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US 9,038,665 B2Granted
Irrigation system oriented valve system
AssigneeYuan Mei Corp.
InventorChi-Han Cheng
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Abstract
A valve system oriented for an irrigation system which is activated by a control unit is disclosed. The system comprises a solenoid switch and a manual switch, wherein an electrical wire extends from the valve to the control unit. The manual switch operates as a hand handling rotating lever; another use of manual switch is to serve as a means to force close the solenoid valve's outlet opening so as to provide a mechanism responsive to preventing automatic opening of solenoid valve controlled by control unit.
Claims11
A valve apparatus oriented for irrigation system which is activated by a control unit;
- the valve apparatus comprises:
- a main body, a water inlet, a manifold, a water outlet, a solenoid switch and a manual switch, wherein the main body is a casing for building an assembly, the water inlet is disposed on one end of the main body, the manifold is a part that diverges into one or more than one water channels, wherein each manifold is internally disposed with said manual switch and said solenoid switch, which are characterized in that the manual switch is disposed at a position relative to the solenoid switch, the manual switch comprises:
- a rotating lever capable of axial rotation to regulate a valve to govern opening and closing of the water channels, wherein the rotating lever comprises a first gasket;
- the valve apparatus has a cylindrical shape, and has an opening, a plane, a closed portion, a second gasket and a blocking portion, the opening provides for water to flow from a first water channel to a second water outlet, the closed portion provides for closing the first water outlet to compulsorily turn off the solenoid switch so as to allow the manual switch to operate for compulsory shut-down or compulsory turn-on for water.
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