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US 10,295,100 B1Granted
Variable flow module for controlled flow of fluid
AssigneePolycarb Innovations LLC
InventorsDaniel A. Handley, Charles Robert Gass
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Abstract
A variable flow module controls flow of a fluid through a fluid distribution system. More specifically, the variable flow module comprises one or more rotatable elements allowing for the flow of the fluid, such as water, to vary in flow volume through a pipe.
Claims20
A variable flow module apparatus comprising:
- a first plate having a first orifice;
- a second plate having a second orifice;
- a first rotatable element comprising a first terminal end, a second terminal opposite the first terminal end, a first surface on a first side thereof extending between the first and second terminal ends, and a second surface on a second side thereof extending between the first and second terminal ends, wherein the first rotatable element comprises a pivoting pin extending from a position proximal the first terminal end thereof and further extending from the first surface thereof and rotatably disposed in the first plate, and a second pin extending from a point proximal the pivoting pin at a position closer to the second terminal end than the pivoting pin and further extending from the the second surface thereof, the second pin engaging a first slot in the second plate;
- a second rotatable element comprising a first terminal end, a second terminal end opposite the first terminal, a first surface on a first side thereof extending between the first and second terminal ends, and a second surface on a second side thereof extending between the first and second terminal ends, wherein the second rotatable element comprises a pivoting pin extending from a position proximal the first terminal end thereof and further extending from the first surface thereof and rotatably disposed in the first plate, and a second pin extending from a point proximal the pivoting pin at a position closer to the second terminal end than the pivoting pin and further extending from the second surface thereof, the second pin engaging a second slot in the second plate;
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- a handle extending from the second plate, wherein movement of the handle causes the second plate to rotate between a first position and a second position, thereby causing the first and second rotatable elements to move toward each other when the handle moves to the first position and away from each other when the handle moves to the second position as the second pin of the first rotatable element travels within the first slot of the second plate and the second pin of the second rotatable element travels within the second slot of the second plate.
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A method of restricting fluid flow through a pipe system, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a variable flow module apparatus comprising:
- a first plate having a first orifice;
- a second plate having a second orifice;
- a first rotatable element comprising a first terminal end, a second terminal opposite the first terminal end, a first surface on a first side thereof extending between the first and second terminal ends, and a second surface on a second side thereof extending between the first and second terminal ends, wherein the first rotatable element comprises a pivoting pin extending from a position proximal the first terminal end thereof and further extending from the first surface thereof and rotatably disposed in the first plate, and a second pin extending from a point proximal the pivoting pin at a position closer to the second terminal end than the pivoting pin and further extending from the the second surface thereof, the second pin engaging a first slot in the second plate;
- a second rotatable element comprising a first terminal end, a second terminal end opposite the first terminal, a first surface on a first side thereof extending between the first and second terminal ends, and a second surface on a second side thereof extending between the first and second terminal ends, wherein the second rotatable element comprises a pivoting pin extending from a position proximal the first terminal end thereof and further extending from the first surface thereof and rotatably disposed in the first plate, and a second pin extending from a point proximal the pivoting pin at a position closer to the second terminal end than the pivoting pin and further extending from the second surface thereof, the second pin engaging a second slot in the second plate;
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- a handle extending from the second plate, wherein movement of the handle causes the second plate to rotate between a first position and a second position, thereby causing the first and second rotatable elements to move toward each other when the handle moves to the first position and away from each other when the handle moves to the second position as the second pin of the first rotatable element travels within the first slot of the second plate and the second pin of the second rotatable element travels within the second slot of the second plate,
- wherein the variable flow module apparatus is disposed between a first pipe and a second pipe having fluid flowing therethrough;
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- moving the handle to change the volume of the fluid through the variable flow module apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.