US 11,892,086 B2
Revolver bypass valve
Tomas Peleckas, Decatur, IL (US); Timothy Wayne Stern, Hixson, TN (US); and Rock Allen Powell, Jr., Mt. Zion, IL (US)
Assigned to Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,744.
Application 18/063,744 is a continuation of application No. 17/149,369, filed on Jan. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,555,547.
Prior Publication US 2023/0108033 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16K 11/07 (2006.01); G01F 1/00 (2022.01); F16K 11/074 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/074 (2013.01) [G01F 1/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bypass valve comprising:
a base defining a base sealing surface, the base defining an upstream utility bore, a downstream utility bore, a meter inlet bore, and a meter outlet bore each extending into the base sealing surface; and
a selector defining a primary passage and a secondary passage, the selector being rotatable relative to the base between a meter position and a bypass position, the upstream utility bore connected in fluid communication through the selector to the meter inlet bore in the meter position, the upstream utility bore connected in fluid communication through the selector to the downstream utility bore in the bypass position.