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Patent No.:

US 11015967 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2020

Valve meter assembly and method

Applicant:

Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Marty Scott Ball, Jonesville, NC (US);

Scott Aron Linkel, Kannapolis, NC (US);

Assignee:

Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:

Taylor English Duma LLP

Primary Examiner:

Angelisa L Hicks

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 15/14 (2006.01); E03B 7/07 (2006.01); G01F 3/12 (2006.01); G01F 15/00 (2006.01); G01F 15/06 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 15/14 (2013.01); E03B 7/072 (2013.01); G01F 3/12 (2013.01); G01F 15/003 (2013.01); G01F 15/005 (2013.01); G01F 15/061 (2013.01); G01F 15/065 (2013.01); G01F 15/066 (2013.01); G05D 7/0629 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7759 (2015.04); Y10T 137/8158 (2015.04); Y10T 137/8175 (2015.04); Y10T 137/8593 (2015.04);
Abstract

An assembly for use with a water meter includes: a housing including a meter portion integrally formed with a valve portion; and a valve positioned in the valve portion and in sealable communication with an inner surface of the housing, the valve defining a valve inlet portion and a valve outlet portion, the valve inlet portion defining a vertical portion and separated from the valve outlet portion by a top edge portion defined in the vertical portion, the valve inlet portion sealable from the valve outlet portion by a diaphragm assembly of the valve, the diaphragm assembly defining a water leak passthrough configured to allow passage of water from a first side of the diaphragm assembly to a second side of the diaphragm assembly opposite from the first side.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Ball, Marty. (2021). Valve meter assembly and method (U.S. Patent No. 11015967). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11015967

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