Valves and valve actuation inventions 08/07

20070200077 - Exhausting and decompressing device of sphygmomanometer: An exhausting and decompressing device of a sphygmomanometer, suitable for communicating with the wristband/armband of the sphygmomanometer, includes a casing having a hollow accommodating space, a valve nozzle provided at one end of the casing for communicating with the accommodating space, and a movable member and a magnetic element provided... Agent: Hdsl

20070200078 - Bathroom flushers with novel sensors and controllers: A bathroom flusher (10) includes a body having an inlet (12) in communication with a supply line and an outlet (16) in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outlet upon sealing action of a moving... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20070200079 - Valve packing removal device: A valve having a valve packing removal device attached thereto is disclosed. The valve may include a valve plug reciprocally disposed within the valve housing and connected to a sliding stem. The packing may be provided about the valve stem to ensure or minimize leakage of regulated fluid from the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070200080 - Switching valve and respective manufacturing method: v

20070200081 - Microfluidic method and structure with an elastomeric gas-permeable gasket: A microfluidic structure and method, where the structure comprises a featureless gasket layer allowing for efficient and reproducible structure production and assembly. Layering methods allow for the use of a variety of device materials and easy assembly.... Agent: Ladas & Parry, LLP

20070200082 - Manufacture of an integrated fluid delivery system for semiconductor processing apparatus: The disclosure pertains to a space-conserving integrated fluid delivery system which is particularly useful for gas distribution in semiconductor processing equipment. The present invention also pertains to an integrated fluid flow network architecture, which may include, in addition to a layered substrate containing fluid flow channels, various fluid handling and... Agent: Shirley L. Church, Esq.

20070194259 - Control system for flow adjusting valve: A control system for a flow adjusting valve, it uses rotation of a motor as the power force to move a terminal output axle and then to change the openness of the latter; and further includes a magnet and a magnetic inductive element in opposition to the magnet to count... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070194261 - Solenoid-operated valve for fuel cells: A valve housing has a bottomed hollow cylindrical main body and a boss projecting from and smaller in diameter than the main body. The main body has a tapered surface circumferentially along a joint where a side wall and a bottom wall of the main body are joined to each... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070194260 - Valve device: A valve device includes a valve housing body having a passage for fluid, a valve guide formed in the valve housing body, a valve stem sliding in the valve guide for opening and closing the valve, a hydraulic actuator for opening and closing a valve, and a hydraulic control valve... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070194262 - Faucet connection: The faucet connection is designed to allow a faucet to be replaced without having to tear into a wall. By using the tap sleeve to connect the sleeve to the faucet the faucet can be easily replaced. The tap sleeve connects to the faucet by way of female threads located... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070194263 - Valve arrangement: A valve arrangement includes a valve body defining an enclosure, having a bonnet connected to the valve body. A stem is rotatably attached to the valve body and positioned at least partially within the valve body. A handle is in operable communication with the stem and configured to rotate the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070194264 - Faucet with floating seal member: A liquid dispensing faucet including a flow control lever engaging a sealing member within an internal cavity of a faucet body. The sealing member is held within the faucet body in an oversized recess permitting liquid to flow about all sides of the sealing member when the flow control handle... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20070194265 - Low friction butterfly ring: A butterfly valve for controlling the flow of fluid within a bore, including a butterfly and at least one ring extending at least one of substantially and completely around a perimeter of the butterfly and adapted to develop an expansion force in the radial direction when the at least one... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070187634 - Fail-safe pneumatically actuated valve with fast time response and adjustable conductance: Apparatus and method for fail-safe high-speed-pneumatic valve is disclosed. Fail-safe dependability is provided by a spring-loaded normally-closed pneumatic actuator. When the spring-loaded actuator is pressurized, the normally closed mechanism is actuated to the valve active position. Concurrently, the pressure is directly applied to deflect a diaphragm or a bellow-assembly back... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20070187635 - Wave control circuit: A wave control circuit disclosed herein may be used to control the operation of various plumbing devices and appliances. The wave control circuit uses a sensor to sense presence of objects in the vicinity of the plumbing device and appliance using the wave control circuit and a control circuit to... Agent: Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.

20070181835 - Valve: A valve includes a valve body (1, 2), a tube (3) made of an elastomer extending through the inside of the valve body, and a roller (23) and a pressing surface (14) disposed facing each other across the tube (3). The roller (23) can be brought close to the pressing... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070181836 - Ergonomic pneumatic deadman valve: A lever actuated pneumatic deadman valve for use in connection with pneumatic blasting equipment is ergonomically designed to reduce fatigue and strain on the operator. The valve is shaped to fit comfortably in the hand of the operator, with a spring biased lever hinged for action to fit the natural... Agent: Robert C. Curfiss

20070181837 - Self-flushing needle valve: A needle valve with a hollow needle effective for permitting a portion of the fluid passing through the valve to flow throughout the valve and exit through any leaks in the valve, whereby any environmental fluid within the valve is displaced by the fluid passing through the valve.... Agent: Sherrill Law Offices

20070181838 - Valve drive device, its control method and pump: A valve drive device may include a motor, a rotational member rotated by the motor, a linearly moving member engaged with the rotary member, a converting mechanism for converting rotation of the rotational member into linear movement of the linearly moving member, a diaphragm valve for opening or closing an... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070181840 - Solenoid valve: A solenoid valve includes a coil, a stator core, a valve member, a coil spring, and a stopper. The coil provides a magnetic field when the coil is energized. The stator core includes a receiving bore, wherein the stator core generates a magnetic attractive force when the coil is energized.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070181839 - Solenoid valve: As shown in FIG. 3, a poppet 27 is formed by a valve body 19 and a supporting plate 28, to a front surface of which the valve body is firmly fixed and with a rear surface of which a tip surface of a plunger 18 contacts. A cap 29... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070181841 - Orifice valve for bulk solids: This invention relates to an orifice valve having a moveable gate to control the flow of solids in a closed conveying system. The invention encompasses a valve housing with two complementary valve sections, each of a unitary construction. A single plate is laser cut and bent to present a first... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070181842 - Valve body and valve having the same: A valve body capable of preventing a seat part from being deformed by a stress caused by nonuniform tightening and completely closing a valve in a closed state and the valve having the valve body. The body (12) of the valve (10) formed of a resin material comprises an inside... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070181843 - Valve component with improved wear resistance: A valve component for a faucet includes a substrate, a first layer of material provided above the substrate in an amount sufficient to improve abrasion resistance of the substrate, and a second layer of material provided above the first layer of material. The second layer of material includes amorphous diamond... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070176132 - Valve assembly for an injection valve and injection valve: A valve assembly (60) for an injection valve (62) has a valve body (4) including a central longitudinal axis (L), the valve body (4) has a cavity (8) with a fluid inlet portion (42) and a fluid outlet portion (44), a valve needle (10) axially movable in the cavity (6),... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070176133 - Additional control valve device for an inlet channel of a recipro-cating internal combustion engine: The supplementary control valve device comprises a valve body, which may be reversibly displaced in a guide (3), in the direction of the longitudinal axis, between an opening solenoid (1) and a closing solenoid (2). The magnetic yoke (4) of the opening solenoid (1) comprises at least one extension (5),... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20070176134 - Primary pole piece for a solenoid actuator: A primary pole piece (PPP) for an electrical solenoid linear actuator includes an inner skirt portion extending axially from a radial flange portion and having a substantially uniform cylindrical thickness and a non-uniform axial length. The skirt is formed into a plurality of “saw teeth” or other axially-extending and circumferentially... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070176135 - Dual bushing rod seal: A dual bushing rod seal housed in a balance chamber head. The balance chamber head has opening for receiving the rod. The first bushing a first section disposed between the rod and a counterbore in the balance chamber and a second section disposed between the rod and the inner wall... Agent: Tucker, Ellis & West LLP

20070176136 - Magnet valve: The invention relates to a magnet valve, having a valve insert and a tappet guided movably in the valve insert via a tappet guide, which tappet is braced on a valve body via a restoring spring resting a contact face of the tappet, and the restoring spring is guided radially... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.