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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Ronald D. Benson, Colgate, WI (US);
Eric Metzger, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Ronald D. Benson, Colgate, WI (US);
Eric Metzger, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A water meter () and a flow control valve () are housed in a common pressure vessel (), in which the flow control valve () restricts flow through a metering chamber () to less than the normal flow, while still permitting a flow sufficient for basic human needs, rather than completely interrupting supply of the utility, and in which the flow control valve () is controlled electrically through a control valve () in an energy efficient manner so as to utilize power from a self-contained power source () in another device () at the customer site ().