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.
Claims20
A pool cycling valve, comprising:
- a valve body having at least one inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports;
- an outlet port aperture configured to sequentially align with each of the plurality of outlet ports;
- a ratchet assembly disposed within and rotationally coupled to the valve body;
- wherein when the ratchet assembly rotates in a first direction, the outlet port aperture remains in place, and when the ratchet assembly rotates in a second direction opposite the first direction, the ratchet assembly 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 a change of water pressure within the valve body.
A swimming pool cycling valve, comprising:
- a valve body having at least one inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports;
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- an outlet port aperture configured to sequentially align with each of the plurality of outlet ports;
- wherein each alignment of the outlet port aperture with each of the plurality of outlet ports occurs immediately after a reduction in water pressure entering the valve body through the at least one inlet port, wherein water pressure in each of the respective plurality of outlet ports is at full power after the respective outlet port is selected until the next reduction in water pressure entering the valve body through the at least one inlet port.
A pool cycling valve, comprising:
- a valve body having at least one inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports;
- wherein the pool cycling valve is configured to sequentially select and pass water to each of the plurality of outlet ports, wherein each selection of each of the plurality of outlet ports occurs immediately after a reduction in water pressure entering the valve body through the at least one inlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.