Patent classifications
F16L27/0816
Portable faucet
A portable outdoor faucet is configured for attachment with a source of water via a hose. The faucet comprises a shower nob and a sprayer head, connected in relation to a main valve, which is operable to selectively direct fluid to the shower nob and the sprayer head. A hose attachment is connected in relation to the main valve. The hose attachment for attachment of a hose originating from a water source for directing water from the water source to the valve. A clamp assembly supports the main valve in relation to an environmental surface.
TOOL AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT, DESIGN COMMUNICATION, ORDERING AND MANUFACTURE OF FLUID HANDLING SYSTEMS AND PARTS
The invention relates generally to a system used to produce a prototype part and subsequently an accurate design specification for a fluid or gas handling system/hose and or tube assembly, followed by the subsequent communication of that specification into an ordering interface that processes the specification into a usable format as a means to accurately produce and re-create the original specification in a remote location by a specific manufacturing process, in order to supply the originator of the design an accurate, working part, produced in the specified materials in a rapid, convenient and cost effective manner. The process has global applications in various industries, markets and vehicle or machinery types, particularly where it is inconvenient or prohibitively expensive to have the work performed on-site by a technician.
ROTARY JOINT
A rotor including an internal fluid opening extending in a radial direction through the rotor and two ring seals disposed in opposed orientation on the rotor. Each of the two ring seals sealably and slidably engages the rotor. A stator is disposed around the rotor and the two ring seals and forms an external fluid opening extending in the radial direction through the stator. The stator includes two ring flanges disposed at axially distal ends thereof. Each of the two ring seals slidably contacts a respective one of the two ring flanges to form a mechanical sliding face seal.
ARTICULATING FLOW LINE CONNECTOR
An articulating flow line connector for connecting two sections or portions of a flow line, which may be a pressurized flow line. The connector may be configured to provide a sealed connection between the two sections or portions of the flow line, and may provide for a rotating or swiveling connection between the two sections. The articulating flow line connector may generally have a seal carrier ring arranged between two flow lines hubs. Each flow line hub may connect to an end of a flow line section. The seal carrier ring may be configured to provide both a sealing surface and at least one bearing surface. The seal carrier ring may have a sealing flange, a bearing flange, and a web portion extending between the flanges. The connector may additionally have a clamp arranged around or over the seal carrier ring and a portion of the two hubs.
Threaded retainer
A threaded retainer including a body having a through-bore therein, a first screw thread operatively arranged on an outer surface of the body, wherein, the first screw thread is arranged to secure the threaded retainer to a fluid connector having a second screw thread, the first screw thread corresponding with the second screw thread, a first shoulder arranged on the body, wherein the first shoulder is arranged to abut against a second shoulder of the fluid connector, and an axial gap between the fluid connector and the threaded retainer, wherein the axial gap is formed when the fluid connector is secured to the threaded retainer.
Rotatable pipe adapter
A pipe adapter includes a first tubular element having a first portion and a second portion axially adjacent the first portion defining a socket. A second tubular element has a first portion and a second portion axially adjacent the first portion, the first portion defining a distal end sized for insertion into the socket and having a radially extending stop. An annular sealing member is located between the first portion of the second tubular element and the second portion of the first tubular element and provides an axial seal therebetween. An annular securing member is rotatably disposed around the first portion of the second tubular element and located within and fixed to the socket. The annular securing member contacts the stop to secure the second tubular element axially relative to the first tubular element while also allowing the second tubular element to rotate relative to the first tubular element and annular securing member.
MECHANICAL SEALING DEVICE
A mechanical sealing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a sealing ring (13) attached to a protrusion (11a) protruding from a housing (11); a mating ring (23) attached to an end portion of a rotary shaft (21); a welded bellows provided around the protrusion (11a) and located between the housing (11) and the sealing ring (13). The welded bellows (15) presses the sealing ring (13) in an axial direction to cause the sealing ring (13) to be in contact with the mating ring (23), thereby ensuring high pressure force, and in particular, uniform pressure force along its entire circumference, so as to achieve high liquid tightness, while maintaining the sizes in axial and radial directions small. Furthermore, the welded bellows (15) works as a sealing member of blocking a liquid leaked out through the O-ring (14), thereby achieving assured liquid tightness. Accordingly, an outside-type mechanical sealing device can be provided which has a compact size, and is capable of ensuring high liquid tightness in response to a high rotation speed and a high liquid pressure.
NON-CONTACT ROTARY UNION
Embodiments described herein relate to rotary unions for use in wafer cleaning processes. The rotary union includes a process media and a supporting media that interact in a gap between a nozzle and rotary element. By regulating the supporting media pressure, a non-contact seal is created within the gap. The non-contact seal prevents or controls process media leakage in a rotary union while enabling delivery of the process media through a platen directly underneath of a wafer without the risk of additional contamination of the process media, reducing the defect to the wafer. Additionally, the non-contact seal precludes particle generation due to seal wear, caused for example in face seals, and does not leech out any additional foreign elements.
HYDRAULIC COUPLING DEVICES AND ASSEMBLIES
A coupling device is provided. The coupling device may include a stem having a first end, a second end, a groove, and a threaded portion. A first engagement member may be disposed over the stem between the first end and second end. The first engagement member may be movable relative to the stem. An inner sealing member may be disposed in the groove. When the first engagement member is in a first position, the inner sealing member may be retained in the groove, seal against a surface of the stem, and may not be removed. When the first engagement member is in a second position, the inner sealing member may be retained in the groove, does not seal against the surface of the stem, and may be removed. The coupling device may include a washer, an outer sealing member, and a second engagement member disposed over the stem.
Pivot and swivel joint having a rotary axis and a swivel axis
For a simply constructed pivot and swivel joint securing a sealing of the control element for the connection of a support arm to a control element, it is provided that the pivot and swivel joint (3) is implemented having a rotary sleeve (10) including an axially continuous recess (41) and having a swivel sleeve (11) connected thereto via a swivel axis (S) including an axially continuous recess (42), which is swivelable relative to the rotary sleeve (10) about the swivel axis (S), a rotary axis (D) being configured at the axial end of the rotary sleeve (10) facing away from the swivel axis (S), and a sealing hose (30) being disposed between the rotary sleeve (10) and the swivel sleeve (11), which by a first axial end sealingly abuts at the recess (41) of the rotary sleeve (10) and by the opposite second axial end is sealingly disposed at the axial end of the swivel sleeve (11).