Liquid distributor valve assembly
AssigneeWylain, Inc.
InventorsGordon F. Ehret, William N. Rowley, Robert R. Williams
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Abstract
A liquid distributor valve assembly in which an impeller means is disposed in a housing and is rotatable in the housing by the force of liquid entering the housing. A valve assembly is adapted to rotate in the housing in a manner to selectively control the flow of fluid through a plurality of outlets, and a gear arrangement selectively rotates the valve means in response to rotation of the impeller means.
Claims9
A liquid distributor valve assembly for selectively directing liquid from a source to a plurality of delivery conduits, said system comprising a housing having an inlet for receiving liquid from said source, a plurality of outlets adapted for connection to said conduits, and a chamber communicating said inlet and said outlets;
- impeller means disposed in said chamber in the path of the liquid entering the housing through said inlet, said impeller means being rotatable in said housing by the force of said liquid;
- valve means for moving in said chamber in a manner to control the flow of fluid through said outlets;
- and two gear systems responsive to movement of said impeller means for moving said valve means, said gear systems operating independently of each other to reduce the driving torque applied through each system.
The assembly of claim 2, wherein each gear system includes a plurality of gear means, the gear means of one of said gear systems extending diametrically opposite the respective corresponding gear means of the other gear system.
The assembly of cliam 5, wherein said disc extends in a spaced relation to the floor of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.