Monitoring port assembly for fluid treatment systems

• US 7,575,671 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2006
• Issued: 08/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Danaher General Partner Company, Inc. (Danaher Corporation)
• Original Assignee: R-Can Environmental Inc. (Danaher Corporation)
• Inventors: Veltri, Jeffrey A., Sarchese, Michael P., Bogatan, Ana-Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): Drodge; Joseph W
• Application Number:
  US11/362,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20060191825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,268 Days
• Field of Search: 210/85, 210/91, 210/94, 210/96.1, 210/192, 210/748, 962/24, 964/17, 964/18, 422/24, 422/82.05, 422/186.2, 422/186.3, 250/435, 250/536, 73/614.8, 738/665, 378/77, 378/78
• US Class Current: 210/85
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 19/123 Ultraviolet light
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2208/00964 Reactants
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/0877 Liquid
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/325 Irradiation devices or lamp constructions
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 2201/326 Lamp control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 11/30 Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 15/18 Supports or connecting means for meters
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/02 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0271 Housings; Attachments or accessories for photometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0403 Mechanical elements; Supports for optical elements; Scanning arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/429 applied to measurement of ultraviolet light using counting tubes G01T

Abstract

A monitoring port assembly for a fluid treatment system, such as for use in an ultra-violet water treatment system. The port assembly comprises a sensor port cup having a port for access to an interior of the fluid treatment vessel. The port is offset from the central axis of the sensor port cup. A cylindrical body, having an offset through-hole to receive a sensor assembly, is disposed within the sensor port cup for rotational movement about the central longitudinal axis between an operational position where the offset through-hole is aligned and coincident with the port, and a servicing position where the offset through-hole is displaced relative to the port. Sensors can be safely and conveniently removed from or installed into a port in the fluid treatment vessel by rotating the cylindrical body from the servicing to the operational position.

Claims

1. A monitoring port assembly for use in a fluid treatment vessel, the assembly being configured for installation in an opening in a wall of the fluid treatment vessel, the monitoring port assembly comprising:

a sensor port cup having a port permitting direct access to an interior of the fluid treatment vessel when the monitoring port assembly is installed therein, the port being offset from a central longitudinal axis of the sensor port cup; and

a cylindrical body having an offset through-hole to receive a sensor assembly, the cylindrical body being disposed within the sensor port cup for rotational movement about the central longitudinal axis between an operational position where the offset through-hole is aligned and coincident with the port to position the sensor assembly for direct contact with fluid in the interior of the fluid treatment vessel when the monitoring port assembly is installed therein, and a servicing position where the offset through-hole is displaced relative to the port and the cylindrical body sealingly engages the sensor port cup to permit installation or removal of the sensor assembly and to prevent fluid egress from the fluid treatment vessel when the monitoring port assembly is installed therein.

2. The monitoring port assembly of claim 1, further comprising a keyed plate having a keying structure aligned with the port to permit insertion or removal of the sensor assembly when the cylindrical body is in the servicing position.

3. The monitoring port assembly of claim 2, wherein the keyed plate is an annular plate fixed to an upper surface of the sensor port cup, and the keying structure is a cutout in the inner circumference of the annular plate.

4. The monitoring port assembly of claim 2, wherein the keyed plate retainingly overlaps a flange of the sensor assembly when the cylindrical body is in the operational position.

5. The monitoring port assembly of claim 1, wherein the through-hole is threaded to cooperate with a threaded exterior of the sensor assembly.

6. The monitoring port assembly of claim 1, further comprising a handle fixed to the cylindrical body.

7. The monitoring port assembly of claim 6, wherein the handle and sensor port cup include cooperating means to positively indicate the operational and servicing positions.

8. The monitoring port assembly of claim 7, wherein the cooperating means include stops.

9. The monitoring port assembly of claim 1, wherein the sensor port cup is bolted to a fitting in the fluid treatment vessel.

10. The monitoring port assembly of claim 1, wherein the sensor port cup is integral with the fluid treatment vessel.

11. The monitoring port assembly of claim 1 for use in a ultra-violet water treatment system.

12. The monitoring port assembly of claim 1, wherein the sensor assembly comprises an insertion portion complementary to an interior profile of the through-hole.

13. The monitoring port assembly of claim 12, wherein the insertion portion terminates at a sealed sensor tip.

14. The monitoring port assembly of claim 13, wherein the sensor tip includes a window.

15. The monitoring port assembly of claim 13, wherein the insertion portion has sections of differing diameter decreasing towards the sensor tip.

16. The monitoring port assembly of claim 12, wherein the insertion portion includes a seal to sealingly engage the through-hole when the sensor assembly is partially inserted.

17. The monitoring port assembly of claim 12, wherein the insertion portion includes a flange.

18. The monitoring port assembly of claim 12, further comprising an ultra-violet sensor.

19. The monitoring port assembly of claim 12, further comprising a housing for receiving a calibration sensor.