842 results about "Pressure controller" patented technology

An implantable medical device for delivering a therapeutic substance to a delivery site in a patient. A reservoir holds a supply of the fluid therapeutic substance. A catheter has a proximal end, a delivery region and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the delivery region. The proximal end of the catheter is operatively coupled to the reservoir. The delivery region of the catheter is adapted to be placed proximate the delivery site in the patient. The therapeutic substance is adapted to be delivered through the lumen to the patient. A sensing device is operatively coupled with the lumen of the catheter being capable of detecting a pressure of the therapeutic substance in the lumen. A controller is operatively coupled to the sensing device, the controller being capable of taking an action in response to the pressure in the lumen.

The invention relates to an air-powered engine assembly, which comprises an air tank, an air valve, an air distributor, an intake pipe, camshafts, an intake duct, an exhaust control device, air cylinders, pistons, crankshafts, couplers, clutches, automatic gearboxes and differentials connected with the outside. The assembly is characterized in that the air valve, a constant pressure chamber and a pressure controller are arranged between the air tank and the air distributor; the air distributor is connected with a plurality of air cylinders on an air cylinder gasket; each air cylinder is connected with an exhaust chamber through an exhaust manifold; the exhaust chamber is provided with a turbine generator which is connected with a storage batter; the air cylinders are provided with the camshafts for controlling the air intake and exhaust of the air cylinders; the air cylinders are provided inside with the pistons for driving the crankshafts to rotate; the camshafts and the crankshafts are connected by chains; and the crankshafts are connected with the differentials through the couplers, the clutches and the gearboxes in turn. Therefore, doing work through air compression rather than fuel, the air-powered engine assembly has the advantages of avoiding waste gas discharge and air pollution, along with reliable operation, convenient operation, economical efficiency, practicality and so on. In addition, due to recycle of the waste gas for power generation, the air-powered engine assembly saves energy and reduces costs.

The present invention is an oral irrigator comprising a pump, a discharge nozzle and a pressure control. The pump has a generally constant operating speed and feeds the discharge nozzle. The pressure control is adapted to modify a discharge pressure at the nozzle without a significant change in pump speed. The pressure control modifies a level of fluid flow restriction between the pump and the nozzle. The modification of the level of fluid flow restriction is accomplished by modifying aspects of a fluid flow path extending through the pressure control. The aspects modified include the diameter, length and/or number of direction changes of the fluid flow path.

An ink jet image forming apparatus, which is improved in a structure of an ink supply device so as to minimize an influence due to a pressure loss generated in an ink flow passage, is provided. The ink jet image forming apparatus includes a print head to eject an ink to a printing medium, an ink tank to store the ink, an ink circulation passage through which the ink circulates between the ink tank and the print head, a pressure controller which has an ink storage unit communicating with the ink circulation passage and an air storage unit communicating with external air, a valve mounted in the ink circulation passage between the ink tank and the pressure controller, a pump mounted in the ink circulation passage and pumps the ink, and a control unit to control operations of the valve and the pump.

A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus that can include a wound dressing, a fluid collection device, a vacuum pump comprising a pump motor, and tubing can be powered by auxiliary power sources such as high efficiency batteries, photovoltaic panels or cells, fuel cells, combustion generators, human powered generators, or other mechanical, electrical, or chemical power sources such as hand operated dynamos or wound springs, or any combination of the foregoing. Additionally, the apparatus can include a high efficiency pressure controller for controlling the output of the vacuum pump. In some embodiments, the pressure controller can control the pump without using a processor, and can have other features such as an intermittent delay function and an anti-stall mechanism to reduce the energy consumption of the apparatus.

The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices include mechanisms configured to deliver an aerosol precursor composition from a reservoir to an atomizer including a heating element to produce a vapor. A pressure controller may control dispensing of the aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir based on a pressure differential between a first pressure within the reservoir and a second pressure proximate the atomizer. The first pressure within the reservoir may be substantially equal to atmospheric pressure. Alternatively, the first pressure within the reservoir may be greater than atmospheric pressure.

The invention discloses a novel electric cooker which comprises a pot body, a pot cover and a liner, wherein the liner is placed in the pot body; and the pot cover is disposed on the pot body and used in cooperation with the pot body. The novel electric cooker is characterized by comprising a temperature controller, a pressure controller, a moisture measurement device and a single-chip microcomputer, wherein the single-chip microcomputer is disposed on the inner wall of the pot body and connected to the temperature controller, the pressure controller and the moisture measurement device; the temperature controller comprises a heater and a temperature sensor, and the heater is disposed on the bottom of the outer wall of the liner; the temperature sensor is disposed on the inner wall of the pot cover; the pressure controller comprises an adjustable steam micro-pressure valve and a pressure sensor, and the adjustable steam micro-pressure valve is disposed on the pot cover; the pressure sensor is disposed on the inner wall of the pot cover; and the moisture measurement device comprises a moisture measurement instrument. According to the invention, rice can be soaked for a proper period, and accurate control of temperatures and pressures can be achieved, so that the best rice cooking effects can be achieved.

A system (10) for delivery of dilute fluid, utilizing an active fluid source (12), a diluent fluid source (14), a fluid flow metering device (24) for dispensing of one of the active and diluent fluids, a mixer (28) arranged to mix the active and diluent fluids to form a diluted active fluid mixture, and a monitor (42) arranged to sense concentration of active fluid and/or diluent fluid in the diluted active fluid mixture, and responsively adjust the fluid flow metering device (24) to achieve a predetermined concentration of active fluid in the diluted active fluid mixture. A pressure controller (38) is arranged to control flow of the other of the active and diluent fluids so as to maintain a predetermined pressure of the diluted active fluid mixture dispensed from the system. The fluid dispensed from the system then can be adjustably controlled by a flow rate controller, e.g., a mass flow controller, to provide a desired flow to a fluid-utilizing unit, such as a semiconductor process tool. An end point monitoring assembly is also described, for switching fluid sources (12, 15) to maintain continuity of delivery of the diluted active fluid mixture.

An apparatus for diagnosing a fault in a dynamic system includes a controller which controls the dynamic system through use of a control input signal and vibrates the dynamic system through use of an vibration signal irrelevant to the internal state quantity of the dynamic system; an observer for estimating, on the basis of a response output from the vibration dynamic system, total disturbance which is a sum of an internal disturbance vector stemming from a fault in the dynamic system and a vibration disturbance vector occurring in the dynamic system through vibration; a correlation calculation unit which calculates cross-correlation between the thus-estimated total disturbance and the internal state quantity of the dynamic system and separates a component related to the internal disturbance from the total disturbance; and a diagnostic unit for diagnosing a fault in the dynamic system on the basis of the thus-separated component related to the internal disturbance. Since the dynamic system is vibrated, the response output can be increased even when there exists small external disturbance. As a result, a fault or a variation in air pressure in a tire can be highly accurately diagnosed.

The invention discloses a pressing-twisting multi-shaft loading testing machine. The pressing-twisting multi-shaft loading testing machine comprises a machine frame, a sample pressure chamber, an axial pressure controller, a confining pressure controller and an oil source system, wherein the sample pressure chamber is arranged on the machine frame and is used for accommodating samples therein; the axial pressure controller is used for applying axial loads to the samples in the sample pressure chamber; the confining pressure controller is used for applying confining pressure loads to the samples in the sample pressure chamber; the oil source control system is used for controlling the axial pressure controller and the confining pressure controller respectively to apply different paths of loads; and the axial pressure controller and the confining pressure controller are configured in a mode that the axial force is coupled with the confining force when the loading of the samples in the sample pressure chamber is buffered. The pressing-twisting multi-shaft loading testing machine can integrate complicated loading such as pressing-twisting combination, plane strain, true triaxiality and the like and is suitable for the tests of static power units of the common coarse-grained soil and ideal soil simulation materials during engineering construction.

In a first aspect, a system includes (1) a chamber; (2) a variable speed vacuum pump coupled to the chamber; and (3) a pressure controller coupled to the chamber. The pressure controller compares a set point pressure with a pressure measurement for the chamber and adjusts a flow of gas through the pressure controller based on a difference between the pressure measurement and the set point pressure. The system includes a pressure measurement device coupled to the chamber and to the pressure controller, and a main controller coupled to the variable speed vacuum pump, the pressure controller and the pressure measurement device. The pressure measurement device measures a pressure within the chamber and provides a pressure measurement to the pressure controller and the main controller. The main controller (1) adjusts a speed of the variable speed vacuum pump; and (2) provides the set point pressure to the pressure controller.

In a gas supply system, a controller is electrically connected to a pressure regulator and an operation switch. The controller is operative to control the pressure regulator so that a predetermined gas is supplied to a first delivery member directing to a first body cavity with its pressure regulated to a first pressure suitable for the first body cavity. The controller is operative to control the pressure regulator depending on an instruction sent from the operation switch upon operation of the operator so that the predetermined gas is supplied to a second delivery member directing to a second body cavity with its pressure regulated to a second pressure suitable for the second body cavity.

Motor pump system includes an electromagnetic motor comprising a main body, a coil, and a movable hollow free piston. A flow meter is coupled to one end of the electromagnetic motor. A cylinder block is coupled to another end of the electromagnetic motor. At least two non-return valves are included. A water inlet, a water outlet, and a pressure limiting device are also provided. A motor pump system is also provided which includes a motor including main body having an inlet end and an outlet end. A flow meter is coupled to the inlet end. An outlet body is coupled to outlet end. A pressure controller is provided comprising an end piece and a fixed element which is removably coupled to the end piece. The fixed element is coupled to the outlet body.

Apparatus (10) controls net thrust in a steam turbine (T) in response to changes in the operating condition of the turbine. The turbine includes a thrust bearing (B) positioned between low and intermediate pressure sections (LP, IP) of the turbine and a high pressure section (HP) thereof. Sensors (14) for sense thrust loads on the thrust bearing. A number of control valve (CV1-CV4) are used to balance pressures occurring at locations within the high pressure section of the turbine. A controller (16) is responsive to the sensors sensing a change within the turbine indicative of a significant change in net thrust to energize one or more of the control valves and to adjust the pressure within the high pressure section of the turbine so to maintain net thrust within an acceptable range of thrust values.

An ice maker comprising a refrigeration system, a water system, and a control system. The control system includes an air fitting disposed in the sump of the water system, a pneumatic tube, and a controller comprising a processor and an air pressure sensor. The air fitting defines a chamber in which air may be trapped and includes openings through which water in the sump is in fluid communication with the air in the chamber. The pneumatic tube is in fluid communication with the air pressure sensor and the air fitting. The air pressure sensor is adapted to sense a pressure corresponding to a sump water level. The controller is adapted to control the operation of the refrigeration system and the operation of the water system based upon the sump water level and to detect one or more failure modes of the water system based upon the sump water level.

The invention discloses a test device and a test method for testing strength change of a soil body after occurrence of seepage deformation of dykes and dams. The test device includes a triaxial loading main machine, a confining pressure chamber pedestal, a specimen pedestal, a confining pressure chamber, a specimen, a heat shrinkable pipe, a covering cap, a porous steel plate, an axial pressing rod, a water outlet pipe, a vent hole, a hole pressure sensor, a load displacement sensor, a back pressure controller, a confining pressure controller, a water head control system, and a water-sand separation system. The device has novel design, can simulate influence of seepage deformation of the soil body under actual working conditions with different conditions on the soil body strength, and can realize data automatic recording and processing.

The invention has its object to arbitrarily adjust an amount of particles to be circulated without changing a flow rate of a gasification agent to thereby enhance gasification efficiency in a fluidized bed gasification furnace.

The fluidized bed gasification furnace 107 comprises first and second chambers 113 and 114 in communication with each other in a fluidized bed 105. The hot particles 102 separated in the separator 104 and raw material M are introduced into the first chamber 113. The particles 102 introduced from the first chamber 113 through interior in the fluidized bed 105 to the second chamber 114 are supplied in an overflow manner to the fluidized bed combustion furnace 100. A first pressure controller 121 is provided to control the resultant gas induction means 116 such that the pressure in the first chamber 113 is kept to preset pressure 120; and a second pressure controller 124 is provided to control the exhaust gas induction means 118 such that difference between pressure in the first and second chambers 113 and 114 is equal to the preset differential pressure 123, so that the fluidized bed 105 in the first chamber 113 is controlled in height to control an amount of particles 102 to be circulated.

The invention discloses a hydrogen container hydrogen environment fatigue test system. One end of a high pressure hydrogen container is respectively communicated with a test container and a low pressure hydrogen container through an explosion protection pressure reducing valve, a flow regulating control valve, a first normal open stop valve and a test container depressurizing valve; the low pressure hydrogen container is communicated with the other end of the high pressure hydrogen container through a booster pump; a pressure sensor and a cycle recording device are arranged between the first normal open stop valve and an atmospheric valve; the normal open stop valve, a pressure display and a standard pressure gauge are arranged between the test container and the normal open stop valve; one path of an automatic control system operation console is respectively electrically connected with the booster pump and the pressure gauge through an excessive pressure controller; the other path of the automatic control system operation console is electrically connected with the atmospheric valve and the test container depressurizing valve. The high pressure hydrogen in the high pressure container is charged into the test container through the explosion protection pressure reducing valve and the flow regulating control valve, the explosion protection pressure reducing valve is closed when a set pressure is reached, the test container depressurizing valve is opened after maintaining the pressure for a while, and the hydrogen is depressurized into the low pressure container to complete a fatigue test cycle.

The present invention relates to a production method for high-speed and high-pressure spraying pattern on textile size yarn-dyeing production line and its equipment. Said method includes the following steps: making yarn be uniformly advanced at a set speed, uniformly stirring fading agent or dyes and adjuvant, filtering and pressurizing, and utilizing multihole type spray head mounted on the pattern-spraying panel to high-frequency intermittently spray the above-mentioned liquid material on the several running yarns to make their local colour be changed so s to form pattern.

A pressure controller for an artificial respirator according to this invention includes a control valve facing a gas passage between an inspiratory gas inlet and an inspiratory gas outlet, and an elastic biasing means for elastically biasing the control valve against a valve seat. When an adjustment manipulating member moves backward, even the pivotal motion of the adjustment manipulating member does not operate an adjustment operating member. When the adjustment manipulating member is pulled out, the pivotal motion of the adjustment manipulating member operates the adjustment operating member, thereby adjusting the elastic biasing force of the elastic biasing means. This invention provides a pressure controller for an artificial respirator capable of reliably preventing unnecessary operating of the adjustment operating member although the pivoting operation of the adjustment manipulating member is simple as a whole, and there is no possibility that the adjustment manipulating member and the like are broken.

The invention relates to an intellectual high temperature high pressure dynamic stopping leak appraisal device in the field of oil exploration and development excremental device. it is formed by a gas source, a mud pump, a piston-type high temperature high pressure mud bottle, a steel leaked bed holder, a work holder, a rock core holder, a flow-meter, an electric dissimilar, a ring pressure pump, a return pressure controller, a liquid circulating pipe, a control line, a data collector, a computer and a printer and so on. It arranges the drilling fluid of the leak agent into the mud bottle on the condition of temperature, pressure, flow speed of the simulated formation; it then uses mud pump to drive the borehole fluid of the piston-type high temperature high pressure mud bottle and dose leak damage experiment to the steel leaked bed holder, the artificial slit plate and the formation rock core to achieve the indoor correct evaluation of the leak effect of the drilling fluid and the well completion fluid.

The invention discloses a compacted rock gas phase relative permeability measurement device and method. The measurement device comprises a rock core clamp, a confining pressure pump, a variable-volume upstream pressure chamber, a variable-volume downstream pressure chamber, a high-pressure gas source, a control table and a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, an air outlet of a high-pressure air source is connected with an inlet of the variable-volume upstream pressure chamber sequentially through a valve a, a first pressure controller and a valve b, an outlet of the variable-volume downstream pressure chamber is connected with the rock core clamp through a valve c, the rock core clamp is connected with an inlet of the variable-volume downstream pressure chamber through a valve d, an outlet of the variable-volume downstream pressure chamber is connected with a pressure relief opening through a valve f, and the rock core clamp is arranged in a measuring cavity of the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The invention provides a measurement method based on the measurement device. The measurement device has the advantages that gas relative permeability of compacted rocks can be rapidly and effectively measured.

The invention is a high pressure high temperature rock core dynamic damage estimate apparatus. It comprises straight pump mud pump, high pressure liquor tank, side plane circulating multi test point rock core pick, flow meter, gas source, pressure sensor, round pressing pump, return pressure controller, data gatherer and computer. Based on simulated rock temperature, pressure, flow speed, first obtain the original percolation rate on each section of rock core, then the mud pump drives the well liquor in the high pressure liquor container, obtain the percolation rate of each section of rock core without taking out the rock core, finally make out an evaluation of the damage the well liquor to the rock core so to pick out the drill liquor protective to the oil layer and the complete well liquor system.

The invention discloses a variable air volume (VAV) air-conditioning system air-supply static pressure optimizing and controlling method and a device thereof. A static pressure setting optimizer inspects valve location signal, namely air valve opening, of a VAV terminal in every air-conditioning area, and a VAV terminal with largest valve location signal is selected from all the valve location signals. A static pressure setting value P is changed by the static pressure setting optimizer to lead the valve location of the VAV terminal to reach or get close to the largest opening. The rotating speed of a air-supply fan in the VAV air-conditioning system is controlled by a static pressure controller according to the difference of the statistic pressure setting value P set by the static pressure setting optimizer and the static pressure value gained by an air passage static pressure transducer, so that the static pressure of the air passages can reach the setting value P. The variable air volume (VAV) air-conditioning system air-supply static pressure optimizing and controlling method of the invention can not only guarantee the comfort requirement for every VAV air-conditioning system area in a heavy load, but also save the energy consumption of the air-supply fan in a relatively light load. The device for realizing the method is simple in structure and reliable in performance.

A lubricant supply system for a gearbox includes a lubricant flow circuit having, in fluid flow sequence: a variable-flow rate first pump; an lubricant cooler; and a gearbox. The system also includes: a first temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of lubricant circulating within the lubricant flow circuit; a pressure sensor for sensing a pressure of lubricant circulating within the lubricant flow circuit; and a controller operably connected to the pressure and temperature sensors and to the first pump. The controller is operable to control flow of the pump in response to the sensed temperature and to the sensed pressure.

A compressed air processing apparatus includes a pressure controller, an air dryer, a multi-circuit protection valve and an electronic control unit. A switching valve is designed and arranged to supply compressed air to an air suspension system and to deaerate the air suspension system. The electronic control unit is designed and arranged to control the pressure controller, the air dryer and the multi-circuit protection valve. The electronic control unit is designed and arranged to also control the switching valve of the air suspension system.

A pressure control system is used for eliminating individual differences of a plurality of pressure controllers used for controlling pressures of a plurality of pressure-controlled sections. The pressure control system includes a plurality of pressure controllers for supplying a pressurized fluid to a plurality of pressure-controlled sections, a master pressure controller for supplying a pressurized fluid having a reference pressure, a plurality of calibration chambers corresponding to the pressure controllers. The pressure control system further includes differential-pressure detecting devices provided in the calibration chambers to detect a differential pressure between the pressurized fluid supplied from the master pressure controller and the pressurized fluid supplied from the pressure controller, and an arithmetic device configured to receive a signal from the differential-pressure detecting device and adjust an output of the pressure controller so that the above differential pressure becomes zero or approximately zero.

The invention discloses decompressed purge-and-trap processing equipment for a non-volatile organic compound in a water sample and a processing method thereof. The invention is characterized in that the equipment is formed by sequentially connecting a sample heater (1), a purge bottle (2), a trapper (3), a pressure controller (4) and a pump (5), wherein purge gas (6) is connected with the purge bottle (2) through a purge gas inlet (7); the purge bottle is connected with the trapper (3) through a purge gas outlet (8); the trapper (3) is connected with the pump (5) through the pressure controller (4); the gas trapped by the trapper (3) is taken out and then placed into a heater (13) of the trapper; chromatographic carrier gas (14) is connected with a chromatographic injection port (12) in a column oven (11) through the trapper (3) and a transmission pipeline (15); and the chromatographic injection port is connected with a chromatographic detector (9) through a chromatographic column (10). The processing method comprises the following steps: forming a negative pressure environment around a test sample under the action of the pump, and increasing the vapor pressure of the non-volatile organic compound under the negative pressure environment; purging the bottom of the sample by utilizing inert gas so that the target compound can be trapped by the trapper after being blown out from the sample; and finally, resolving the target compound at high temperature and then carrying out chromatographic analysis.

The invention discloses a microdroplet spray device, and a method for preparing a CNTs film by deposition through the microdroplet spray device, and aims to solve the technical problem that the CNTs film prepared by a current microdroplet spray device is poor in quality. According to the technical scheme adopted by the invention, the microdroplet spray device comprises a pressure controller, a vibration driver, a three-dimensional motion base plate, a spray nozzle, a resonant glass tube, a piezoelectric ceramic tube, a computer, and a three-dimensional motion base plate controller. The method for preparing the CNTs film by deposition through the microdroplet spray device comprises: regulating the pressure controller, so that a CNTs suspension liquid at the spray nozzle has back pressure; then, driving the piezoelectric ceramic tube to generate quick vibration by virtue of the vibration driver, transmitting the vibration to the CNTs suspension liquid in a micro-channel resonant cavity through the resonant glass tube, thereby realizing spraying of tiny microdroplets of the CNTs suspend liquid; and controlling the three-dimensional motion base plate to carry out three-dimensional motion by virtue of the computer, thereby completing preparation of the CNTs film. The preparation of the CTNs film with a controllable dimension is carried out, according to a designation part, in an open environment, so that quality of the CNTs film is improved.

A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table to hold a substrate and a projection system to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. A liquid supply system at least partly fills a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid, and has a liquid confinement structure to at least partly confine the liquid within the space. An outlet removes a mixture of liquid and gas passing through a gap between the liquid confinement structure and the substrate. An evacuation system draws the mixture through the outlet, and includes a separator tank to separate liquid from gas in the mixture and a separator tank pressure controller, connected to a non-liquid-filled region of the separator tank, to maintain a stable pressure within the non-liquid-filled region.