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Valves and valve actuation January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/11

20110017928 - Automatic fluid flow control device: One embodiment relates to an automatic fluid flow control device (1) for a fluid supply, the device comprising: an actuator (41) that carries or includes a magnet (43), the actuator being movable within a housing (3) from a first position corresponding to a normal fluid supply to a second position... Agent: Modern Times Legal

20110017929 - Low volume automatic bathroom flushers: An automatic toilet room flush valve including a valve body having an inlet and an outlet, a valve cartridge and an electronic control module. The valve cartridge is disposed inside the valve body and includes a valve member and a flow regulator. The flow regulator is designed to limit water... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20110017930 - Novel enclosures for automatic bathroom flushers: A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the outlet. The valve assembly includes a... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20110017931 - Ball valve: The present invention provides a ball valve, comprising a valve base, a ball element, a valve shaft and a locking element. The valve base has a containing space opening inside for containing the ball element, and having a lining layer on its inner wall. The locking element is threaded onto... Agent: Leong C. Lei

20110017932 - Monoblock ball valve and manufacture method thereof: A manufacture method of monoblock ball valve is based on overmoulding techniques and integral assembly of plastic components inside the injection moulds, in a sequential manufacturing process, wherein the component which is injected in the first stage of the process will be sequentially introduced in moulds which will in turn... Agent: Kenealy Vaidya LLP

20110017934 - Exhaust gas recirculation valve and method of producing exhaust gas recirculation valve: A valve shaft 8 and a drive shaft 11 of an EGR valve 1 are butted to each other; protrusions 26a, 26b, 27a, and 27b formed on the inner sides of cotter members 24, 25 of a cotter 23 are engaged with grooves 21, 22 respectively formed on the outer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20110017933 - Spout control valve for water drinking machines: A spout control valve for water drinking machines aims to be assembled and installed easily and provide smooth water supply. The control valve is located in a spout of a water drinking machine. The control valve has an integrated valve seat made of non-lead material. An action seat and a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110012037 - Noise reducing valve for toilet systems: P

20110012039 - Electric control valve and valve body device thereof: The present invention discloses a valve body device for an electric control valve comprising a valve seat (21) and a fixing frame (22) connected with the valve seat (21), wherein, the valve seat (21) is provided on its outer wall with a first positioning groove (211) extending circumferentially, and the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20110012038 - Electronic expansion valve: Embodiments of the invention provide an electronic expansion valve, including a magnetic rotor and a screw rod, and further including an output shaft. The magnetic rotor is surroundingly provided on the output shaft, and the output shaft is slidably connected to the screw rod in an axial direction and drivably... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20110012040 - Flame safety system for in situ process analyzer: A method of operating a process a combustion analyzer having a measurement cell is provided. The method includes exposing the measurement cell to exhaust of a combustion process where fuel and oxygen are combined in a burner to produce a flame. The measurement cell is heated to a temperature above... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20110012041 - Electromagnetic actuator for a proportional solenoid valve: An electromagnetic actuator for a proportional solenoid valve, which actuator has a fixed ferromagnetic core having a longitudinal axis, a plunger movable with respect to the fixed core along the axis between two stroke end positions, a spring for moving the plunger to the first stroke end position, an energizing... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20110012042 - Water flushing device for floor toilet: A water flushing device includes a membrane engaged onto a housing, a casing extended in the housing for forming an outer peripheral space between the housing and the casing, a valve device for selectively blocking and opening an opening of the membrane, a barrel mounted to the membrane and engaged... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20110012043 - Self actuating rotary dust valve: The present invention relates to a self actuating rotary dust valve particularly for discharging dust from an engine air cleaner. The rotary dust valve includes a valve body having an inlet port, an outlet port and a rotor chamber interposed therebetween. A rotary dust ejection member is enclosed in the... Agent: Mann+hummel Gmbh Department Vr-p

20110012044 - Valve: A valve includes a housing, a rotational body, two seat rings, a shaft integrally linked to the rotational body, and a sealing element. The rotational body is arranged rotatably in the housing and has a through-opening. The seat rings are spaced apart in the housing, each positioned against an outer... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20110012045 - Valve cap for a non-return valve: A non-return valve for a hydraulic tensioning system which is used in traction mechanism drives of internal combustion engines and which manipulates a hydraulic fluid flow between a pressure chamber and a reservoir. The non-return valve has a valve body which is inserted in a housing and which is embodied... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20110012046 - Seal assemblies for use with fluid valves: Seal assemblies for use with fluid valves are described. An example valve trim assembly for use with fluid valves includes a cage and a seal assembly to be positioned in at least one of the cage, a cage retainer or a plug. The seal assembly includes a first seal and... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20110006233 - Control device and control method for control valve: A control device includes an opening detecting means 17 which detects the opening of a control valve 9 driven by an electric actuator 11. A control element 21 sets the target opening of the control valve 9, thereby to control the electric actuator 11 in accordance with a deviation between... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20110006232 - Low voltage drop closed loop unidirectional electronic valve: A low voltage drop unidirectional electronic valve constituted of: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first electronically controlled switch coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a first charge pump arranged to close the first electronically controlled switch when the voltage potential at the first terminal... Agent: Microsemi Corp - Amsg Ltd.

20110006234 - Shaft retaining assemblies for use with fluid valves: Shaft retaining assemblies for use with fluid valves are described. In a described example, a bonnet assembly for use with a fluid valve includes a bonnet defining a passage to receive at least a portion of a shaft of the fluid valve. The bonnet is to be removably coupled to... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20110006235 - Retractable and expandable valve gate: A pendulum gate valve including an expandable gate which pivots when unexpanded to selectively block a vacuum or other pressure-differential passage. The valve includes a valve plate sealing one side of the passage and a ring abutting an opposed side of the passage when the gate member is expanded. A... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer

20110006236 - Retractable and expandable water cooled valve gate useful for sealing a hot processing chamber: A pendulum gate valve including an expandable gate which pivots when unexpanded to selectively block a vacuum or other pressure-differential passage. The valve includes a valve plate sealing one side of the passage and a ring or barrier plate abutting an opposed side of the passage when the gate member... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer

20110006237 - Rotary shear valve assembly with hard-on-hard seal surfaces: A multi-position rotary shear valve assembly having a substantially metallic or ceramic stator device and a substantially metallic or ceramic rotor device. The stator device defines a substantially planar stator face and at least two or more stator channels in fluid communication with the stator face at corresponding stator ports,... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20110006238 - Finely adjustable firing valve for rapidly discharging compressed air or gas: A finely adjustable firing valve comprising a first valve (10) providing a first inlet (20) and a first discharge (21) connected through a first actuation chamber (22), and having a first shutter (23), a second valve (11) having a second shutter (37), a third valve (12), having a third shutter... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20110006239 - Preassembled valve assembly for use in a turbocharger: A valve assembly disposable in a turbocharger housing includes a cover; a sealing body connected to the cover so as to form a pressure space between the cover and the sealing body; a restoring spring disposed in the pressure space and disposed against the cover and the sealing body, wherein... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (frankfurt Office)

20110006240 - Retractable and expandable water cooled valve gate useful for sealing a hot processing chamber: A pendulum gate valve including an expandable gate which pivots when unexpanded to selectively block a vacuum or other pressure-differential passage. The valve includes a valve plate sealing one side of the passage and a ring or barrier plate abutting an opposed side of the passage when the gate member... Agent: Law Offices Of Charles Guenzer

20110006241 - Control valve having pressure boundary integrity diagnostic capabilities, method of making the control valve, and method of using the control valve: A method of diagnosing pressure boundary integrity of a control includes choosing a control valve having a valve body, determining a velocity profile within the control valve, choosing an area of the velocity profile, choosing a surface on an exterior of the valve body at or adjacent to the area,... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20110006242 - Methods and apparatus to load a valve packing: Methods and apparatus to load a valve packing are described. An example apparatus to load a valve packing includes a load assembly having a biasing element disposed between a valve packing flange and a stop flange to provide a load to a seal assembly. The packing flange is adjustable relative... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20110001068 - Hose valve for feeding fine grained material: The tube valve is for the output of a finely granulated material preferably dry lime mud that maintains a level of dry matter content of 65-90%. The tube valve has an elastic inner tube arranged within a pressure chamber that surrounds the elastic inner tube. A tube valve is used... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20110001069 - Gas valve control device: A gas valve control device, including at least: a timing controller, and a valve, including at least a rotating button, a contact plate, an electromagnetic valve, a pressing spring, a valve cover, a valve pole, a fixing pin, a plug bar, and a valve body having a cavity. Advantages of... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20110001070 - Device and method for determining a failure mode of a pneumatic control valve assembly: A control valve assembly is capable of diagnosing malfunctions in the control valve assembly and discerning a location of a control fluid leak in the control valve assembly. The control valve assembly includes a control valve, an actuator and a positioner. The actuator includes an actuator vent in an actuator... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20110001074 - Metering solenoid valve: A metering solenoid valve is provided for refrigeration applications, wherein the metering solenoid valve combines the function and characteristics of a solenoid valve and a hand expansion valve into a single valve. The valve includes an adjustable stem housing allowing the flow of the valve to be adjusted.... Agent: Parker-hannifin Corporation Hunter Molnar Baker Morgan

20110001072 - Normally opened solenoid valve: A normally opened solenoid valve includes: a coil; a fixed core; a movable core; a valve seat located at one of openings of a through hole formed in the fixed core; and a valve body inserted into the through hole. The valve body includes: a shaft part inserted into the... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20110001071 - Screw-in multi-way seat valve: In a screw-in multi-way seat valve V comprising a screw-in housing 1, in which at least one sleeve 21 is positioned axially which sleeve 21 forms a valve seat 20, and a valve member 15 provided inside and having a seat surface 31 with a larger outer diameter than the... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20110001073 - Solenoid type electromagnetic valve device: Provided is a solenoid type electromagnetic valve having a high-speed responsivity and enhanced durability, thereby the valve can be protected from the erosion damage due to cavitations without losing the high-speed responsivity. The solenoid type electromagnetic valve is configured such that an attraction force arises between an attracting side face... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20110001075 - Regulating water flow: A water flow regulation system includes a pair of water valves having turnable stems for controlling water flow through the valves and a pair of pinions, one fixed to each of the valve stems. A toothed rack is provided which is sized and configured for engagement with the pinions. A... Agent: Walter A. Hackler

20110001076 - Slide valve, in particular for blocking a line conveying media: A slide valve, in particular for blocking a line conveying media, is provided with a housing (2) having a passage opening (3) and with a slider plate (4) moveable within the housing (2) at right angles to the passage opening (3). The latter can be displaced from an open position... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20110001077 - Modulator valve assembly having an anti-backlash device: A modulator valve assembly including a housing defining fluid inlet and outlet passages, and a valve member which moves along an axis within the housing, the valve member having first and second positions separated along the axis, and operably disposed between the fluid inlet and outlet passages. The variable size... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC