US Patent Issued to Mueller International on Oct. 20 for "Revolver bypass valve" (Illinois, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,455, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Mueller International LLC (Atlanta).

"Revolver bypass valve" was invented by Tomas Peleckas (Decatur, Ill.), Timothy Wayne Stern (Hixson, Tenn.) and Rock Allen Powell Jr. (Mt. Zion, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bypass valve includes a meter configuration, a bypass configuration, a shutoff configuration, a base, and a selector moveably connected relative to the base between a meter position, a bypass position, and a shutoff position, the base defining an upstream utility bore, a downstream utility bore, a meter inlet bore, a meter outlet bore, and a base locking lug defining a base lock...