US 11,746,514 B2
Flush valve and motor alignment bracket
Keith Roger Boucher, Apex, NC (US); Chadwick Brice Williams, Apex, NC (US); Alan Kaid, Apex, NC (US); and Daniel Steven Hoel, Apex, NC (US)
Assigned to Zurn Industries, LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by Zurn Industries, LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/334,156.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/032,435, filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0372109 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. E03D 1/34 (2006.01); F16K 21/16 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 1/34 (2013.01) [F16K 21/16 (2013.01); F16K 31/047 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flush valve assembly comprising:
a manifold including an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway positioned between the inlet and the outlet;
a motor indirectly coupled to the manifold and including a drive gear;
a valve cartridge coupled to the manifold;
a shaft extending from the valve cartridge, the shaft including a valve gear configured to mesh with the drive gear, wherein rotational motion from the motor is transferred through the drive gear, the valve gear, and the valve shaft to rotate the valve cartridge between a first position and a second position; and
a bracket removably coupled to the manifold, wherein the bracket is configured to align the drive gear and the valve gear in a predetermined position, and wherein the bracket includes a first aperture configured to receive a portion of the motor and a second aperture configured to receive a portion of the valve cartridge.