| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 137150210 | Multi way valve | 13 |
| 20090107559 | Method and apparatus for converter valve - A converter valve allows product dispenser operator to change from a first fluid source to a second fluid source without fluid crossover. The converter valve includes a first port in fluid communication with a dispense point, a second port in fluid communication with a first fluid source having a first fluid, and a third port is in fluid communication with a second fluid source having a second fluid. The converter valve includes a passage between the first and second ports, and a plug in fluid communication with third port. The second and third ports of the converter valve are disposed symmetrically about the first port, and, accordingly, the converter valve is rotatable about the first port. As such, the converter valve delivers the first fluid to the dispense point, and delivers the second fluid through the passage to the dispense point when the converter valve is rotated. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110220219 | MODULAR MANIFOLD WITH QUICK DISCONNECT VALVE FITTINGS - A manifold for accommodating at least one fluid is constructed of a plurality of modules that can be interconnected and configured to create a customized manifold. Couplers interconnecting a flow cavity of each module can be selected to determine fluid flow characteristics between module flow cavities. Each module has one or more valve ports. Valves or other flow accommodating apparatus are attached to the manifold via adapters. A first end of each adapter is sized and configured to engage a valve port, and a second end engages the attached apparatus. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220220 | MODULAR MANIFOLD WITH QUICK DISCONNECT VALVE FITTINGS - A manifold for accommodating at least one fluid is constructed of a plurality of modules that can be interconnected and configured to create a customized manifold. Couplers interconnecting a flow cavity of each module can be selected to determine fluid flow characteristics between module flow cavities. Each module has one or more valve ports. Valves or other flow accommodating apparatus are attached to the manifold via adapters. A first end of each adapter is sized and configured to engage a valve port, and a second end engages the attached apparatus. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110232777 | Faucet Assembly Securing Method - A method for securing a faucet assembly to a counter top. The faucet assembly has downwardly depending threaded inlets for the hot and cold water. Flexible water hoses are secured to the hot and cold water under sink valves and the upper ends of the flexible hoses are extended through a hot water opening and a cold water opening in the counter top. Hollow cylinder cold flexible polymeric sleeves are pressed over the hot and cold water threaded inlet nipples. The assembly is then pushed down over the counter top so that the flexible sleeves form a tight frictional fit in the counter top openings. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20130269788 | WATER DIVIDER - A water divider includes a water divider shell with openings formed on two ends and sides. A fixed water dividing device and a rotated water dividing device are disposed inside the water divider shell. A first through hole is disposed between the side and the bottom end of the fixed water dividing device, the side through hole opening position of the first through hole corresponds to the position of the opening disposed on the side of the water divider shell. A second through hole is disposed between the top end and the bottom end of the fixed water dividing device, the top end through hole opening of the second through hole corresponds to the top end opening of the water divider shell. A third through hole is disposed on the rotated water dividing device, the bottom end through hole opening of the third through hole corresponds to the bottom end opening of the water divider shell. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130327416 | THREE-PORT VALVE - A three-port valve including a casing and a movable element received in the casing. The casing includes a fluid inlet, first and second fluid outlets, a first fluid-flow passage between the fluid inlet and the first fluid outlet, and a second fluid-flow passage between the first and second fluid outlets. The movable element includes a rod, a first valve member fastened to a first end of the rod and configured to be received towards the rod in a first valve seat for closing the first fluid-flow passage, and a second valve member fastened to a second end of the rod and configured to be received towards the rod in a second valve seat of the casing for closing the second fluid-flow passage. The valve also includes at least one diaphragm spring supporting the movable element in a plane substantially perpendicular to a movement axis between first and second positions. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140261747 | MIXING VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR FAUCET - A mixing valve for a faucet includes a body configured to receive therein end portions of a fluid supply line and a fluid outlet line, and a coupler. The coupler is configured for insertion through a sidewall of the body to engage features of the fluid supply line and the fluid outlet line so as to retain the fluid supply line and the fluid outlet line within the body. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140299199 | RECONFIGURABLE VALVE - A valve is provided. The valve includes a body defining an interior and apertures, additional bodies each having opposed, open ends and being respectively coupled to each of the apertures at one of the respective open ends to define a flow path through each of the additional bodies and into the interior and a valve member. The valve member is disposable in first and second positions in the interior. In the first position, the valve member fluidly couples pairs of the additional bodies with one another via first combined flow paths that crisscross through the interior. In the second position, the valve member fluidly couples different pairs of the additional bodies with one another via second combined flow paths that are substantially parallel through the interior. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140311586 | DUAL POPPET PROPORTIONAL SOLENOID CONTROL VALVE - A control valve for hydraulic media is provided. The control valve includes a valve body having four ports. A first seat, a second seat, and a dual seat are positioned in the valve body between the ports. Two poppets, each including a disc and a cup, with a spring located therebetween, are arranged on a cylindrical pin with an enlarged engagement portion that is slidably supported within the valve body. A solenoid assembly movable in an axial direction within the valve body contacts the cylindrical pin and adjusts the position of the discs and cups of the poppets with respect to the seats of the valve body to minimize unwanted leakage between the ports. This configuration comprises four variable orifices that cooperate to provide controlled flow during different energizing phases of the solenoid assembly. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150144202 | SOLENOID REBUILDING METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS - A method of rebuilding a pressure control solenoid includes uncrimping a housing of the solenoid, and disassembling the solenoid. An original spool valve of the solenoid is removed from a hydraulic bore of the solenoid. The hydraulic bore is reamed such that an inner diameter of the bore is enlarged. A replacement spool valve is inserted into the hydraulic bore. An outer diameter of the replacement spool valve is larger than an outer diameter of the original spool valve. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150315770 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A PLUMBING VALVE - A plumbing valve comprising a first cylinder having a first cylinder longitudinal axis, a plurality of second cylinders each of which has a second cylinder longitudinal axis and each of which defines a second cylinder opening, and a plurality of pipe fittings each of which is disposed in one of the plurality of second cylinder openings. The first cylinder and the plurality of second cylinders are adapted to be in fluid communication, and each of the plurality of pipe fittings is adapted to removably retain a pipe. A method for removing and installing a plumbing valve comprising providing a plumbing valve, removing a pipe from each of the plurality of pipe fittings in the plurality of second cylinder openings of the plumbing valve, and inserting a pipe into each of the plurality of pipe fittings in the plurality of second cylinder openings of the plumbing valve. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150377370 | REVERSE FLOW CHECK VALVE IN HYDRAULIC VALVE WITH SERIES CIRCUIT - A valve assembly includes a valve body having at least a first bore and a second bore, a flow passage connecting the first bore to the second bore, a plurality of ports opening to each bore respectively, the first bore being upstream of the second bore. First and second spools are disposed in the first and second bores, respectively, for controlling the flow of fluid to and from the respective ports. A check valve is disposed in the flow passage and configured to prevent fluid flow from the second spool towards the first spool through the flow passage while allowing fluid flow from one of the ports in the first bore towards the second spool through the flow passage. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160040402 | System For Recirculating Water Between CoId Water And Hot Water - The present invention relates to a system intended to avoid wastage of the cold water that is allowed to flow while waiting for the hot water to arrive from the heater to the showers, wherein the system is comprising three essential structural components which are an extension element, a division nut, a complementary recirculation chamber that in combination with a connecting means, obtain novel results. | 02-11-2016 |
