US 11,994,235 B2
Angle stop assembly
Eric B. Soberano, Barnegat, NJ (US); Niloy Talukder, San Jose, CA (US); Steven D. Kappus, Manville, NJ (US); Verne Myers, Fort Wayne, IN (US); Nitin S. Kolekar, Piscataway, NJ (US); Behnam Heydari, Ridgewood, NJ (US); Mahendra Gunawardena, Hillsborough, NJ (US); Benjamin Smith, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Douglas Leavitt, Bethlehem, PA (US)
Assigned to AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 17/268,269
Filed by AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/046593
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/037093, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/764,770, filed on Aug. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0310578 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. F16K 31/50 (2006.01); F16K 1/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 31/508 (2013.01) [F16K 1/02 (2013.01); F16K 31/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic angle stop assembly comprising
an angle stop body;
an angle stop valve disposed within the body; and
an angle stop adjustment device coupled to the body,
wherein
the angle stop valve is configured to be in flow communication with an inlet of a flush valve for a toilet or a urinal,
the angle stop adjustment device is configured to automatically adjust a position of the angle stop valve based on a fluid flow rate through the angle stop valve during a flush cycle, and
the angle stop adjustment device is configured to automatically adjust the angle stop valve to an intermediate position between a fully open position and a closed position.