US 12,253,507 B2
Systems for measuring properties of water in a water distribution system
Kenneth A. Clark, Chattanooga, TN (US); Timofey Sitnikov, McDonald, TN (US); and Paul Gifford, Chattanooga, TN (US)
Assigned to Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,722.
Application 17/572,722 is a division of application No. 16/118,664, filed on Aug. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,307,190.
Application 16/118,664 is a division of application No. 14/209,257, filed on Mar. 13, 2014, granted, now 10,180,414, issued on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/794,616, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128538 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. F17D 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01); E03B 7/07 (2006.01); E03F 3/04 (2006.01); G01F 15/063 (2022.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01); G01M 3/24 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06Q 50/06 (2012.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 33/18 (2013.01) [F17D 5/00 (2013.01); E03B 7/071 (2013.01); E03F 3/04 (2013.01); G01F 15/063 (2013.01); G01M 3/00 (2013.01); G01M 3/243 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); Y10T 137/7025 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a multi-port service saddle mountable on a water pipe and comprising:
a main port; and
a secondary port;
a port bracket coupled to the main port of the multi-port service saddle;
a mounting bracket coupled to the port bracket and movable with respect to the port bracket;
a plurality of insertion screws coupling the mounting bracket to the port bracket; and
a water sensing assembly comprising:
a housing mounted to the mounting bracket;
a generator positioned inside the housing;
a sensor coupled to the secondary port of the multi-port service saddle; and
a turbine coupled to a generator shaft of the generator and positionable through a bore in the water pipe into water flow within the water pipe, the generator configured to generate a current from rotation of the turbine by the water flow for recharging of a battery pack;
wherein, after installation of the water sensing assembly, the housing of the water sensing assembly is positionable in and between a first position relative to the water pipe and a second position relative to the water pipe by movement of the mounting bracket with respect to the port bracket, the housing of the water sensing assembly in the second position closer to the water pipe than when in the first position, the turbine of the water sensing assembly configured to not be in fluid communication with the water flow within the water pipe in the first position but to be in fluid communication with the water flow within the water pipe in the second position, the second position corresponding to a power generation mode.