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US 10,232,389 B1Granted
Fluid delivery system for collected rainwater
AssigneeRainflex, LLC
InventorPaul Bradley Forrest
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Abstract
A fluid delivery system utilizes Bernoulli pressure differentials and kinetic forces is provided. The system includes a pressurized channel in fluid communication with a flexible pressurized line for translating pressurized fluids to a mixing chamber. The mixing chamber is also in fluid communication with a source channel receiving fluids from a flexible source line. The mixing chamber is configured for entraining the source fluids with the pressurized fluids 26 using Bernoulli principles. Kinetic valves may be used in conjunction with, or in lieu of, the Bernoulli siphoning.
Claims16
A fluid delivery system comprising:
- a pressurized channel in fluid communication with a flexible pressurized line for translating pressurized fluids;
- a source channel in fluid communication with a flexible source line for translating source fluids;
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- a sprinkler head, wherein the sprinkler head houses:
- a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the pressurized channel and in fluid communication with the source channel for entraining the source fluids with the pressurized fluids;
- a discharge aperture in fluid communication with the mixing chamber for discharging, from the mixing chamber, the source fluids entrained with the pressurized fluids;
- an exhaust aperture in fluid communication with the discharge aperture, the exhaust aperture for distributing the source fluids entrained with the pressurized fluids into an environment surrounding the sprinkler head;
- a seal between the source channel and the mixing chamber, wherein the seal has a closed position when the sprinkler head is in an unpressurized state and has an open position when the sprinkler head is pressurized,
- wherein flow of the pressurized fluids opens the seal thereby allowing the source fluids to be entrained with the pressurized fluids to be mixed for distribution, and
- wherein the mixing chamber is located immediately upstream of the discharge aperture.
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A fluid delivery system comprising:
- a pressurized channel in fluid communication with a flexible pressurized line for translating pressurized fluids;
- a source channel in fluid communication with a flexible source line for translating source fluids,
- wherein the pressurized line and the source line are in parallel arrangement and enclosed within a sleeve;
- a sprinkler head, wherein the sprinkler head houses:
- a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the pressurized channel and in fluid communication with the source channel for entraining the source fluids with the pressurized fluids;
- a discharge aperture in fluid communication with the mixing chamber for discharging, from the mixing chamber, the source fluids entrained with the pressurized fluids;
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- an exhaust aperture in fluid communication with the discharge aperture, the exhaust aperture for distributing the source fluids entrained with the pressurized fluids into an environment surrounding the sprinkler head;
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- a seal between the source channel and the mixing chamber;
- wherein the sprinkler head is a pop-up sprinkler head, and
- wherein the seal has a closed position when the sprinkler head is unextended and has an open position when the sprinkler head is extended,
- wherein flow of the pressurized fluids extends the sprinkler head into the open position of the seal for entraining the source fluids from the source channel for distribution.
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A fluid delivery system comprising:
- a pressurized channel in fluid communication with a flexible pressurized line for translating pressurized fluids;
- a source channel in fluid communication with a flexible source line for translating source fluids;
- wherein the pressurized line and the source line are in parallel arrangement and enclosed within a sleeve;
- a sprinkler head, wherein the sprinkler head houses:
- a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the pressurized channel and in fluid communication with the source channel for entraining the source fluids with the pressurized fluids;
- a discharge aperture in fluid communication with the mixing chamber for discharging, from the mixing chamber, the source fluids entrained with the pressurized fluids;
- an exhaust aperture in fluid communication with the discharge aperture, the exhaust aperture for distributing the source fluids entrained with the pressurized fluids into an environment surrounding the sprinkler head;
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- a seal between the source channel and the mixing chamber,
- wherein the sprinkler head is a pop-up sprinkler head, and
- wherein the seal has a closed position when the sprinkler head is unextended and has an open position when the sprinkler head is extended,
- wherein flow of the pressurized fluids extends the sprinkler head into the open position of the seal for entraining the source fluids from the source channel for distribution;
- a rainwater collection container defining at least a first inlet for receiving fluids and a first outlet in fluid communication with the source line;
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- a flexible tube housed within the rainwater collection container, engaged with the first inlet and having a buoyant material positioned distal from the first inlet, wherein the buoyant material rises with a fluid level to minimize back-pressure to the first inlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.