Pool cycling valve
AssigneeCox Goettl Valve LLC
InventorsSteven James Goettl, John M. Goettl
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Abstract
A pool cycling valve with a valve body, a ratchet assembly, and a bottom plate. The valve body has an inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports. The ratchet assembly is rotatably coupled to the valve body and has a ratchet arm extending away from the ratchet assembly. When in a closed position, the ratchet assembly is configured to interfere with a stream of water. When in a open position, the ratchet assembly is rotated from the closed position by a predetermined angle. The bottom plate has an outlet port aperture aligned with one of the outlet ports and a ratchet tooth operably aligned with the ratchet arm. When the ratchet assembly rotates from the open position to the closed position, the ratchet assembly aligns the outlet port aperture with a different outlet port.
Claims19
A pool cycling valve, comprising:
- a valve body having at least one inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports;
- a ratchet assembly disposed within and rotatably coupled to the valve body, the ratchet assembly comprising an upper arm with a leading surface and at least one ratchet arm extending away from a perimeter of the ratchet assembly;
- an upper plate above the ratchet assembly within the valve body and rotationally fixed with respect to the valve body, the upper plate having a channel configured to receive a stream of water from the at least one inlet port and direct the stream of water toward a channel drain of the upper plate, wherein when the ratchet assembly is in a closed position, the upper arm extends into the channel and is configured to restrict water flow into the channel drain and when the ratchet assembly is in an open position, the upper arm is retracted within the channel to open the channel drain;
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- a bottom plate beneath the ratchet assembly within the valve body, the bottom plate having an outlet port aperture extending through the bottom plate and aligned with one of the plurality of outlet ports, and at least one ratchet tooth operably aligned with the at least one ratchet arm, wherein when the ratchet assembly rotates from the closed position to the open position, the at least one ratchet arm flexes and rotates without rotating the bottom plate, and when the ratchet assembly rotates from the open position to the closed position, the at least one ratchet arm engages with the at least one ratchet tooth and rotates the bottom plate to align the outlet port aperture with a different one of the plurality of outlet ports;
- wherein the ratchet assembly is rotationally biased toward the closed position and wherein the ratchet assembly rotates from the closed position to the open position in response to pressure exerted on the leading surface of the upper arm by the stream of water.
A pool cycling valve, comprising:
- a valve body having at least one inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports;
- a ratchet assembly disposed within and rotationally coupled to the valve body;
- a bottom plate disposed within and rotationally coupled to the valve body, the bottom plate having an outlet port aperture extending through the bottom plate and aligned with an outlet port of the plurality of outlet ports;
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- an interface between the ratchet assembly and the bottom plate, the interface having at least one ratchet arm extending into the interface and at least one ratchet tooth operably aligned with the at least one ratchet arm, wherein one of the at least one ratchet arm and the at least one ratchet tooth is fixedly coupled to the ratchet assembly and the other of the least one ratchet arm and the at least one ratchet tooth is fixedly coupled to the bottom plate;
- wherein when the ratchet assembly rotates in a first direction, the bottom plate remains in place, and when the ratchet assembly rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction, the at least one ratchet arm engages with the at least one ratchet tooth and aligns the outlet port aperture with a different outlet port of the plurality of outlet ports;
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- wherein the ratchet assembly rotates in one of the first direction and the second direction in response to pressure exerted on the ratchet assembly by a stream of water.
A pool cycling valve, comprising:
- a valve body having at least one inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports;
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- a bottom plate disposed within and rotationally coupled to the valve body, the bottom plate having an outlet port aperture extending through the bottom plate and aligned with an outlet port of the plurality of outlet ports;
- wherein the outlet port aperture is configured to sequentially align with each of the plurality of outlet ports, and each alignment of the outlet port aperture with each of the plurality of outlet ports occurs after both a rise in water pressure within the valve body and a reduction in water pressure within the valve body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.