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| 20080251132 | FLEXIBLE INFLATABLE PURGE BLOCK FOR HIGH PURITY WELDS - A purge block comprised of latex and, mandrel dip molded in a continuous piece, with a housing bulb on one end of an elongated hollow tube capable of withstanding minimal inflation to fill the chamber in varying tube diameters, sealed at the end of the tube with a “Schrader” valve insertion, sealed with heat shrink tape, and capped with a hard rubber cap to prevent damage to metal tube. The valve and elongated tube or carriage serves as the conduit to inflate the bulbous end with argon or another inert gas. Upon inflation, the block serves to isolate small, purgable tube areas for tie in work and final welds, frequently at valves, and valves adjacent to curved tubing. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080257416 | Connector with screw valve - A connector with a screw valve is described that attaches to the end of the outlet tube, remains closed unless it is completely screwed onto a tire valve and then opens when it is screwed directly onto a valve, such as a tire valve. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100101661 | REUSABLE SHIPPING AND PACKING MATERIALS AND METHOD OF USE - An air bladder valve arrangement includes a tube having a cavity therein, the cavity having a plurality of chambers, each chamber being associated with one or more air bladder chambers, a stem positioned within the tube, the stem having a plurality of plungers, each plunger being positioned within a chamber of the cavity of the tube, each plunger being configured to selectively open and close communication of air between adjacent chambers of the cavity of the tube, wherein the stem is movable relative to the tube to position each of the plurality of the plungers to selectively open and close communication of air between adjacent chambers. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100108157 | VALVE WITH ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE FOR ACTUATING THE VALVE - The invention relates to an assembly comprising an electromechanical device and a self-sealing valve, and in particular, to any inflatable device that includes the assembly. In one embodiment, the assembly comprises a valve housing defining an opening through which fluid can be provided to the inflatable device, a flexible diaphragm assembly that is configured to self-seal the opening with sufficient fluid pressure in the inflatable device and to open under sufficient fluid pressure from a fluid moving device, to provide fluid through the opening to and seal the inflatable device. The assembly further comprises an electromechanical device including an actuating arm, having a first position in which the actuating arm urges open the self-sealing valve and a second position in which the actuating arm does not act upon the self-sealing valve, so as to regulate an amount of fluid within the inflatable device. With this arrangement, a small, low power, low duty cycle electromechanical device can be used. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100116353 | INFLATING NOZZLE ASSEMBLY - An inflating nozzle assembly has a housing, two nozzles and a pushing device. The housing has two nozzle chambers and two outlets. The nozzles are mounted respectively in the first nozzle chamber, and one of the nozzles has a nozzle body, a nozzle rod and a spring. The nozzle body has at least one inlet. The nozzle rod is movably mounted in the nozzle body and has a sealing protrusion to divide two communication segments in the nozzle body. The spring is connected to the nozzle rod to keep one of the communication segments of the axial hole from communicating with the at least one inlet in the first nozzle body. Accordingly, an airflow led through the outlets of the housing can be automatically switched by inserting different types of air valves into the corresponding outlets. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100154897 | VALVE DEVICE FOR AN INFLATABLE OBJECT - A valve device for an inflatable object includes a seat body, a valve body with a deformable surrounding wall which is movable between a vaulted position, where inflating air is admitted through an inflating port, and a depressed position, where the inflating port is closed by a tubular plug member of the seat body, a check valve unit which is disposed in the tubular plug member to be closed and opened by virtue of a pressure differential established between an internal air pressure within the inflatable object and a back pressure of the inflating air, and a plunger rod which extends from a valve disc of the check valve unit and which is operable to cause the check valve unit to open so as to allow a small amount of air to escape from the inflatable object. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100180957 | Floor Pump - A floor pump comprises a base means; a cylinder means having a first end coupled to the base means and a second end, with a cross-sectional area of the first end of the cylinder means larger than the second end of the cylinder means; a linkage means partially disposed in the cylinder means and communicating with the base means; and a hose having a first end, which is coupled to the base means and communicating with the linkage means, and a second end coupled to a thing desired to be inflated. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100229960 | INFLATABLE APPARATUS - In various embodiments, an inflatable apparatus is provided. In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a top surface. The apparatus also includes a bottom surface connected to the top surface in a substantially airtight manner. The top surface and the bottom surface collectively define a substantially airtight chamber. The substantially airtight chamber generally has an exterior shape of a star. An internal wall extending from the top surface to the bottom surface is also provided. The internal wall is attached to the top surface and to the bottom surface in a substantially airtight manner. The internal wall, top surface and bottom surface collectively define a void. The void is contained within the bounds of the airtight chamber, the top surface and the bottom surface. The exterior shape of the apparatus includes a central portion and a plurality of lobes. The central portion includes the void. Each lobe of the plurality of lobes extends radially from the central portion. The exterior shape of the apparatus further includes internal vertices between lobes of the plurality of lobes. An inflation valve piercing the top surface and connected in a substantially airtight manner to the top surface is also provided. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110017317 | PNEUMATIC TIRE VALVE DEVICE AND THE SYSTEM AND THE PROCESS OF SETTING THE TIRE PRESSURE - A pneumatic tire valve device is constructed and arranged for attachment to a tire to change the tire pressure. The device includes a tire valve body housing, tire closing valve, and control piston. The housing defines a control piston channel that spans between a pressure pipe intake opening and a bleeding outlet and a tire intake opening that intercepts the control piston channel. The tire closing valve is positioned in the tire intake opening and is operable between an open position wherein air flows into or out of the pneumatic tire and a closed position wherein air is blocked from flowing into or out of the pneumatic tire. The control piston is positioned in the control piston channel and is operable between an idle position wherein air is blocked from flowing out of the bleeding outlet and a tire ventilation position wherein air flows out the tire and the bleeding outlet. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110083753 | INFLATABLE DEVICE WITH FLUID CONTROLLER AND SELF-SEALING VALVE - A self-sealing valve comprises a valve housing having a fluid conduit, a valve seat, and a retaining member, the valve housing being configured to pass fluid through the fluid conduit, and a flexible diaphragm comprising a flexible material having resiliency, wherein the retaining member and the flexible diaphragm are configured so that the retaining member retains a portion of the flexible diaphragm so as to use the resiliency of the flexible material to bias the flexible diaphragm against the valve seat to a closed position of the self-sealing valve to provide a self-seal of the fluid conduit, and to facilitate movement of the flexible diaphragm under a fluid bias against a first side of the flexible diaphragm in a first direction away from the valve seat to an open position, and wherein the retaining member and the flexible diaphragm are configured so that the self-sealing valve can be contacted to move a portion of the flexible diaphragm away from the valve seat to the open position. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110108133 | INFLATION NOZZLE OF TIRE PUMP HAVING AIR SEALING FUNCTION - An inflation nozzle of a tire pump having air sealing function includes a casing, a valve plug seat, a valve plug and a locking ring. The valve plug seat includes a head portion at one end and a groove defined annularly on an outer periphery thereof. A sealing ring is engaged with the groove. The sealing ring protrudes radially beyond the head portion so as to be in contact with an inner circular periphery of the casing when the valve plug is installed in the valve plug seat and the casing is connected with a locking ring. The sealing ring ensures that no leakage between the valve plug seat and the casing. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110162725 | VALVE FOR AN INFLATABLE DEVICE - According to one aspect, a valve is provided for an inflatable device that is shaped and configured to support at least a portion of a user where the valve includes a base including a first region configured to seal to a fluid impermeable wall of a bladder of the inflatable device, a cap including a rim, and a seal. According to some embodiments, the base includes a second region that defines an orifice for exhausting fluid from an interior of the inflatable device, the second region configured to provide a sealing surface. Further, the rim can include a generally circular peripheral region including at least one rib located about an underside of the peripheral region and a cavity defined in part by at least one wall located radially inward of the rib. Still further, the seal can include a first end region secured to the cap within the cavity between the at least one wall and the at least one rib and a second end region configured to freely move with the at least one first end region secured to the cap. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110174389 | Sealing Apparatus with Interlocking Air Inflation Device for Wafer Carrier - The present invention relates a sealing apparatus with interlocking air inflation device for wafer carrier and a sealing method thereof, wherein the sealing apparatus is disposed between a wafer container and a cover of a wafer carrier, used for sealing the cover and the wafer container when the cover is closed to the wafer container. The sealing apparatus comprises: at least one latch set, at least one interlocked cam, an air inflation sealing member, and at least one air intake/outtake valve, wherein the interlocked cam is adopted for connecting an interlocking device having an air inflation member, and the interlocking device can be used to drive the interlocked cam for making the latch set bolt the cover and the wafer container, and inflate the air inflation sealing member through the air inflation member thereof and the air intake/outtake valve in order to inflate and expand the air inflation sealing member. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110259439 | DEVICE IN WHICH TO SUBJECT AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL PRODUCT TO LOADS - A device is provided in which an implantable medical product is subjected to loads. The device includes a continuous channel with a wall, in which a liquid is to flow in a flow direction; a first liquid chamber is provided with an adjustable volume, a product chamber is provided for accommodating the medical product that is to be put under load, a second liquid chamber is provided with an adjustable volume, and a valve device is provided with a valve member which, in a first state, closes the channel and, in a second state, allows channel flow. The device includes a flow mechanism configured to cause liquid to flow through the channel in the flow direction by changing the volume of the first liquid chamber as well as an operational mechanism configured to achieving a continuously variable adjustment of the valve member between the first state and the second state. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110297245 | VALVE FOR INFLATABLE OBJECTS - A self-sealing valve comprises a valve housing having a fluid conduit, a valve seat, a diaphragm and a support member. The valve housing is configured to pass fluid through the fluid conduit. The diaphragm provides a self-seal of the fluid conduit. The support member is configured to retain a portion of a diaphragm. The support member and diaphragm are configured to position the flexible diaphragm against the valve seat to seal the fluid conduit in a closed position of the self-sealing valve, and to facilitate movement of the diaphragm under a bias in a first direction away from the valve seat to an open position. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110308637 | DEVICE FOR SETTING THE GAS PRESSURE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE - The invention relates to a device for setting the gas pressure in a motor vehicle tire, comprising: at least one first channel element, which is arranged in a substantially rotationally fixed manner in the area of a wheel axle of the motor vehicle and which forms a part of a ring channel that is arranged concentrically with the wheel axle, wherein the first channel element comprises a connection for a pressure medium line, which is connected to a pressure medium source, at least one second channel element, which can be rotated together with the motor vehicle wheel and which forms another part of the ring channel and which is connected to the interior of the motor vehicle tire by means of an inlet valve, wherein the first channel element and the second channel element face each other with the parts thereof that form the ring channel. The tire pressure can be corrected during driving and at standstill by means of such a device. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120042962 | INFLATING VALVE FOR AN INFLATABLE OBJECT - An inflating valve has a body and a valve disk. The body is hollow and has a passage defined through the body and a holding tab. The passage has an inner surface and a bottom opening defined in the bottom of the body. The holding tab is radially connected to the inner surface of the passage and has a holding hole defined through the holding tab. The valve disk is attached securely to the bottom of the body to close the bottom opening of the passage and has a holding rod formed on and protruding from the valve disk and engaging the holding hole in the holding tab. Accordingly, the valve disk can be automatically opened by the pressured air and automatically closed by the recoil force provided by the holding tab. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120080099 | SCHRADER VALVE/PRESTA VALVE DUAL-MODE VALVE CAP - A Schrader (American) valve /Presta (French) valve dual-mode valve cap includes a casing having an axle hole and a through hole kept in communication, a rotating device rotatably mounted in the axle hole and having two opposing heads respectively disposed outside the axle hole with a respective screw hole defined therein for the connection of a Schrader (American) valve or Presta (French) valve, an accommodation chamber in communication between the two screw holes, an annular air passage defined in between the rotating device and the casing, a through hole in communication with the annular air passage and the accommodation chamber and two seal rings mounted on the periphery thereof at two sides of the annular air passage, a valve block movable back and forth in the accommodation chamber and having a seal ring mounted on the periphery thereof to divide the accommodation chamber into two spaces, and a spring member stopped between the valve block and a part of the rotating device to force the valve block toward the screw hole for Schrader (American) valve. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120085429 | AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTABLE ELASTIC BODY - An air pressure adjustable elastic body is integrally formed with an inflation/deflation module on a joining member which is formed by plastic injection molding. With the inflation/deflation module, the user can adjust the air pressure in the elastic body as desired, improving the application of the elastic body. Furthermore, since all components of the elastic body are formed by the plastic injection molding, the manufacturing procedure can be simplified, reducing the production cost while enhancing the economic benefit. In addition, since the elastic body is formed by the integral injection molding, it has no structural defects. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120103432 | ASYMMETRIC VALVE FOR VEHICLE WHEEL - A valve of the “Snap-In” type is intended to be mounted directly on the rim of a vehicle wheel fitted with a “tubeless” tire. The valve is secured to the rim through which it passes via a groove produced at the base of a bulb extended by a rubbery coating of an internal nozzle of the valve. The groove collaborates elastically with a hole in the rim, on the periphery of which hole it becomes lodged, the mass or the volume of the bulb being smaller in its region (A) toward the interior of the rim by comparison with its region (B) directed toward the exterior, this reduction taking place near the groove intended to collaborate with the hole in the rim, both in the part thereof that surrounds the nozzle and in the part thereof that is in contact with the bottom of the rim. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120160339 | SELF-SEALING VALVE - A self-sealing valve for a tyre includes at least a part formed of a self-sealing material having a dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10 Hz, less than or equal to 0.06 MPa, preferably less than or equal to 0.03 MPa, and more preferably still, less than or equal to 0.01 MPa. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120285552 | AIR VALVE DEVICE FOR AN INFLATABLE ARTICLE - An air valve device is adapted to be fitted into an opening of an inflatable article, and includes a valve seat having a seat body that is disposed between an inflating port and a conduit, and a valve disc unit disposed in the conduit to be moved between opened and closed positions, and having a valve disc connected with a plunger, an elastomeric seal ring superimposed on a padded region of the valve disc. A rigid retaining cap is disposed to bring abase layer of the seal ring in an abutting engagement with the padded region of the valve disc so as to secure the seal ring to the valve disc while permitting a sealing marginal layer of the seal ring to be air-tightly engaged with the seat body in the closed position. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120305101 | MULTI-PORT TIRE VALVE - Exemplary embodiments of the invention include a multi-port valve stem configured for operable attachment to a wheel for controlling the inflation of a tire arranged thereon. In a particular embodiments, the valve includes a base member having a bore extending there through. The base member includes a terminal end configured to attach the valve stem within an aperture arranged along a wheel rim. The multi-port valve stem further includes one or more tubular ports each having a bore extending there through and arranged in fluid communication with the bore of the base. The bore of each of the one or more tubular ports extends to a free end configured to receive a check valve. In other embodiments, the multi-port valve is mounted to a wheel. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120312388 | GAS STOP STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF REPEATED INFLATION AND DEFLATION - A gas stop structure capable of repeated inflation and deflation is provided, which includes: a plurality of outer films; a gas chamber area, formed of the plurality of outer films and including a buffer portion and a gas storage portion; a gas stop valve, located between the plurality of outer films, in which a part of the gas stop valve is exposed beyond the plurality of outer films; and a warp portion, connected the buffer portion and the gas storage portion. When a gas tube is placed inside the gas stop valve to inflate the gas chamber area with gas, a height of the inflated gas storage portion is greater than that of the buffer portion to form a sectional difference, so the gas storage portion bends towards the buffer portion to seal the warp portion. After inflation, the gas tube is removed and the gas stop valve is sealed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130019959 | Air Valve and Inflatable Device Having the Same - An air valve includes a seat unit having an air passageway and formed with a vent hole in fluid communication with the air passageway, a valve unit operable to block and unblock the air passageway, and a pressure-regulating member disposed on the seat unit. The pressure-regulating member has an engaging portion retained in the vent hole and defining at least one air channel in the air passageway, and a blocking portion blocking the vent hole and movable to unblock the vent hole when the air pressure in the air passageway meets a predetermined condition for permitting air to flow from the air passageway to the external environment via the at least one air channel. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130061945 | Tire valve - The invention relates to a tire valve ( | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130284281 | Rotary Joint - A tyre inflation feed arrangement for a tyre supported on a wheel carried by a wheel rim rotatably mounted via a wheel hub on an axially outer end of an axle housing. The feed arrangement has an annular support body surrounding the outer end of the axle housing, and three concentric annular seals extending around an axially outwardly facing surface on the support body to seal two concentric annular chambers formed in the axial!y outwardly facing surface between the seals. A first of these annular chambers is connectable with pressurised air to inflate the associated tyre and the second annular chamber is connectable with pressurised air to operate a valve mounted on the wheel for admitting air into the tyre from the first annular chamber or exhausting air from the tyre. The annular seals are each mounted in a respective annular groove in the axially facing surface and each groove is also connectable with a source of pressurised air to press the seals against an annular contact surface on the wheel hub to seal the first and second annular chambers when the tyre is being inflated. The wheel hub is provided with first receiving means which open through the annular contact surface to receive air from the first annular chamber and conduct such air to the tyre and second receiving means which also opens through the annular contact surface to receive air from the second annular chamber and conduct such air to the valve mounted on the wheel. The support body is mounted on the axle housing in a location radially within bolts which attach the wheel to the hub to reduce the rubbing speed of the seals on the contact surface to reducing wear caused by the contact pressure of the seals. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140034148 | MOUTH-BLOWN AIR-SEALED BODY WITH AUTOMATICALLY OPENED AIR INLET - A postal envelope bag having a cushioning function includes two outer films, two inner films, heat resisting materials, transverse heat-sealing lines, longitudinal heat-sealing lines, air columns, neck heat-sealing lines, an air filling passage, air inlets and heat-sealing blocks, where air entering the air-filling port expands the air filling passage, the two outer films are pulled apart outward in a longitudinal direction and are contracted in a transverse direction; the heat-sealing blocks thrusts the two inner films, the portions of the two inner films coated with the heat resisting material are pulled apart outward in the longitudinal direction, and third segments drives the two inner films to open the air inlet as the two outer films are pulled apart outward in the longitudinal direction; after entering the air column, the air presses the second sides of the two inner films to close the air column. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140069517 | INFLATION DEVICE - The subject of the present invention is an inflation device that can be used for inflating an inflatable craft having two lateral tubes and a bottom each having an independent air chamber, the device including an airtight body having an enclosure having at least three communicating openings, each of the openings being connected to another opening by a passage that allows a stream of air to flow, and notably a first opening intended to be connected to a first air-conveying means intended to supply air to the air chamber of the first lateral tube of the inflatable craft, a second opening intended to be connected to a second air-conveying means intended to supply air to the air chamber of the second lateral tube of the inflatable craft, and a third opening intended to be connected to an inflation pump. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140166122 | METHODS AND MECHANISMS FOR INFLATION - A device includes a balloon inflation module having an involuted balloon housed within a lumen, an integrated reservoir in fluid communication with the involuted balloon where the balloon inflation module is configured to selectively displace a volume of fluid from the integrated reservoir into the involuted balloon and from the involuted balloon into the integrated reservoir. The device also includes a port configured to receive an accessory module. In one embodiment, the accessory module is a communication module having a logic circuit coupled to an ambient microphone configured to pick up ambient audio content, an ear canal microphone configured to pick up audio in the proximity of an ear canal, and an ear canal receiver configured to provide audio content in the proximity of the ear canal. In some embodiments, the integrated reservoir is formed within portions of a push button spring-loaded pump assembly. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140174558 | INFLATABLE PROJECTION SURFACE FOR A TRANSPORTATION MEANS - A supply channel for a means of transportation is provided. The supply channel comprises a fluid line, an inflatable projection element having an opening and a pressure sensor which is configured for determining a pressure difference between an internal pressure in the projection element and an ambient pressure. The inflatable projection element is connected to the fluid line via the opening. The projection element is configured for being transferred from a compressed state to an inflated state by filling it with fluid from the fluid line. The projection element provides a predetermined projection surface in the inflated state. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140182703 | Inflatable Ear Canal Inserted Device - An orifice occluding inflatable device comprising a fluid pumping system operable to flow fluid, a fluid flow management system operable to selectively control fluid flow, an inflatable balloon system operable to dilate and contract in response to the flow of fluid and cause orifice occlusion, a locking mechanism preventing undesired actuation of the fluid flow management system, a complementary systems package configured to be coupled to orifice occluding inflatable device, a complementary systems package operable to actuate the fluid flow management system through linear or rotary movement of a protrusion and a pressure relief valve in fluidic connection with the ambient atmosphere and occluded orifice configured to mitigate a pressure differential. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140202556 | Valve for rapid inflation and deflation - A valve for selectively sealing and unsealing an opening in a bladder is disclosed. The valve includes a flange for mounting the valve around the opening in the bladder, a valve seat supported on the flange, and an air passageway. A spring plate is supported on the flange and spaced from the valve seat. A floating valve disk is provided between the valve seat and the spring plate for movement towards and away from the valve seat to seal and unseal the opening in the bladder. A spring is provided to bias the floating valve disk towards the valve seat. Deflation lugs are provided to hold the floating valve disk away from the valve seat against the force of the spring. The floating valve disk is free to pivot but is prevented from pivoting to such an extent that movement of the floating valve disk is impeded as by binding. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140209184 | INFLATION VALVE ALLOWING FOR RAPID INFLATION AND DEFLATION OF AN INFLATABLE OBJECT - Disclosed is an inflation valve enabling a user to quickly inflate and deflate an inflatable object. The inflation valve can include an inflation chamber that is an adequate size to capture a breath of air blown by a user from a distance away from an outside opening of the inflation chamber. This allows surrounding air into the area of low pressure created by the moving air, thereby greatly increasing the amount of air entering the inflatable object. To prevent air from escaping the inflatable object, the inflation valve can include a non-invertible one-way valve and/or an invertible one-way valve. Each valve can prevent air from escaping the inflation chamber until adequate pressure is applied from the outside opening of the inflation chamber, for example, as a result of a user blowing air into the inflation chamber. The invertible one-way valve can be inverted to reverse the properties of the valve. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140230921 | ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE COMPONENT - An adjusting device for a vehicle component comprises at least one inflatable chamber and a pump configured to supply fluid to the at least one inflatable chamber. The pump comprises a housing, a first output port provided on the housing and a second output port provided on the housing. At least one of the first and second output ports has an integrated check valve disposed at the respective output port. The integrated check valve is configured to receive fluid discharged from a pump chamber and is in direct fluid communication with the respective output port. The integrated check valve is arranged within the housing. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140238505 | VALVE COMPRISING A RESILIENT VALVE ELEMENT - The present disclosure provides a valve comprising a flange part and a valve element. The flange part comprises a tubular section defining an axial direction. The valve element is made of resilient material and mounted in the tubular section of the flange part. One or more cut-outs are formed in a side wall of the valve element. At least part of the side wall is arranged in abutment with an inner wall of the tubular section. When a force is applied along the axial direction, the valve element stretches, causing the cut-outs to move at least partly out of the tubular section. This establishes a fluid connection through the flange part via the cut-outs, opening the valve. When the force is removed, the valve element resumes its relaxed state, restoring its shape and size and moving the cut-outs into the tubular section, interrupting the fluid connection and closing the valve. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140261752 | REPLACEABLE BLADE - A flexible structure inflation device, comprising an inflation assembly configured for insertion between first and second overlapping film layers of a web of material, the inflation assembly having a fluid conduit configured directing a fluid in between the layers to inflate the web; and a cutting member held magnetically in an operative position adjacent the inflation assembly to cut the film passing over the inflation assembly. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140345706 | NON-RETURN VALVE - The invention relates to a non-return valve with a valve sleeve, comprising a valve seat and a flow opening and a sealing body moveable in the valve sleeve, comprising a bulged sealing face, wherein the bulged sealing face is arranged at a head end of the sealing body and the non-return valve comprises guiding means for the axial guidance of the sealing body in the valve sleeve, so that the sealing face always faces the valve seat, and a locking element is inserted into the valve sleeve through the flow opening and is fixed therein, so that the locking element restricts the movement of the sealing body in the valve sleeve. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150122348 | SNAP -IN VALVE FOR RUBBER WHEELS - Disclosed are valves for inflating the tires of rubber wheels, in particular of vehicles, where the term vehicles is intended as motor vehicles, trucks, motorcycles or in general road transport vehicles. More in detail, the a valve ( | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150292635 | PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS - A pneumatic actuator unit concept is disclosed which includes a unitary structure that has single or dual inflatable pneumatic air chambers mounted on and fixed to a common central base member or plate member that provides a base for the air chambers. Dual air chambers can apply force in different directions with respect to the base member. The operating air is supplied by way of access ports located in the central base member which also includes an integral internal control valve system. The air chambers are preferably airbag devices which may be sleeve-type airbags, single or multiple convoluted airbags or other inflatable apparatuses. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150300512 | AERATING BAG - An aerating bag has a body and a unidirectional nozzle. The body has an upper membrane, a lower membrane, a ventilating duct, an inflatable chamber and a vent segment. The upper membrane has a concaved segment with a middle and two curved ends. The ventilating duct is formed in the body between the concaved segment and the lower membrane. The inflatable chamber is formed in the body between the membranes and the ventilating duct. The vent segment is formed between the membranes, communicates with the inflatable chamber and has an outlet chamber. The unidirectional gas nozzle is mounted in ventilating duct between the inflatable chamber and the outlet chamber and has an upper valve slice and a lower valve slice mounted between the middle and one of the curved ends of the concaved segment. The valve slices are overlapped with each other in a misalignment state. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160051060 | GAS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A gas communication device comprises a main body, at least one gas delivery pipe and a cover. The gas delivery pipe is at least partially disposed in the main body and forms a gas outlet at one end; the cover is movably pivoted to the main body and comprises at least one sealing structure for correspondingly sealing the gas outlet, wherein the cover is movable along an axis relative to the main body and away from the gas outlet so as to break the seal of the sealing structure on the gas outlet such that the cover is rotatable relative to the main body to expose the gas outlet. | 02-25-2016 |
