Apparatus for controlling the flow of fluids

• US 3,099,440 A
• Filed: 09/26/1960
• Issued: 07/30/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Karl H. Burzlaff
• Original Assignee: Karl H. Burzlaff
• Inventors: Burzlaff, Karl H.
• Application Number:
  US04/058,242
• Time in Patent Office: 1,037 Days
• US Class Current: 5/614
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/02 Adjustable operating tables; Controls therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/72 for collision prevention
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 11/16 with two or more servomotors
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/324 manually, e.g. by using a lever or pedal
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/40515 with variable throttles or orifices
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/411 the positions being discrete
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/41527 being connected to an output member and a directional control valve
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/423 manually, e.g. by using a lever or pedal
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/426 electrically or electronically
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/50518 using pressure relief valves
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/5157 being connected to a pressure source and a return line
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/5159 being connected to an output member and a return line
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/7055 having more than two chambers
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/71 Multiple output members, e.g. multiple hydraulic motors or cylinders
• CPC Class Codes: F15B 2211/78 Control of multiple output members

Claims

1. IN A SURGICAL TABLE HAVING A LOWER BASE AND A PLURALITY OF FLUID CONTROLLED APPARATUS INCLUDING INTERCONNECTED TABLE TOP SECTIONS, AT LEAST A PART OF SAID FLUID CONTROLLED APPARATUS BEING ARTICULATABLE INTO INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER PARTS OF SAID TABLE, (A) SENSING LEVER MEANS DEFINING AN INTERFERENCE PATH INTERMEDIATE SAID TABLE TOP AND LOWER BASE, AND (B) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID LEVER MEANS FOR STOPPING SAID FLUID CONTROLLED APPARATUS WHEN ARTICULATED PORTIONS OF THE TABLE ARE MOVED INTO THE INTERFERENCE PATH.