Valves and valve actuation inventions 05/07

20070120080 - Controller: A controller comprises power transmitting means (11) for amplifying the force applied on the operating shaft (6) and transmitting to the valve rod (4); and a slow start means (12) for slowly moving the operating shaft (6) upward are arranged. The slow start means (12) includes a piston (8) that... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070120081 - Solenoid valve for different air discharging speeds: A solenoid valve includes a holder, which holds a locating rod that defines an air discharging hole for quick discharge of an air, a coil assembly, an actuating rod axially slidably mounted in the coil assembly, a spring stopped between the actuating rod and the locating rod, a flexible seal... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070120082 - Digital regulators: Digital regulators using a plurality of latching solenoid actuators, each having a spring return, the springs being configured to provide a force on the valve member of a regulator, when the solenoid actuators are unlatched, in a binary progression. The solenoid actuators are selectively latched by an latching current pulse... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070120083 - Valve assembly: Disclosed herein is a valve assembly comprising a male luer end portion and a female luer end portion and a passage for the transfer of fluids extending between the male and female luer end portions, valve means movable between a first position, in which the passage is closed, and a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070120084 - Fully independent, redundant fluid energized sealing solution with secondary containment: A redundant sealing system with secondary containment for preventing leakage of fluid along a valve shaft is provided. The system comprises a first set of dynamic seals, a second set of dynamic seals, an auxiliary barrier fluid chamber, and a barrier fluid indicator. The first and second set of dynamic... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070120085 - Fully independent, redundant fluid energized sealing solution with secondary containment: A redundant sealing system with secondary containment for preventing leakage of fluid along a valve shaft is provided. The system comprises a first set of dynamic seals, a second set of dynamic seals, an auxiliary barrier fluid chamber, and a barrier fluid indicator. The first and second set of dynamic... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070120086 - Valve: A valve (100) includes a body (1) having a valve seat (10) formed therein, a bonnet (2), a diaphragm (3) supporting a valve element (18) abutting against and moving away from the valve seat (10), and an elastic member such as an O-ring (5). The body (1) is formed with... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070120087 - Valve body with multiconical geometry at the valve seat: A valve for controlling fluids that are at high pressure has a valve seat region at which a high-pressure region and a low-pressure region can be made to communicate with one another or can be disconnected from one another. A seat face for a conical valve member is embodied on... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070114480 - Vorticity generators for use with fluid control systems: An example valve includes a valve body and a fluid passage therethrough. The fluid passage includes an inlet, an outlet and a stagnation area. The valve includes a control element within the fluid passage to control the flow of fluid through the passage and a vortex generating structure to direct... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070114481 - Diagnosis method for solenoid valve based on noise detection: According to the present invention, there is provided a diagnosis method for a solenoid valve which includes: energizing and deenergizing cyclically a solenoid of the solenoid valve to repeatedly fully open and fully close the solenoid valve; when the energizing and deenergizing causes collisions of a moving member of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070114482 - Electromagnetically driven valve and method for driving the same: An electromagnetically driven valve includes: a valve reciprocating to and fro along a direction in which the valve shaft extends; a disk connected to the valve; a first electromagnet including a first coil; a torsion bar, which is a first elastic member; and an ECU which controls the electromagnet force... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070114483 - High-pressure gate valve: A high-pressure gate valve for control of bulk materials includes a main body with an opening for passing bulk material, an upper body, a slidable blade, and lifting structure configured to raise the blade in a planar motion, perpendicular to the primary direction of travel and seal it against the... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070114484 - Sanitary drain valve design: A valve for sampling a process from a tank or conduit includes an internal cavity in communication with at least one inlet and an outlet. A valve actuating rod includes a sealing tip attached to one end thereof. The valve actuating rod is movable to open and close the inlet... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070114485 - Fuel cartridge with flexible liner: A cartridge connectable to a fuel cell is disclosed. The cartridge comprises an outer casing and an inner flexible liner containing fuel for the fuel cell. The inner flexible liner may have an insert disposed inside the inner liner to facilitate the transport of fuel from the cartridge to the... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070108399 - Valve arrangement, particularly for spray damping units for printing machines: Valve arrangement for spray damping units of printing machines with at least one valve for controlling a flow of liquid, in which the valve includes a housing with an inlet and outlet, into which a valve body arrangement is inserted with the help of a fast-action closure.... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20070108400 - Modular electrically-operated faucet: A self-contained, modular electrically-operated faucets is disclosed which has all of its components which are likely to need replacement over the life of the device contained in removable modules which may be quickly and easily removed and replaced without necessitating the removal of the device from its installed location. The... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.c. Attn: Linda Kasulke, Docket Coordinator

20070108401 - Actuator for controlling brake hydraulic pressure and solenoid valve thereof: A solenoid valve for use in an actuator for controlling brake hydraulic pressure includes a valve housing, a movable core having an integral valve rod and axially slidably received in the valve housing, and a valve body configured to be moved into and out of contact with a valve seat... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070108402 - Sealed hub for motor actuated valve: A sealing hub assembly is provided for a valve having a stem boss and a stem rotatably received in the stem boss. The stem is normally rotated by a motor/actuator. To seal a leaking stem, a hub body is connected to the stem boss which is also used to releasably... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070102655 - Blowout preventer with breech assembly: A blowout preventer which, in certain aspects, has a main body with a main top, a main bottom, and a main bore therethrough from the main top to the main bottom, at least one breech assembly secured to the main body, ram apparatus movable within the breech assembly and the... Agent: Guy Mcclung

20070102656 - Mounts for blowout preventer bonnets: A mount for a bonnet of a blowout preventer includes at least one support member coupled to a body of the blowout preventer, and a bonnet mounting member moveably coupled to the at least one support member and adapted to move substantially normal to a face of the body of... Agent: Jeffrey S. Bergman Osha. Liang LLP

20070102657 - Automatic clamp apparatus for iv infusion sets used in pump devices: A clamp apparatus for selectively occluding a resilient tube to prevent free flow of fluid in the tube. The device comprises a base member to which the resilient IV tube is attached or through which it passes, and a slide clamp that slides relative to the base member and relative... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070102658 - Clamp device for temporarily closing flexible pipes without pipe wall damage: A device for temporarily closing a flexible pipe against the flow of fluid through the pipe includes upper and lower jaw members pivotally connected at their first ends to receive and compress the pipe between the jaw members, with pipe engaging surfaces of the jaw members separated from each other... Agent: Ronald B. Sefrna

20070102659 - Valve for controlling fluids with a multifunctional component: A valve for controlling fluids, including a closing element for closing and opening an opening, a restoring element for restoring the closing element to its outset position, a movably disposed armature which is movable by means of an armature coil, and a multifunctional component which includes the function of a... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20070102660 - Torque-transmitting device for use in air control valve: A torque-transmitting device is advantageously applied to a secondary air control valve mounted on an automotive vehicle. The device includes a gear train for reducing a rotational speed of a motor and a mechanism for converting a rotational motion to a linear motion of a valve shaft. The gear train... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070102661 - Butterfly valve: A butterfly valve comprises a valve shaft placed across a flow passage and a plate-like valve element provided on the valve shaft so as to be rotatable about the valve shaft to regulate a flow rate of fluid in the flow passage. The valve element has a section that gradually... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070102662 - Valve for single-use and multi-use applications: The valve consists of a number of functional features, including: a housing, a piston, and a piston control mechanism configured to enable a user to operate the valve to enable flow of a product through the valve. The housing is shown as having a substantially streamlined shape, with the thickness... Agent: Patton Boggs

20070096046 - Multifunctional spout chuck: The present invention provides a chuck for a container having a valve assembly biased towards a primary closed position, where the valve assembly can be actuated to a secondary open position for dispensing fluid. The chuck includes a fixation element which is engageable with the valve assembly of the container,... Agent: John Christopher Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070096047 - Throttle device: A throttle device comprises a device housing with an inlet and an outlet and a throttle element arranged in a connecting duct connecting the inlet and the outlet, said throttle element comprising at least two throttle components to be adjusted relative to one another and by the relative position of... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070096048 - Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction valve: A valve to perform lung volume reduction procedures is described. The valve is formed of a braided structure that is adapted for endoscopic insertion in a bronchial passage of a patient's lung. The braided structure has a proximal end and a distal end and is covered with a non porous... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070096049 - Live loaded packing for valve: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a lie loaded packing assembly for a valve which comprises a valve body defining a passage having a valve stem moveably disposed therein and selectively moveable between open and closed positions. Extending about a portion of the valve stem is a... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070096050 - Valve actuator: A highly efficient apparatus for actuating a valve. An input mechanism drives the apparatus through an input member. Torque is increased as a plurality of driver discs eccentrically rotate about a central shaft member and engage an output member via low-friction, roller means. The output member engages a valve stem... Agent: Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee