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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2022
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Tomas Peleckas, Decatur, IL (US);
Timothy Wayne Stern, Hixson, TN (US);
Rock Allen Powell, Jr., Mt. Zion, IL (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A bypass valve includes a base defining a base sealing surface, the base defining an upstream utility bore, a downstream utility bore, a meter inlet bore, and a meter outlet bore each extending into the base sealing surface; and a selector defining a selector sealing surface and a front surface, a primary passage and a secondary passage defined within the selector between the selector sealing surface and the front surface, the primary passage being isolated from the secondary passage, the selector defining at least one primary passage bore extending into the selector sealing surface and connected in fluid communication with the primary passage, the selector defining at least one secondary passage bore extending into the selector sealing surface and connected in fluid communication with the secondary passage.