Patents by Inventor Louis M. Miller

Louis M. Miller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4967788
    Abstract: A resetter device is for described use in a water supply system having a meter box and, extending therewithin, a system outlet from a water supply system and a system inlet to a water consumer system aligned on a main water supply axis and spaced apart by a predetermined distance selected to receive a water flow meter in connection therebetween. The resetter has a body defining first and second conduits, and first and second horns. The first conduit has a inlet for connection to the system outlet and an outlet connected to the first horn. The first horn defines a flow path from first conduit to a horn outlet. The second conduit has an inlet at which there is connected, via a joint, the second horn which defines a flow path from horn inlet to the second conduit. The horn inlet and outlet are opposed to each other and disposed along a water meter axis spaced from and lying at an acute angle to the main water flow axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Company
    Inventor: Louis M. Miller
  • Patent number: 4745945
    Abstract: A fill valve assembly installed in a toilet flush tank includes a pressure relief valve adapted to activate at a predetermined pressure to discharge water from a system of piping to relieve pressure due to thermal expansion of water in the piping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Company
    Inventor: Louis M. Miller
  • Patent number: 4000752
    Abstract: A flow-through or in line type trap primer adapted to deliver a first metered spurt of water through a primer flow passage to a trap upon the initiation of flow in a supply line, and a second metered spurt of water upon the termination of such flow. A reaction disc in the main flow passage causes a stem to translate between two positions, and means cooperating with the stem cause the primer flow passage to be closed at said two positions and open as the stem moves between said positions. Manual as well as automatic priming is provided for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Company
    Inventors: Louis M. Miller, Rand H. Ackroyd