Kenneth W Bram

US Patent:

8631819, Jan 21, 2014

Filed:

Dec 6, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/951637

Inventors:

Joseph R. McKee - Ventura CA, US
Kenneth Bram - Huntington NY, US

Assignee:

Ausco, Inc. - Farmingdale NY

International Classification:

F16K 31/12
F16K 31/36
F41B 11/00

US Classification:

137490, 137488, 137489, 1374895, 124 65, 124 73, 251 3002

Abstract:

A gas supply system includes a receiver assembly, a gas storage vessel coupled to the receiver assembly, a main poppet positioned at an end of the gas storage vessel and sealing the gas storage vessel when the main poppet is closed, a pilot poppet positioned in the main poppet and sealing the gas storage vessel when the pilot poppet is closed, and a chamber positioned behind the main poppet, wherein when the pilot poppet opens, gas from the gas storage vessel is released into the chamber to exert pressure on the main poppet to open the main poppet.

US Patent:

20090120514, May 14, 2009

Filed:

Nov 12, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/938428

Inventors:

Kenneth Bram - Huntington NY, US
Francis J. Martin - Huntington NY, US

International Classification:

F16K 15/00

US Classification:

13751625

Abstract:

A valve includes a body, a cavity in the body, and a check valve formed in the cavity. The check valve includes a poppet having a first end and a second end, and a first seat and a second seat, wherein the first seat is formed at the first end, the second seat is formed at the second end, and a diameter of the second seat is greater than a diameter of the first seat.

US Patent:

20210251152, Aug 19, 2021

Filed:

Oct 26, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/080734

Inventors:

- Port Washington NY, US
Kenneth Bram - Huntington NY, US

International Classification:

A01G 7/02
A01G 13/06
B05B 9/03
B05B 15/68
B05B 15/622
B05B 15/625
B05B 13/02

Abstract:

A valve includes an inlet and an outlet; a body including a first seat and a second seat; a cavity in the body; a piston positioned in the cavity; and a pilot ball adjacent the piston and that is disposed in a pilot seat, and a rear surface of the piston butts against the pilot seat at a maximum open position of the piston. Each of the first seat and the second seat is a seat that is a mechanical stop that prevents the piston from extending further than the closed position. The piston includes a flat front face that contacts the first seat when in the closed position, and a nose extension that extends outward and away from a center portion of the front face, and the nose extension has an opening through a center of a front surface thereof.