Invention Grant
US07726334B2 Service valve assembly having a stop-fill device and remote liquid level indicator
有权
维修阀组件具有停止填充装置和远程液位指示器
- Patent Title: Service valve assembly having a stop-fill device and remote liquid level indicator
- Patent Title (中): 维修阀组件具有停止填充装置和远程液位指示器
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Application No.: US11840915Application Date: 2007-08-17
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Publication No.: US07726334B2Publication Date: 2010-06-01
- Inventor: Herbert G. Ross, Jr. , Danny E. Swindler
- Applicant: Herbert G. Ross, Jr. , Danny E. Swindler
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Rochester Gauges, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rochester Gauges, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agency: Howison & Arnott, L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F16K31/18
- IPC: F16K31/18

Abstract:
A system for determining a fluid level in a pressurizable container comprising is disclosed. The system includes a service valve having a set of wrench flats defining parallel flat surfaces, one of the wrench flats having a recess defined entirely within its flat surface, a stop-fill device interconnected with the service valve and operable to rotate a first magnet inside the service valve in proximity to the recess in proportion to the amount of fluid in the pressurizable container, and a dial assembly having a dial face and a pointer attached to a second magnet, the second magnet housed in a magnet protrusion on a side of the dial face opposite the pointer and operable to fit into the recess in the service valve such that the dial moves on the dial face proportionately to the degree of rotation of the first magnet inside the service valve. In one variation, a sensor placed in the recess or adjacent a throat of the service valve is electrically connected to a remotely located gauge for displaying a reading corresponding to the level of fluid in the container.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080035213A1 SERVICE VALVE ASSEMBLY HAVING A STOP-FILL DEVICE AND REMOTE LIQUID LEVEL INDICATOR Public/Granted day:2008-02-14
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