US 12,195,322 B2Granted

Apparatus for the transfer and distribution of bulk liquids

AssigneeParrish Enterprises, Ltd.

InventorDavid Palmer

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Abstract

An apparatus for transferring a liquid includes a conduit, a strainer housing, and a flow control reversing valve. The conduit has an inlet, an outlet, and a centerline extending from a first end to a second end. The strainer housing houses a strainer basket and has an inlet, an outlet, and a centerline extending from a first end to a second end. The flow control reversing valve has a valve body and a valve member. The valve body has a centerline extending from a front side to a rear side. The valve member is movable between a first position wherein liquid flows from a first port to a second port, and a second position wherein liquid flows from the second port to the first port. Each of the longitudinal centerlines of the conduit, the strainer housing, and the flow control reversing valve is substantially vertically aligned with one another.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus for distributing a liquid, comprising:

a conduit having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal centerline extending from the first end of the conduit to the second end of the conduit, the first end of the conduit having an outlet and the second end of the conduit having an inlet, the inlet of the conduit connectable to an outlet of a pump;
a strainer housing having a strainer basket contained therein, the strainer housing having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal centerline extending from the first end of the strainer housing to the second end of the strainer housing, the first end of the strainer housing having an inlet and the second end of the strainer housing having an outlet, the outlet of the straining housing connectable to an inlet of the pump;
and
a flow control reversing valve having a valve body and a valve member, the valve body having a front side, a rear side, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top side, and a bottom side, and a longitudinal centerline extending from the front side to the rear side, the first side having a first port connectable to a first containment vessel and the second side having a second port connectable to a second containment vessel, the bottom side having an inlet connected to the outlet of the conduit, and the top side having an outlet connected to the inlet of the strainer housing, the valve member movable between a first position wherein liquid flows from the first port to the second port and a second position wherein liquid flows from the second port to the first port,
wherein each of the longitudinal centerlines of the conduit, the strainer housing, and the flow control reversing valve is substantially vertically aligned with one another.

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An apparatus for distributing a liquid, comprising:

a pump having an inlet, an outlet, a front side, a rear side, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top side, and a bottom side, and a longitudinal centerline extending from the front side to the rear side;
a conduit having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal centerline extending from the first end of the conduit to the second end of the conduit, the first end of the conduit having an outlet and the second end of the conduit having an inlet, the inlet of the conduit connected to the outlet of the pump;
a strainer housing having a strainer basket contained therein, the strainer housing having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal centerline extending from the first end of the strainer housing to the second end of the strainer housing, the first end of the strainer housing having an inlet and the second end of the strainer housing having an outlet, the outlet of the straining housing connected to the inlet of the pump;
and
a flow control reversing valve having a valve body and a valve member, the valve body having a front side, a rear side, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top side, and a bottom side, and a longitudinal centerline extending from the front side to the rear side, the first side having a first port connectable to a first containment vessel and the second side having a second port connectable to a second containment vessel, the bottom side having an inlet connected to the outlet of the conduit, and the top side having an outlet connected to the inlet of the strainer housing, the valve member movable between a first position wherein liquid flows from the first port to the second port and a second position wherein liquid flows from the second port to the first port,
wherein each of the longitudinal centerlines of the pump, the conduit, the strainer housing, and the flow control reversing valve is substantially vertically aligned with one another.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/712,957Filed 4 Apr 2022
Published: US 2023/0312331 A15 Oct 2023
Granted: 14 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B67D 7/62
Arrangements of pumps: power operated
B01D 29/11
Filters with filtering elements stationary during filtration, e.g. pressure or suction filters, not covered by groups B01D24/00 - B01D27/00;…:…
B01D 29/31
With bag, cage, hose, tube, sleeve or like filtering elements: self-supporting filtering elements
B01D 35/15
Safety devices specially adapted for filtration ; Devices for indicating clogging: bidirectional working filters