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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2022
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kenneth A. Clark, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Timofey Sitnikov, McDonald, TN (US);
Paul Gifford, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of using a water distribution system can include measuring a property of water in the system, the system including: a multi-port service saddle mountable on a water pipe and including main and secondary ports; and a water sensing assembly including: a housing received within the main port; a generator positioned inside the housing; a sensor coupled to the secondary port and configured to be exposed to water flow within the water pipe; and a turbine coupled to a generator shaft of the generator, the turbine movable from and between a first position and a second position, the turbine in fluid communication with the water flow within the water pipe in the first position but to be in fluid communication with the water flow within the water pipe in the second position; and moving the housing to one of the first position and the second position.