Remotely controllable fluid control valve

• US 20050167625A1
• Filed: 02/03/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ferrell Deen
• Original Assignee: Ferrell Deen
• Inventors: Deen, Ferrell
• Application Number:
  US10/770,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20050167625A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 251/129.40
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 25/165 Cyclic operations, timing systems, timing valves, impulse operations
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/02 electric F16K31/004 takes precedence; magnetic

Abstract

A remotely controllable fluid control valve includes a solenoid valve body with an inlet, an outlet, a solenoid mechanism and a power source, a wireless control receiver, and a wireless control transmitter. The solenoid mechanism is oriented to controllably interrupt the fluid connection between the inlet and the outlet. The power source is attached to the solenoid mechanism and the wireless control receiver to permit a user to control the position of the solenoid mechanism and the flow of water through the valve with the wireless control transmitter.

Claims

1. A remotely controllable fluid control valve comprising:

a solenoid valve body, further comprising an inlet connected to an outlet through the valve body,

a solenoid mechanism oriented to controllably interrupt the connection between the inlet and the outlet, and a power source attached to the solenoid mechanism;

a wireless control receiver attached to the solenoid valve body, the solenoid mechanism and the power source; and

a wireless control transmitter in wireless communication with the wireless control receiver wherein the fluid control valve is normally open such that the fluid control valve automatically opens in the absence of power to the solenoid.

2. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the solenoid mechanism is normally closed.

3. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the solenoid mechanism is normally open.

4. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the inlet comprises a threaded region around an internal circumference for removable attachment to a water supply having a mating threaded region.

5. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the inlet is threadlessly attached to a water supply.

6. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the outlet comprises a threaded region around an external circumference for removable attachment to a water conduit having a mating threaded region.

7. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 6, wherein the water conduit is a garden hose.

8. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the power source is an alternating current power supply.

9. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the power source is a direct current power supply.

10. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the direct current power supply is derived from an alternating current transformer.

11. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the direct current power supply is derived from a battery.

12. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the wireless control receiver is operable on two or more frequencies.

13. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the wireless control transmitter is operable on two or more frequencies.

14. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 13, wherein the wireless control transmitter is capable of controlling two or more remotely controllable fluid control valves independently.

15. The remotely controllable fluid control valve of claim 1, wherein the wireless control receiver is attached to the solenoid valve body via a solenoid power cord.

16. A remotely controllable fluid control valve comprising:

a solenoid valve body, further comprising a female-threaded inlet connected to a male-threaded outlet through the valve body, wherein the inlet may be removably attached to a water supply, a normally-closed solenoid mechanism oriented to controllably interrupt the connection between the inlet and the outlet, and a power source attached to the solenoid mechanism;

a wireless control receiver attached to the solenoid valve body, the solenoid mechanism and the power source; and

a wireless control transmitter in wireless communication with the wireless control receiver wherein the fluid control valve is normally closed such that the fluid control valve automatically closes in the absence of power to the solenoid.