Fluid handling inventions

20090266421 - Flow control in microfluidic systems: Microfluidic systems and methods including those that provide control of fluid flow are provided. Such systems and methods can be used, for example, to control pressure-driven flow based on the influence of channel geometry and the viscosity of one or more fluids inside the system. One method includes flowing a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090266420 - Mixing system and mixing method for medical purposes: A system and a method for making an injectable mixture using at least one first pulverulent component and a second liquid component with a first piston/cylinder arrangement with a cylinder with an axial extension and a piston, wherein the cylinder includes a measured amount of the pulverulent component, a separate... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20090266422 - Pressure plenum flow divider: A fluid metering or pumping device includes multiple pumping or metering elements that are connected so that they all operate together, moving in the same direction and at the same speed. The multiple pumping or metering elements are intended for use at high pressures where the strain from the pressure... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20090266423 - Water control valve system with snapping action: The present invention provides a water control valve with snapping action. The valve shell of the water control valve includes a main body and combined base. A snapping assembly is arranged between the main body and combined base, being in snap-fit engagement, so that the inner space of the valve... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090266424 - Manifold: The invention regards a manifold for fluids, comprising a housing (10) with a centre axis (11) and a number of fluid apertures (12,13) through the walls forming the housing (10) and a fluid diverter system (20), comprising a fluid diverter element (25) mounted in the system (20) selectively rotating around... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090266425 - Excess flow valves: An excess flow valve (EFV) for installation in a service line of natural gas distribution system serving an existing structure. The EFV has a cylindrical housing having a first length and a second length and a through hole therethrough for passage of gas. The EFV 11 engaged in the through... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090266426 - Hot water system: A hot water system includes cold water pipes, hot water pipes, a water heater, a pump, a pump control unit and a connection valve unit. The pump is used to increase the pressure of the hot water pipes to a preset higher level than the pressure in the cold water... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090266427 - Water-conducting household appliance, in particular a dishwasher or washing machine: A water-conducting household appliance includes a drain hose leading out of the household appliance, and a holding element which positions an open line end of the drain hose in a connecting position on an external side of the appliance.... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090266428 - Fluid control system: The fluid control system according to the present invention is characterized by being provided with a fluid control valve changing an opening area of a passage so as to control a flow rate of a fluid, a flow rate measuring device measuring a flow rate of the fluid, converting a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090266429 - Hydraulic pressure control apparatus: A hydraulic pressure control apparatus includes a primary regulator valve that regulates a pressure discharged from an oil pump to form a line pressure that is used as an original pressure for a hydraulic pressure that is supplied to each element, and a secondary regulator valve that regulates a hydraulic... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090266430 - Air injection assembly for showers: An air injection assembly for a shower, comprising a generally cylindrical aspiration pipe. The aspiration pipe has a generally axially disposed bore. The assembly further includes a water guiding tube, having a cone-shaped opening. A generally cylindrical adapter houses the aspiration pipe and the water guiding tube. The generally cylindrical... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP Attn:IPDepartment

20090266431 - Spool with two-sided effluent: The present invention provides a spool of a faucet with a two-sided effluent structure to improve the shortcomings of a faucet spool with the known cold/hot water switching structure. The spool includes a spool assembly mounted into the valve shell. A valve base is placed at bottom of the valve... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090266432 - Spool seat with a positioning structure: The present invention provides a spool seat with a positioning structure, which resolves the shortcomings of the assembly of a typical spool ceramic disc and spool seat. The spool seat of the present invention is provided with a chamber space for locating the fixed ceramic disc. The chamber space is... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20090266433 - Faucet: A faucet is formed with at least an inner waterway support layer, a middle filling layer, and an outer organic plastic layer. The inner waterway support layer is made of a material without any heavy metal; the middle filling layer wraps around the inner waterway support layer, being formed with... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090266434 - Method and apparatus to facilitate determining proper placement of a liquid: f

20090260690 - Packaged bottle beverage having an ingredient release closure with improved additive release and method and apparatus thereof: A packaged bottled beverage has a base component of the beverage in a container under vacuum separate from an additive in a sealed compartment of an ingredient release closure. Upon opening the sealed compartment, suction is created forcing the additive to quickly and thoroughly exit the ingredient release closure, a... Agent: Kaplan Ward & Patel LLC

20090260691 - Constant flow valve mechansim: A constant flow valve mechanism for use in an inkjet printer includes a valve. A first port, a second port, and a third port are in fluid communication with each other through the valve. A portion of the valve is moveable and associated with the first, second, and third ports... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20090260692 - Autonomous electrochemical actuation of microfluidic circuits: A microfluidic structure with an electrically controlled pressure source is shown. The pressure source is an electrolyte connected with electrodes. Dissociation of the electrolyte generates the pressure, which is used to obtain a valve-like or pump-like behavior inside the microfluidic structure. A process for manufacturing the microfluidic structure and a... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20090260693 - Valve unit and methods for fastening a valve unit to a base: A valve unit (120) is provided according to the invention. The valve unit (120) includes a valve body (121), two or more fasteners (128) adapted for affixing the valve body (121) to a base, and two or more fastener grooves (125) formed in two or more sides of the valve... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20090260694 - Method and apparatus for removing liquids from risers: A bypass assembly is provided for preventing unwanted liquids from collecting within fuel gas risers, exiting such risers and contaminating fuel gas systems. A conduit extends from a riser vessel to a natural gas flow line. An insert extends from the bypass line into the natural gas flow line. As... Agent: Ted M. Anthony Babineaux, Poche, Anthony & Slavich, L.l.c

20090260695 - Pipeline intervention: An apparatus and method for accessing a sub sea pipeline. The apparatus comprises a entry guide (2) having a channel extending there-through for guiding a pipeline intervention device and means for attaching the entry guide to the external wall of a section of pipeline so that the longitudinal axis (b)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090260696 - Modular pressure balancing valve: A modular valve is provided. The modular valve includes a valve body having a pair of inlet ports and a pair of outlet ports. The pair of inlet ports each includes an integral stop valve and check valve. The valve body includes a cavity configured to selectively receive a pressure... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090260697 - Valve body with dual sense mechanism: A gas regulator includes an actuator, a regulator valve, and a secondary device. Downstream pressure feedback is provided to the actuator and the secondary device via a Pitot tube disposed within an outlet of the regulator valve. The Pitot tube has a first branch having an end connected to the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090260698 - Pressure control system: A fluid control system, including: a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a pressure chamber; a shuttle assembly adapted to reciprocate in the pressure chamber to regulate the flow of an operating fluid from the inlet to the outlet; the operating fluid applying an opening force to a first... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20090260699 - Throttling structure for use in a fluid pressure device: The present invention relates to a throttling structure for use in a fluid pressure device. A nozzle passage is formed between a primary side port and a nozzle back pressure chamber. A throttling mechanism made up from a plurality of orifice plates is disposed in the nozzle passage. Small diameter... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090260700 - 3-port directional control valve: There is described a 3-port directional control valve having a first valve chamber, a second valve chamber and a third valve chamber, wherein a first fluid passage, which can be closed off by means of a first adjustable valve body, is provided between the first valve chamber and the second... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090255587 - Method for water hammerless opening of fluid passage, and method for supplying chemical solutions and device for water hammerless opening for which the method is used: The water hammerless opening device comprises an actuator operating type valve installed on the fluid passage, an electro-pneumatic conversion device to supply the 2-step actuator operating pressure Pa to the afore-mentioned actuator operating type valve, a vibration sensor removably fixed to the pipe passage on the upstream side of the... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090255588 - Adjustable locking spout shank: A spout shank allows a spout to be mounted on one side of a mounting surface and then connected to a water supply source disposed on the other side of the mounting surface. The spout shank has a length that is adjustable over a range of lengths to accommodate mounting... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090255589 - Turbine engine for aircraft: According to the invention, the internal wall of the air intake (2) and the housing of the fan (3) form a single tubular piece (30) made from a fibre/resin composite material.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq.

20090255590 - Disc check valve: A valve for controlling the flow of a fluid through a fluid passage such that a fluid flow in the fluid passage is permitted in a first direction and restricted in a second direction, wherein the valve comprises a modular valve body composed of a two-piece assembly including an inlet... Agent: Gray Robinson Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20090255591 - Isolation valve with corrosion protected and heat transfer enhanced valve actuator and closure apparatus and method: An isolation valve includes a shield that surrounds and protects the valve closure actuator components from exposure to corrosive fluids that flow through the valve when the valve is open.... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090255592 - Reverse action flow activated shut-off valve: A flow activated valve includes an outer body and a piston disposed in an inner cavity of the outer body. The flow activated valve also includes one or more fluid passage exits in the outer body and one or more piston fluid passages in the piston. The one or more... Agent: Tod T. Tumey

20090255593 - Filter band for an electrohydraulic valve: An electrohydraulic valve has a valve body with a longitudinal bore and a cylindrical exterior surface. An annular recess extends around the cylindrical exterior surface and the first port extends from the recess to the bore. A filter is formed by a plate that has a plurality of perforations and... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090255594 - Apparatus for the application of a curable composition to a fastener and curable compositions suitable for application to a fastener: (iii) a thickener component suitable to impart sufficient viscosity to the uncured composition to maintain the dispersion of the other components in the composition; wherein the photoinitiator component is suitable upon irradiation of the composition to achieve a first cure through the depth of the composition applied to a threaded... Agent: Loctite Corporation

20090255595 - Apparatus and method for introducing air into a hydropneumatic reservoir: Apparatus for introducing air (3) into a hydropneumatic reservoir (1) connected to pipework (2) comprising a sensor (6) of the pressure in the reservoir, a valve (9) controlled by a signal from the sensor and opening into the open air on one side, a tube (8) connected at one end... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090255596 - Valve manifold assembly: A valve manifold assembly including a manifold body defining a primary flow passage and a secondary flow passage fluidly coupled therewith through an aperture in the wall of the primary flow passage. A valve including a head portion and a stem extending therefrom is disposed through the aperture. The head... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090255597 - Probe seal having spring-energized sealing elements for female hydraulic coupling member: A crown-type probe seal for a female hydraulic coupling member has one or more circumferential, spring-energized seals. One particular preferred seal comprises a closely-wound helical spring which imparts an inwardly-directed radial force to the crown seal. In certain embodiments, the helical spring is substantially encased in a polymer jacket. In... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20090255598 - Double poppet quick connect: Two independent poppets/valves that open and close independently as a quick connect coupling is mated and unmated are employed as part of a cooling system for high end data processing systems. More particularly, the present invention comprises a quick connect poppet valve having two internal, independently functioning sealing seats therein... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20090255599 - Insertion piece to a single-grip mixing faucet: The essence of the invention consists in the arrangement that on the footing (2) at least one inlet opening (11) for warm water, at least one inlet opening (10) for cold water, and an outlet hole forming at least two outlet openings (12,13) are developed, and that the driving arm... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090255600 - Diverter valve and assembly: A diverter valve assembly is used in a material handling system and may include a diverter valve, an actuator, a chute, and a material handling line. The diverter valve has a body that defines an inlet bore and a pair of outlet bores. A rotor is located within the body... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090255601 - Fluidic conduit with repeated disturbance of laminar flow: A fluidic device, the fluidic device comprising a planar fluidic conduit for conducting a fluid, wherein the fluidic conduit has a plurality of fluidic disturbance features located along at least a section of the fluidic conduit for disturbing a laminar flow of the fluid along the section.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090250116 - Flow rate controlling apparatus: An apparatus for controlling a flow rate of fluid passing through a duct (10) includes a wedge (12) to produce a resistance against a flow of the fluid; pressure sensors (20-1, 20-2), to detect an inflow pressure and an outflow pressure at the upstream and the downstream of the duct... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090250117 - System for creating a water void display: A liquid management system comprising a first chamber that has a first boundary wall, and a second chamber that has a second boundary wall. The second chamber has a base surrounded by the second boundary wall and the second boundary wall is within the first boundary wall. The second boundary... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20090250118 - Self-cleaning low emission bleeder valve type liquid level gauge: A self-cleaning bleeder valve comprises an annular housing that is mounted in an opening in a pressure vessel, and a valve member that screws into the housing for movement toward and away from an orifice opening in the housing. The valve member includes a gasket seal and orifice drill at... Agent: Waters & Associates

20090250119 - Fuel venting systems having protective membranes: Venting systems for use with fuel tank systems are described. An example venting system includes a membrane disposed within a vent line or an emission control component to form a passageway through the venting system. The membrane is coated with a hydrophobic material to substantially prevent the flow of liquid... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090250120 - Fluid transfer systems and methods of forming fluid transfer systems: A fluid transfer system includes a fluid regulator having a valve and a tube in fluid communication with the valve. A housing supports the fluid regulator and includes at least a partial enclosure. At least a portion of the fluid regulator is in the enclosure. The tube extends through a... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090250121 - Aquarium overflow system: An aquarium overflow system for use with an aquarium tank to drain water from the tank to a sump system comprises an overflow box, a through-the-wall attachment mechanism for attaching the overflow box to the inside of a wall of the tank, an adapter for connecting the attachment mechanism to... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20090250122 - Tank ventilation system and method for tank ventilation: A tank ventilation system for a motor vehicle includes a tank (1) for combustible fuels. An activated carbon filter (20) is connected to the tank (1) via a connecting line (7) and adsorbs hydrocarbon vapors of the tank (1) for deaeration. An electrically activatable check valve (30) is in the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090250123 - Check valve: A check valve (1) includes a casing (2) having a valve seat (10) formed in a flow path and a valving element assembly (21) disposed in the casing. A top (23) of a valving element (22) is received in a large-diameter portion (38) of a through-hole (37) in a support... Agent: Daniel P. Burke, Esq. Daniel P. Burke & Associates, PLLC

20090250124 - Pressure regulator: A variable device for regulating the outlet pressure of a fluid from a valve body, includes a pressure-sensing chamber having a wall formed by a resilient self-restoring diaphragm which is responsive to pressure in the chamber. A valve element connected to the diaphragm controls flow into the chamber. Increased pressure... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090250125 - Monitoring systems and methods for sewer and other conduit systems: The present invention provides a monitoring system for a conduit network including one or more conduit sections joined at one or more conduit nodes, including: one or more sensor devices disposed at selected ones of the one or more conduit nodes, wherein each of the one or more sensor devices... Agent: Clements Bernard PLLC

20090250127 - Bridge faucet: A bridge faucet assembly including a hot water pillar, a cold water pillar positioned in spaced relation to the hot water pillar, and a bridge fluidly coupled to the hot water pillar and the cold water pillar. A spout is supported by the bridge and includes an internal passageway. A... Agent: Douglas A. Yerkeson Baker & Daniels LLP

20090250126 - Fluid control device: A fluid flow path is constituted by a loop-shaped flow-path portion L, and a first inlet flow-path portion B1, a second inlet flow-path portion B2 and a common outlet flow-path portion B3 which are communicated with a first inlet A1, a second inlet A2 and a common outlet A3 at... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090250128 - Proportional selector valve for selecting between two pressure sources: A selector valve selects between the supply of a primary pressure supply and a secondary pressure supply to a downstream use. The selector valve moves between a first position at which it supplies fluid from a primary line to the use, and a second position at which it supplies fluid... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090250129 - Enhancement of vortex induced forces and motion through surface roughness control: Roughness is added to the surface of a bluff body in a relative motion with respect to a fluid. The amount, size, and distribution of roughness on the body surface is controlled passively or actively to modify the flow around the body and subsequently the Vortex Induced Forces and Motion... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090250131 - Device for reducing bitterness and astringency in beverages containing polyphenols and tannins: A method of treating an orally ingestible item having an original taste to be enhanced or reduced without imparting bitterness to the item, includes exposing the item to a magnetic field and oxygen.... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20090250130 - Production of microfluidic polymeric devices by photo-assisted and/or thermally assisted printing: Method for producing a microfluidic device comprising a step in which a stamp made of elastomeric material is used for printing a photo-curable and/or heat-curable liquid disposed on a support.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP