A device for controlling the flow of fluid through a conduit from an upstream side of the device to a downstream side of the device. The device includes a valve seat mounted on a casing that defines a valve aperture, a mounting member arranged on the downstream side of the valve aperture; a valve member mounted on the mounting member. The valve member is arranged to selectively open and close the valve aperture thereby controlling the flow of the fluid through the valve aperture. A seal retaining member is arranged adjacent the valve seat and, with the valve seat, defines a seal retaining groove. A compliant seal within the seal retaining groove seals the valve aperture when the valve member is moved to close the valve aperture.

An oil pressure supply device includes: a first oil pump configured to be operated by a traveling drive source of a vehicle; a second oil pump configured to be operated by a motor different from the traveling drive source and to be switched between an operation and a stop according to a traveling condition of the vehicle; a pressure regulating circuit configured to regulate an oil pressure generated by the first oil pump and the second oil pump and supply the regulated oil pressure to an oil chamber; an oil passage configured to connect the second oil pump with an oil source; and a check valve provided in the oil passage.

An oil pressure supply device includes: a first oil pump configured to be operated by a traveling drive source of a vehicle; a second oil pump configured to be operated by a motor different from the traveling drive source and to be switched between an operation and a stop according to a traveling condition of the vehicle; a pressure regulating circuit configured to regulate an oil pressure generated by the first oil pump and the second oil pump and supply the regulated oil pressure to an oil chamber; an oil passage configured to connect the second oil pump with an oil source; and a check valve provided in the oil passage.

A check valve for high flow medical gas applications is disclosed. The check valve includes a valve body that defines a flow channel through the valve body from an inlet to an outlet. A movable plunger is in the flow channel of the valve body, with the plunger being constrained in the flow channel between the inlet and the outlet. The plunger comprises a finned frustoconical inlet end a finned frustoconical tip at its outlet which act as flow directing elements which reduce inlet and outlet turbulence at higher medical gas pressures by reducing the gas flow turbulence within the flow channel.

A check valve includes a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, a passage between the inlet and outlet, and a sealing surface along the passage. A piston member is disposed about a longitudinal axis and has a sealing face disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a circular groove defined therein extending inward from the sealing face. An O-ring is disposed in the groove. A biasing member exerts a biasing force on the piston and thus forces the O-ring into sealing engagement with the sealing surface of the housing. The piston member is moveable from a first position in which the O-ring is sealingly engaged with the sealing surface of the housing and thus the outlet is sealed from the inlet, and a second position in which the O-ring is spaced from the sealing surface of the housing and thus the outlet is not sealed from the inlet.

A spring-operated relief valve can include a biasing assembly, a valve inlet, a valve seat, and a disc assembly that is biased toward the valve seat by the biasing assembly. A fluid guide, such as a groove or chamber, can be formed at the interface between the valve seat and the disc assembly. The fluid guide can be configured to direct fluid that flows across the valve seat to provide an upward force on the disc assembly during a relief event.

The present disclosure relates to a double sealing check valve for a rice cooker, and more particularly, to a double sealing check valve for a rice cooker that prevents water vapor mixed with rice water and grain dregs from entering the check valve and maintains airtightness during cooking in an automatic water supply type pressure cooker that automatically supplies water and performs pressure cooking.

The double sealing check valve for a rice cooker that is mounted on a lid of a rice cooker to prevent leakage of steam generated during cooking, including: an upper part having a plate shape and including a water supply portion; a check valve opening and closing the water supply portion of the upper part by a vertical movement; a lower part coupled to the upper part, allowing the check valve to be installed to be movable up and down therein, and having a flow path and a water outlet to allow water introduced through the water supply portion to be discharged; and an elastic member having both ends fixed to the upper part and the lower part and pressing the check valve in a direction in which the check valve closes the water supply portion, wherein the check valve includes a first part opening and closing the water supply portion of the upper part and a second part opening and closing the water outlet of the lower part.

A system for modulating delivery of a fluid medium includes an injector for injecting the fluid medium during an injection cycle, a delivery catheter including a conduit for delivering the fluid medium, a manifold disposed in a fluid medium flow path between the injector and the delivery catheter, and a pulsatile generator. The pulsatile generator is configured to apply a pulsatile force to the fluid medium defined by a plurality of duty cycles during the injection cycle, each of the duty cycles including a first pressure level and a second pressure level that is lower than the first pressure level.

A system for modulating delivery of a fluid medium includes an injector for injecting the fluid medium during an injection cycle, a delivery catheter including a conduit for delivering the fluid medium, a manifold disposed in a fluid medium flow path between the injector and the delivery catheter, and a pulsatile generator. The pulsatile generator is configured to apply a pulsatile force to the fluid medium defined by a plurality of duty cycles during the injection cycle, each of the duty cycles including a first pressure level and a second pressure level that is lower than the first pressure level.

This disclosure provides a valve seat having cladded surfaces of high hardness in order to improve the service life of valve seats. The cladded surfaces may include various materials of favorable mechanical properties for mitigating failure mechanisms known for common valve seats (e.g., having a common base metal throughout). In one example, the cladded surfaces are created using an additive manufacturing process, such as laser metal deposition. The cladded surfaces offer advantages including metallurgical bonding, localized low heat input at the laser focus (thus enabling accurate control of temperature and mitigating undesirable heat treatment effects), ductility in middle layers for increasing impact resistance, variable cladding thickness (optionally exceeding 1 mm), increased hardness by material and fusing temperature selections, corrosion resistance, modification of mechanical properties of the same selected material, and allowing for sensor embedment.