Abstract: A tamperproof rotary valve which includes a valve body having a fluid flow passage extending therethrough. The passage is intersected by an actuator opening in the body and defining a valve chamber thereat. A rotary valve is disposed in the chamber for opening and closing the fluid flow passage. An actuator is journaled in the actuator opening and is coupled to the rotary valve for rotating the valve. A groove is formed about the actuator, and a contractible/expandable locking ring is disposed in the groove and projects outwardly of the groove beyond the bounds of the actuator when in a free, expanded condition. The locking ring is contractible into the groove to allow assembly of the actuator into the actuator opening. A locking groove is formed in the actuator opening in the valve body and into which the locking ring expands when the actuator is in a proper assembled position in the actuator opening.

Abstract: A tamperproof rotary valve which includes a valve body having a fluid flow passage extending therethrough. The passage is intersescted by an actuator opening in the body and defining a valve chamber thereat. A rotary valve is disposed in the chamber for opening and closing the fluid flow passage. An actuator is journaled in the actuator opening and is coupled to the rotary valve for rotating the valve. A groove is formed about the actuator, and a contractible/expandable locking ring is disposed in the groove and projects outwardly of the groove beyound the bounds of the actuator when in a free, expanded condition. The locking ring is contractible into the groove to allow assembly of the actuator into the actuator opening. A locking groove is formed in the actuator opening in the valve body and into which the locking ring expands when the actuator is in a proper assembled position in the actuator opening.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a flow measuring device between an input fluid line and an output fluid line has a sleeve with an opening therethrough mounted to a base and capable of reciprocating between extended and retracted positions. The sleeve secures the flow measuring device in the extended position and releases the device in the retracted position. A cam secures the sleeve in the retracted or extended positions. A valve is fixed to the sleeve such that, when the sleeve is in its extended position, fluid flows around the valve and through the sleeve. When the sleeve is in its retracted position to remove the flow measuring device, the valve seats on the input fluid line.

Abstract: A well water retrieval system for deep shaft wells including an electrical generator of limited generating capacity of the type that operates upon input of naturally occurring energy in wave or kinetic form as, for example, a photovoltaic generator. The system includes a plurality of electrically operated pumps each having an electrical energy demand not in excess of the generating capacity of the generator and a plurality of water reservoirs each sized to be disposed in a well shaft, there being a reservoir for most of the pumps. A conduit system supports the pumps and the reservoirs in a well shaft with the pumps and reservoirs stacked substantially vertically with the outlet of each pump connected to a reservoir higher in the stack and the inlet of each pump connected to an adjacent reservoir.