Swimming pool water leveler
AssigneeGSG Holdings, Inc.
InventorJohn M. Goettl
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Abstract
A swimming pool water leveler system. Implementations may include a water leveler comprising one or more of the following aspects: separate fill and sensing chambers within the water leveler housing; logical water level adjustment features that provide a tactile indicator of water level change; a continuous balance line and overflow line; a water supply line seal valve with a cup seal; a reducer plug in an outlet between the sensing chamber and the balance line to assist in junk removal; and the ability to pressure test the balance line and overflow line at the same time.
Claims18
A method of pressure testing a swimming pool water leveler system, the method comprising:
- coupling a pressure test seal to a mounting boss within a water leveler housing and sealing with the pressure test seal a first channel opening of a water supply channel entering the water leveler housing through the mounting boss, the water supply channel being in fluid communication with a water supply line;
- plugging a balance line in fluid communication with a first end of a passive water line;
- plugging an overflow line in fluid communication with a second end of the passive water line;
- pressurizing the water supply line;
- allowing flow of water from the water supply line through a space between the seal and the mounting boss to the passive water line;
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- checking for leaks on at least one of the balance line, the overflow line, the water supply line, the water supply channel, and the passive water line.
An apparatus for pressure testing a swimming pool water leveler system, comprising:
- a mounting boss coupled to a water leveler housing within the water leveler housing, the mounting boss comprising:
- a water supply channel in fluid communication with a water supply line and comprising a first channel opening into the water leveler housing;
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- a mounting boss channel in fluid communication with a passive water line and comprising a second channel opening into the water leveler housing separate from the first channel opening of the water supply channel, the passive water line in fluid communication with an overflow line and a balance line in fluid communication with a pool;
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- a seal removably coupled to the mounting boss and in contact with the first channel opening of the water supply channel to seal the water supply channel from the water leveler housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.