Natural Gas Solutions North America, LLC

Cooper Technologies Company

Other

Robert Erling Fowler

Bruce A Thames

Ramesh Konduri

Matthew Walter Schoppe

Jeff Thomas Martin

Richard Jin Yao

Kurt Douglas Regenbrecht

Sam C Jensen

Ronald Lewis Strong

A sealed connection device configured to connect a pump head with a pump on an additive pump. The sealed connection device may comprise an adapter and a sealing collar that inserts into the adapter. The sealing collar may comprise a body with a bore forming open ends, a shoulder disposed between the open ends, an annular detent adjacent the shoulder, annular grooves, one being disposed on the shoulder two others found on either side of the shoulder, and o-rings disposed in the annular grooves. The pump may couple with a first side of the adapter, the pump comprising a shaft that inserts in the bore of the sealing collar. The pump head may insert into a second side of the adapter so as to contact one of o-rings on the sealing collar.

Containing fluid leaks on additive pumps

An additive pump is configured to collect migrant additive that penetrates into its reciprocating shaft. These configurations may include a pump head, an actuator that penetrates into the pump head, a sealed region disposed about the actuator to form a fluid-free zone, and a fluid sensing unit coupled with the sealed region, the fluid sensing unit comprising a receptacle that is configured to retain fluid that transits from inside the sealed region.

Operation of pump stations with additive pumps

Shaft seal

A gas meter () and like metering systems that are configured for use underwater. The gas meter may embody a positive displacement rotary gas meter having a meter body with impellers that counter-rotate in response to material flow. The gas meter can also comprise an index unit having an electronics assembly to generate a value that equates rotation of impellers with a parameter of the material flow. The gas meter can further comprise a connective interface having a first part and a second part, one each disposed on the meter unit and the index unit, respectively, the first part and the second part coupling with one another to provide data to the electronics assembly, the data corresponding with operating conditions on the meter unit and rotation of the impellers. In one example, the first part and the second part are configured so that the meter unit and the index unit are operable underwater to generate the value.

Gas meter for submerged use

An actuator with an override device to avoid damage to components during transition to and from manual operation and during manual operation. In one embodiment, the actuator comprises an output shaft, a drive assembly coupled with the output shaft, the drive assembly comprising a motor and a brake, an override device coupled with the output shaft, the override device comprising a gear assembly and a switch actuator, and a housing forming an enclosure about at least the gear assembly and the switch actuator. The switch actuator can be configured to modify an external input to the drive assembly in response to relocation of the gear assembly relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position so as to disconnect the motor from the external input at the first position, disconnect both the motor and the brake from the external input at the second position, and apply the external input to the brake during transition between the first position and the second position.

Regulating operation of a drive assembly for manual overide of an actuator

An apparatus and method in a positive feed tool for automatically causing a spindle of the tool to stop retracting. The tool includes a device that automatically moves a movable member away from a differential feed gear when the spindle is retracting, which causes the spindle to stop retracting.

Positive feed tool having rectractable members

An assembly for reversing a fluid driven motor. The assembly includes a fluid driven motor, and a reversing valve that reverses inlet and exhaust porting to and from the fluid driven motor. An actuation device opens an actuation valve and a fluid supply valve. The actuation valve causes the reversing valve to reverse the inlet and exhaust porting to and from the fluid driven motor when the actuation device opens the actuation valve. The fluid supply valve allows fluid to flow through the fluid supply valve to the motor when the actuation device opens the fluid supply valve. The fluid supply valve also prevents fluid flow through the fluid supply valve to the fluid driven motor when the fluid supply valve is closed.

Assembly for reversing a fluid driven motor

Manually operable label-transfer apparatus characterized by a transit path for a tractor-feedable backing strip which has labels or similar adhesive-backed pieces laminated thereon, and also providing a bin. The path has up-path first and down-path second stations, and the bin adjoins the first station. The apparatus has tractors at the second station, a pusher in the bin, and manual crank-drive means associated with the tractors and the pusher. The tractors engage the strip and, driven by the drive means, advance the strip down-path from the first station and over a delaminator with an edge and around a sharp turn. The strip, as drawn past the turn, is bent and experiences a direction reversal of between 160.degree. and 180.degree.; and, in this action, the labels successively separate or peel from the strip, and, a guide on the apparatus successively guides each separated label toward an operably proximal position relative to the first station. The pusher, concurrently driven by the drive means, urges envelopes or similar generally planar articles in the bin toward the proximal position, where the most recently-separated label affixes to the one of said articles in the proximal position.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Robert Erling Fowler