between a water supply line and a nozzle, shower head or the like, whereby the water flow control device comprises a handle member connected to a valve member for controlling the flow of water between full flow and reduced flow, whereby the assembly... Agent: Law Offices Of Eugene M. Cummings, P.C.

20090223580 - Assembly including a pressurized gas storage tank and a control device for filling the tank with gas and/or extracting gas therefrom: The invention relates to an assembly including a pressurized gas storage tank and a control device for filling the tank with gas and/or extracting gas therefrom. The aforementioned tank includes: a hole which communicates with the interior of the tank, a filling and distribution head which is disposed at the... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20090223581 - Power steering gear housing with balanced flow pressure port: A gear housing for a power steering system defines a valve bore, a pressure port, a plurality of orifices opening into the valve bore and a plurality of passageways interconnecting the plurality of orifices and the pressure port. The plurality of orifices direct a power steering fluid into the valve... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090223582 - Apparatus for fixing hydraulic pipes for construction equipment: An apparatus for fixing hydraulic pipes for construction equipment is provided, which can facilitate joint connection of return pipes having a large size to a hydraulic tank, in an environment where a working space of an upper frame is narrow such as in a small swing radius construction equipment, by... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090217981 - Fluid handling device with directionally-biased wetting surface: A fluid handling device with an anisotropic wetting surface including a substrate with a multiplicity of asymmetric substantially uniformly shaped asperities thereon. Each asperity has a first asperity rise angle and a second asperity rise angle relative to the substrate. The asperities are structured to present a desired retentive force... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090217982 - Adjustable flow controllers for real-time modulation of flow rate: Clamps to be used in conjunction with real-time or nearly real-time measurement of the flow rate of a fluid through a lumen. The clamps allow for more precise control over the volume of fluid delivered and over the flow rate. When the flow rate is determined to be too fast,... Agent: Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20090217983 - Hydraulic valve assembly: The invention relates to a hydraulic valve arrangement which is used, in particular, for a mobile machine and which has a valve housing (10) having a feed channel (34), having an outlet channel (42) and having a consumer channel (39) and has a valve bore (11) which cuts into the... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090217984 - Anti-freezing hydrant: An anti-freezing hydrant is provided with a hollow valve rod of which a back end is provided with a lump formed with an oblique cone where a water leakage hole is formed communicating with the valve rod. A one-way valve is provided in a inner water inlet in a valve... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090217985 - Temperature sensitive valve having shape memory actuator: A valve for preventing the flow of fluid when the temperature of the fluid is above a predetermined threshold, the valve including: a body having at least one opening for allowing the fluid to pass when the temperature of the fluid is below the predetermined threshold; and a shape memory... Agent: Thomas Spinelli, Esq.

20090217986 - Methods and apparatus for regulating gas turbine engine fluid flow: A valve assembly may include a body having an axis and a flow tube attached to the body for flowing a fluid therethrough, the flow tube having a first bend and a second bend. The valve assembly may further include a valve attached to the flow tube having an axle... Agent: General Electric Company

20090217987 - Methods and apparatus for regulating gas turbine engine fluid flow: A method for regulating gas turbine engine fluid flow may include the steps of providing a flow tube having an open valve, a first bend and a second bend, flowing fluid through the flow tube, actuating a piston so that the piston moves in the axial direction, and closing the... Agent: General Electric Company

20090217988 - Dual seal valve: A valve (10) is disclosed comprising a valve housing (14) including a valve seat (12), a valve head (16) movably housed within the valve housing (14) for seating with the valve seat (12), and a lip seal (30) connected to either the valve head (16) or the valve seat (12).... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090217989 - Pressure relief device: Pressure relief device (27) usable in a high-pressure fluid circuit for limiting the pressure in the case of a failure of a circuit component, comprising a body (4) and a pusher (3) sliding therein and axially movable by return means (5) in such a way that it drives sealing means... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20090217990 - Valve sealant fitting and manufacturing method: In particular, the sealant fitting includes: a spring coupling unit 150 having an internal screw thread 140 for coupling unit assembly below the ball installation groove 103 of the sealant body 100, the internal screw thread 140 having a hexagonal groove 151 for preventing a downward separation of the coil... Agent: Park Law Firm

20090217991 - Pipe: A pipe capable of eliminating the adverse influence of a cavity flow on a branch pipe is provided. In a pipe 1 which is branched from a main pipe 3 through which a high-temperature fluid flows and which is configured to be closable, dividing part 5, 7, and 9 are... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090217993 - Passive components for micro-fluidic flow profile shaping and related method thereof: The present invention relates to microfluidic systems and methods for controlling the flow of fluid using passive components engineered into the microchannels. These passive flow components include fluidic diodes, fluidic capacitors, and fluidic inductors. Various fluidic circuits are provided to control fluid flow including fluid rectifiers, fluid band pass filters,... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090217992 - Subsea injection system: A subsea, seawater injection system, positionable on a seabed for connection to a subterranean well includes a frame, an electrical submersible pump (ESP) positioned in the frame so as to be oriented substantially parallel to the seabed when positioned thereon, and a filter operationally positioned between a source water intake... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20090217994 - Multi-channel fluid conveying apparatus: A multi-channel fluid conveying apparatus, for delivering a fluid, includes a valve seat, a valve cover, a valve membrane, a plurality of temporary-deposit chambers, and an actuating device. The valve seat includes at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel. The valve cover is arranged on the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090217995 - Rotary slide valve, in particular for hydraulic power assisted steering systems in motor vehicles: A rotary slide valve, in particular for hydraulic power-assisted steering systems in motor vehicles, having a control bush and a rotary slide which is adapted to rotate within the control bush about a common longitudinal axis, the rotary slide and the control bush including a plurality of control edges, of... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090217996 - Fluid control: A valve trim for a pressure reduction valve containing a plurality of high hydraulic flow resistance flowpaths therethrough. Each flowpath comprises at least two inlets (208, 209) and at least one impingement zone (210) having two zone inlets (211, 212) and two zone outlets (213, 214). The zone inlets (211,... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090217997 - Thin welded sheets fluid pathway: A plurality of thin welded sheets (102) of an apparatus (100) in an example comprises a plurality of weld lines (304) that defines a plurality of fluid boundaries of a fluid pathway (305) of the plurality of thin welded sheets (102). In a further example, a plurality of thin sheets... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20090217998 - Auto-release vacuum device: A vacuum device for a material handling system includes a vacuum device body and a sealing element. The vacuum device body has a vacuum passageway in which a vacuum is generated in response to activation of a pressurized air supply that forces pressurized air through a venturi device. The sealing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C