US 12,228,216 B2
Float-operated valve system
Justin C. Sitz, Bryan, TX (US)
Filed by Justin C. Sitz, Bryan, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,181.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/487,080, filed on Feb. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/409,782, filed on Sep. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0102570 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 31/08 (2006.01); F16K 24/04 (2006.01); F16K 31/06 (2006.01); F16K 31/18 (2006.01); F16K 31/38 (2006.01); F16K 31/385 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 24/042 (2013.01) [F16K 24/048 (2013.01); F16K 31/0644 (2013.01); F16K 31/082 (2013.01); F16K 31/086 (2013.01); F16K 31/088 (2013.01); F16K 31/18 (2013.01); F16K 31/084 (2013.01); F16K 31/38 (2013.01); F16K 31/385 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a valve, comprising:
an actuator, the actuator actionable to control a flow of a fluid through the valve; and
a first magnetic material disposed on the actuator, the first magnetic material operable to control a position of the actuator; and
a container coupled to the valve and shaped to receive a fluid, the container comprising:
an inlet configured to allow fluid into the container; and
a float assembly positioned within the container according to a level of the fluid within the container, the float assembly comprising a second magnetic material,
wherein the actuator is actuated to one of open the valve at a first position and close the valve at a second position responsive to a magnetic force between the second magnetic material and the first magnetic material based on a position of the float assembly within the container, and
wherein the valve further comprises a third magnetic material disposed opposite the first magnetic material, the third magnetic material configured to actuate the actuator to a position opposite the first position or opposite the second position associated with the float assembly responsive to a magnetic force between the first magnetic material and the third magnetic material.