Humphrey Products Company

Matthew Welker

Mark William Friedman

An expandable seal for adjoiningly sealing components together includes an elongate body having opposed open ends defining a passage through the body and a flexible outer cover, with the seal being configured for insertion into cavities of adjoined components to seal there between. The body comprises a rigid support configured as a separate component from the flexible cover with the support including an aperture between the open ends, and wherein the open ends comprise a pair of distally opposed support ends with the aperture disposed between the support ends. The cover has a pair of distally opposed cover ends that are engaged with an external portion of respective support ends, with the cover including a central section disposed between the cover ends and over the aperture of the support.

Expandable sealing sleeve with rigid support

A modular valve assembly is formed from multiple modular valves having a valve base and a valve actuator. Each base includes at least a first channel and a second channel and an internal passage forming an opening in the first channel so as to be in selective fluid communication with an exterior port of the valve base, and with the second channel being a through passage that is not in fluid communication with the internal passage. Adjacent valve bases are interconnectable in one of two orientations either with the first and second channels of one valve base being aligned with the first and second channels, respectively, of an adjacent valve base, or with the first and second channels of one valve base being aligned with the second and first channels, respectively, of an adjacent valve base. The valve bases may be provided with third and fourth channels for three-way operability.

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Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Matthew Welker