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US 9,556,992 B1Granted
Apparatus for multiple meter installation
OwnerSteven Josh Collins, Danny Lewis Younginventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for installing multiple utility meters is provided. The apparatus may be attachable to an existing setter in place of a utility meter. The apparatus includes connectors for a plurality of utility meters, wherein one of the utility meters attaches such that intake into the meter and outtake out of the meter utilize the setter. The apparatus may include connectors for one or more additional meters and secondary outtakes for each of the additional meters.
Claims10
An apparatus for multiple meter installation, comprising:
- a center bar having an upstream end and a downstream end;
- a splitter at said upstream end of said center bar, said splitter having an upstream portion in flow communication with a first downstream portion and a second downstream portion at any time during operation;
- a first meter upstream connector in flow communication with said first downstream portion of said splitter;
- a second meter upstream connector in flow communication with said second downstream portion of said splitter;
- a first meter downstream connector and a second meter downstream connector, one of said first and second meter downstream connectors connected at said downstream end of said center bar, and the other of said first and second meter downstream connectors spaced from one of said first and second meter upstream connector;
- a connection located at said downstream end of said center bar, said connection in fluid communication with one of said first and second meter downstream connectors, the other of said first and second meter downstream connectors being spaced from said connection.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a center bar having an upstream end and a downstream end, said center bar sized such that a distance from said upstream end to said downstream end is about the size of an existing meter setter;
- a splitter, said splitter having a single upstream portion which is in flow communication at any time of operation with a first downstream portion and a second downstream portion, wherein said splitter is connected to said upstream end of said center bar;
- a first meter upstream connector, said first meter upstream connector connected to said first downstream portion of said splitter by a first upstream conduit;
- a first meter downstream connector, said first meter downstream connector connected to a first end of a first meter downstream conduit, said first meter downstream connector positioned such that a first meter is connectable between said first meter upstream connector and said first meter downstream connector;
- a second meter upstream connector, said second meter upstream connector connected to said second downstream portion of said splitter by a second upstream conduit;
- a second meter downstream connector, said second meter downstream connector positioned such that a second meter is connectable between said second meter upstream connector and said second meter downstream connector;
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- a second meter downstream conduit having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second meter downstream conduit connected to said second meter downstream connector, and said second end of said second meter downstream conduit attachable to a secondary downstream outlet.
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An apparatus for connection of an additional water meter to a water meter setter, comprising:
- a bar having an upstream connector and a downstream connector, said upstream connector in flow communication with said water meter setter and said downstream connector in flow communication with said water meter setter;
- a flow splitter in communication with said upstream connector, said flow splitter directing fluid flow at any time of operation through a first flow path having a first water meter and a second flow path having a second water meter;
- one of said first and second flow paths moving through a setter outtake of said setter and the other of said first and second flow paths moving through a secondary downstream outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.