Valves and valve actuation inventions 11/07

20070272888 - Closure device for the vacuum-tight closing of an opening in a wall: A closure device for closing an opening in a wall in a vacuum-tight manner comprises a closure plate, a carrying unit which carries the closure plate and which has at least one longitudinal piston-cylinder unit, and a base unit which carries the carrying unit and has at least one transverse... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070272886 - Roller clamp: A roller clamp is configured to maintain at a prescribed rate the flow rate of a fluid that flows through a tube. The roller clamp includes a tube winding shaft part around which a fluid flow tube is passed and which prevents the setting of the flow rate being disturbed... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20070272887 - Dual bypass for piston-type flushometer: A flushometer for use with urinals or water closets includes a hollow valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and a valve seat therebetween. There is a piston or diaphragm movable in the hollow valve body to a closing position on the valve seat to control flow through the valve.... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070272889 - Valve: A pressure limiting valve having a spool with raised spool lands. The spool is slidably received in a spool bore having inflow and outflow grooves that form control edges. The valve has two control edges, and a hydraulic resistance is connected in series with one of the control edges. Increasing... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070272890 - Electromagnetic actuators: A valve comprises an electromagnetic actuator including a solenoid. The solenoid includes at least one core, wherein the core is an “E” shaped core or a “U” shaped core and an anchor plate. The solenoid further comprises at least one coil disposed within the core and connected to a set... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070272891 - Electromagnetic valve: An electromagnetic valve for a vehicle gas cylinder, said valve comprising: a valve body; an external thread section of the valve body, that can be screwed into an internal thread on the gas cylinder; a section of the valve body protruding into the gas cylinder; a shut-off piston; and electromagnetic... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20070272892 - Plug-in safety coupling for pressure pipes, comprising a pivoted blocking member: A plug-in safety coupling for pressure pipes consists of a coupler box with a blocking member pivotally mounted therein. The latter has a diametrical through bore in which a plug can be inserted, in a depressurized state, at an acute to a right angle to the conducting position. The blocking... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070267586 - Ceramic valve structure with slow-descending device: The ceramic valve structure has a slow-descending device between the valve stick and the valve shaft base. The slow-descending device mentioned herein includes a piston, a piston slot and sealer, and the piston slot is placed on one side of the valve shaft base. A venthole is placed at the... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070267587 - Method and rotary valve actuator to apply increased torque proximate the open or closed position of a valve: A method and rotary valve actuator to apply increased torque proximate the open or the closed position of a valve are disclosed. An example rotary valve actuator includes an elongated actuator member and a lever configured to receive a shaft associated with a valve, the lever having a lever arm... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070267588 - Seal for water valve: A seal for sealing a flow control valve is provided. The seal includes an inlet configured to mate with a flow control device, an outlet configured to mate with a housing, and a convolution formed in a seal wall and interposed between the inlet and outlet. The convolution expands the... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070267589 - One-way valve: A valve that may be used in many applications, including applications requiring a one-way diaphragm valve. Embodiments of the invention include a cap which may be manually rotated and configured to maintain engagement with the valve body. The cap contains a groove suitable for an o-ring which maintains a seal... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070267590 - Quarter-turn diaphragm valve: A quarter-turn valve includes a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and a diaphragm adjacent arranged in said valve body for movement between a closed and opened position for restricting and controlling fluid flow. The valve further includes an input shaft for receiving a torsional input load in a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070267591 - Slide gate valve unit for casting machine: A pressing means for pressing a slide plate against a fixed plate by uniform pressure has simple, strong construction and can be easily assembled. A slide gate valve unit includes a pair of pressing members 10 having a U-shaped cross section and capable of receiving protrusions 11 protruding from sides... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070267592 - Ball valve for use in heating or cooling systems: A ball valve (10), in particular for controlling the amount of medium supplied to a heating or cooling system, is adapted such that the characteristic of the valve may be determined so that it may be adapted to its use in the heating or cooling system. The ball valve consists... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20070267593 - Flow path control valve: The present invention relates to a flow path control valve capable of preventing a back flow of a fluid by maintaining inner pressure of a valve chamber constant. An object of the present invention is to provide a flow path control valve, which can rapidly and accurately control a flow... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070262277 - Single use diaphragm valve body: A diaphragm valve (1) comprising a valve body (2); a diaphragm (12) which is sealed to the valve body (2) to define a flow passage (9) which extends between an inlet port (7) and an outlet port (8), both defined by the valve body (2); and an operating mechanism secured... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070262278 - Controlling fluid supply valves: The invention relates to controlling the supply of fluid to a series of valves (1), in particular to the supply of air to a series of cuffs applying pressure to a wound. It is desirable to operate the series of valves by a single, small actuator (5) that does not... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20070262279 - Apparatus for regulating flow of a medium in a heating and cooling system: The description relates to a device for the regulation of the amount of a medium in a heating or cooling system, comprising a combined valve, which in one and the same valve housing includes one part for pressure difference regulation (2) and one part for flow limitation (3), the flow... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070262280 - Method and device for identifying a defect or failure of a compressed air load circuit in an electronic compressed air installation for vehicles: To detect a defect or failure of a compressed air load circuit in a compressed air system for vehicles, pressure is measured in compressed air load circuits and evaluated in an electronic control unit, which briefly shuts off the compressed air load circuits, measures pressure values and/or determines pressure gradients... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070262281 - Valve holding member: There is provided a valve holding member for holding a valve of a pipe coupling. The valve holding member includes a hub part 33 having a guide hole 34 for a valve stem, two arm parts 32 diametrically opposing each other on the peripheral edge of the hub part, and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070262282 - Two-part back cap for a plug valve and plug valves incorporating same: A two-part back cap for a plug valve includes a back cap seal body and a back cap retainer nut. The back cap retainer nut secures the back cap seal body within the plug valve and securely supports the back cap seal body. A gap between an outer periphery of... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070262283 - Open/close controller of intake and exhaust communication circuit: In an open/close control device 40 installed in a diesel engine 1, when a rotational speed N of the diesel engine 1 is equal to or higher than an intermediate rotational speed and a fuel injection amount is equal to or less than an idling injection amount Fi, a control... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070262284 - Liquid dispensing valve: A liquid dispensing valve comprising: a body portion (20) hermetically mounted to a free end (12) of a discharge nozzle (11) of a reservoir (10) and defining a seat (22); a rod (30) carrying a seal (31) and being selectively displaced between a closing position in which the seal (31)... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070257220 - Vacuum valve drive: The invention relates to a vacuum valve drive (1) for linear displacement of a valve closure (2) along an adjustment axis (3) between an opened position (A) of the vacuum valve (4) and a position (B) in which it is closed gas-tight, and to a vacuum valve (4) comprising the... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070257218 - Backflow-preventer: The invention is concerned with a seal, particularly in a line which is connected to a sanitary appliance such as a shower drain and the sewer It has a passageway with a passage (4) of which a sheet like boundary (2) is easily deformable such that said passageway has a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070257219 - Double diaphragm actuator: The present invention relates to a control device actuator, particularly a turbocharger control actuator, comprising at least two diaphragms to increase the surface area of the actuator that is responsive to a pressure differential thus increasing the amount of force that can be applied to a control device through the... Agent: Honeywell Turbo Technologies

20070257221 - Control unit for electromagnetically driven valve: When a request to start driving a drive valve has been made, the ECU performs a program including a step in which time-measurement using a timer is started; a step in which an electric current I (0) is supplied to an open/close coil; a step in which a supply of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070257222 - Normally-closed electromagnetic valve and manufacturing method for the same: A normally-closed electromagnetic valve has a body member having a receiving space, a fixed core, a valve seat, a moving core, a resilient member urging the moving core toward the valve seat, a valve element and a coil exciting the fixed core to produce an attracting force between the fixed... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070257223 - Valve assembly: A valve assembly comprising a body; a fluid flow passage extending there through; a lift fork pivotally attached to the body at a first end; and a poppet attached on its fluid flow passage side to a second end of the lift fork wherein the lift fork is configured to... Agent: Scott David Compton #593

20070257224 - Drain valve for pallet-type container: A drain valve used on an at least partially dielectric container has a valve housing made of electrically nonconductive plastic, fixed to the container, and forming a passage opening into the container so that fluent contents of the container can flow out of the container through the passage. A valve... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070257225 - Variable radial flow rate control system: A variable radial flow rate control valve including a body forming a bore along the longitudinal axis thereof for transporting a fluid through the body, a fixed choke member fixedly positioned about the bore, the fixed choke member forming a fixed aperture, a rotational choke member rotationally positioned about the... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070252096 - Pinch clamp: The present invention provides a pinch clamp that includes a support leg member and a coupling leg member, which are interconnected by a curved portion, and a generally upwardly extending anchor portion having at least one anchoring flange located at the distal end of the anchor portion. The pinch clamp... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070252097 - Angled poppet valve manual override mechanism: An apparatus is provided for a valve assembly comprising a valve body, a valve element, a shaft, an engagement stop, an actuator housing, a manual lockout, and a lock. The valve body includes an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow passage extending therebetween. The valve element is disposed... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070252099 - Electromagnetically driven valve: An electromagnetically driven valve includes a driven valve having a stem extending in a prescribed direction and an umbrella-shaped portion provided at a tip end of the stem and opening/closing an intake/exhaust port, a lower disc and an upper disc having one ends coupled to the stem and the other... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070252098 - Method for calibrating analog controlling, electrically actuatable hydraulic valves: The invention describes a method and a pressure control device for the valve calibration of an analog controlling, electrically actuatable hydraulic valve (2, 2′, 3, 3′, 3″, 3′″) in a device with at least one externally supplied pressurization unit (1, 1′) and with pressure sensors (9, 10, 10′, 10″, 10′″),... Agent: Continental Teves, Inc.

20070252100 - Fuel injection valve: A fuel injection valve comprises: a solenoid unit including a core, an armature and a coil; and a valve unit including a valve element connected to the armature to travel therewith, and a valve seat that regulates a movement in valve closing direction of the valve element, and is open... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070252101 - Safety plug: A safety plug for use with a quick-disconnect coupler that incorporates a piston-type check valve. The check valve substantially reduces the reaction force caused by the residual compressed air when a hose is disconnected from a compressed air supply, and thus eliminates the danger of having the end of the... Agent: Bert P. Krages Ii Attorney At Law

20070252102 - Ball valve having annular springs seats: Annular angulated spring-like seat rings of a floating or trunnion type ball valve are positioned within the angulated seat recess and define inner and outer circular edges, an annular face sealing surface and an annular back face sealing surface. The seat rings each establish annular face sealing with the spherical... Agent: James L. Jackson James L. Jackson, P.C.

20070252103 - Diaphragm valve: A diaphragm valve has a body, a top cover and a diaphragm assembly. The body has an open top, a primary chamber, an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The top cover is mounted on the open top of the body and has a balance chamber. The diaphragm assembly is... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.