Revolver bypass valve
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsTomas Peleckas, Timothy Wayne Stern, Rock Allen Powell, JR.
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Abstract
A bypass valve includes a meter configuration, a bypass configuration, a shutoff configuration, a base, and a selector moveably connected relative to the base between a meter position, a bypass position, and a shutoff position, the base defining an upstream utility bore, a downstream utility bore, a meter inlet bore, a meter outlet bore, and a base locking lug defining a base locking aperture.
Claims21
A bypass valve configurable between a meter configuration, a bypass configuration, and a shutoff configuration, the bypass valve comprising:
- a base defining:
- an upstream utility bore;
- a downstream utility bore;
- a meter inlet bore;
- a meter outlet bore;
- and
- a base locking lug defining a base locking aperture;
- and
- a selector in moveable connection to the base between a meter position, a bypass position, and a shutoff position, the upstream utility bore connected in fluid communication through the selector to the meter inlet bore in the meter position, the selector comprising:
- a primary passage defining a bore;
- a secondary passage defining a bore;
- a blind face;
- a first locking lug indicating the meter position and defining a first locking aperture;
- a second locking lug indicating the bypass position and defining a second locking aperture;
- and
- a third locking lug indicating the shutoff position and defining a third locking aperture.
A bypass valve, comprising:
- a base comprising a base locking lug, the base locking lug defining a base locking aperture;
- a selector moveable relative to the base between a meter position, a bypass position, and
- a shutoff position, the selector connected in fluid communication with the base, the selector comprising:
- a first locking lug indicating the meter position and defining a first locking aperture;
- a second locking lug indicating the bypass position and defining a second locking aperture;
- and
- a third locking lug indicating a shutoff position and defining a third locking aperture.
A utility metering system for metering a fluid within an upstream utility line and a downstream utility line, the utility metering system configurable between a meter configuration, a bypass configuration, and a shutoff configuration, the utility metering system comprising:
- an upstream utility connector defining an upstream utility connector passage;
- a downstream utility connector defining a downstream utility connector passage;
- a meter assembly comprising:
- a meter;
- a meter inlet;
- a meter outlet;
- a meter inlet connector defining a meter inlet connector passage;
- a meter outlet connector defining a meter outlet connector passage;
- a bypass valve comprising:
- a base defining:
- an upstream utility bore;
- a downstream utility bore;
- a meter inlet bore;
- and
- a meter outlet bore;
- and
- a selector moveable relative to the base between a meter position, a bypass position, and a shutoff position, the upstream utility bore connected in fluid communication through the selector to the meter inlet bore in the meter position, the selector defining:
- a primary passage further defining a first bore and a second bore;
- a secondary passage further defining a first bore, a second bore, and a third bore;
- and
- a blind face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.