Freeze proof sanitary yard hydrant

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9085878
SERIAL NO

14076862

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A yard hydrant, including a discharge nozzle above ground level, connects to other vertically reciprocal working parts in the ground below the frost line. A water storage chamber, disposed below the frost line, is formed in part by a deformable diaphragm. Residual water in the hydrant, when the hydrant is turned off, is collected in the water storage chamber and returned to the hydrant for discharge through the nozzle when the hydrant is turned on. A venturi disposed in the water supply line creates turbulence and thereby creates a lower pressure adjacent the exit of the venturi when the hydrant is turned on. This lowered pressure at the venturi exit speeds up the evacuation of water from the water storage chamber when the hydrant is on so the storage chamber can accept and store water that would otherwise be above the frost line when the hydrant is turned off.

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  • MERRILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anderson, Stephen J Storm Lake, US 38 824

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