Remote water control valve
OwnerLeo McCuskerinventor
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Abstract
An electrically controlled flow valve is disclosed that is co-located with a manually operated, remote, water supply flow valve to control the flow of water through a hose from the water supply valve to an appliance such as a washing machine. A controller in the appliance controls the new flow valve to control the flow of water to the appliance, and isolates water pressure from the hot and cold water supply lines from the hoses and the washing machine when the appliance is not in use. Any hose leak that may occur when the alliance is not in use is limited to the small amount of water that normally lies in the hoses.
Claims8
An electrically controlled flow valve controlling the flow of a fluid via a hose from a remote fluid supply to an appliance, the flow valve comprising:
- first means for connecting the flow valve to the remote fluid supply;
- second means for connecting the flow valve to the hose that will carry the fluid to the appliance;
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- means for operating the flow valve to selectively control the flow of the fluid from the remote fluid supply to the appliance via the hose;
- wherein the appliance controls the operation of the operating means to control the flow valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.