Swimming pool water leveler and method
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.
Claims19
A method of maintaining a water level in a swimming pool at a predetermined level, the method comprising:
- passively supplying water from a swimming pool to a sensing chamber of a water leveler housing through a balance line and a first of at least two separate openings between the balance line and the water leveler housing;
- sensing a water level in the sensing chamber of the water leveler housing corresponding to the water level of the swimming pool;
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- actively supplying pressurized water from a water supply line to a valve chamber within but separate from the water leveler housing if the water level of the swimming pool is below the predetermined level;
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- passing water from the valve chamber of the water leveler housing to the balance line and the swimming pool through a second of the at least two separate openings between the balance line and the water leveler housing to raise the water level of the swimming pool to the predetermined level.
A method of maintaining water in a swimming pool at a predetermined level, comprising:
- passively supplying water from a swimming pool to a sensing chamber of a water leveler housing through a balance line and a housing chamber opening between the balance line and the water leveler housing;
- controlling a flow rate of water from the swimming pool to the sensing chamber with a removable reducer plug removably coupled within the housing chamber opening;
- sensing a water level in the sensing chamber of the water leveler housing corresponding to the water level of the swimming pool;
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- actively supplying pressurized water from a water supply line to the balance line if the water level of the swimming pool is below the predetermined level.
A method of maintaining water in a swimming pool at a predetermined level, comprising:
- passively supplying water from a swimming pool to a sensing chamber of a water leveler housing through a balance line extending from the swimming pool to the water leveler housing and a housing chamber opening between the balance line and the water leveler housing;
- sensing a water level in the sensing chamber of the water leveler housing corresponding to the water level of the swimming pool;
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- actively supplying pressurized water from a water supply line at the water leveler housing back through the balance line to the swimming pool if the water level of the swimming pool is below the predetermined level without the pressurized water from the water supply line entering the water in the sensing chamber before entering the water in the balance line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.