Variable flow adjustable valves
AssigneeSetbc, LLC
InventorsEdwin THURSTON, David BURNEY
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Abstract
An adjustable rotary flow valve, comprising: a body; an upstream port; a downstream port; a rotary disc comprising a water flow opening; a rotating mechanism couple with the rotary disc and configured to move the water flow opening past a plurality of channels in a flow of water from the downstream port to the upstream port so as to variably restrict the flow; dial graduations that illustrate a plurality of flow percentage; and a dial couple with the rotating mechanism and configured to illustrate via the dial graduations the current flow percentage based on a position of the rotary disc.
Claims21
(canceled)
A smart valve system, comprising:
- an adjustable flow valve comprising an upstream port, a downstream port, and a flow restriction mechanism in a flow of water from the downstream port to the upstream port configured to variably restrict the flow;
- a wireless communication module;
- a user interface;
- one or more flow rate sensors configured to sense a flow rate through the adjustable flow valve;
- one or more hardware processors coupled to the adjustable flow valve, the wireless communication module, the user interface, and the one or more flow rate sensors;
- and
- one or more software modules that are configured to, when executed by the one or more hardware processors:
- determine a desired flow rate;
- determine a current flow rate using the one or more flow rate sensors;
- determine that the current flow rate does not equal the desired flow rate;
- and
- adjust the current flow rate to match the desired flow rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.