ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,048, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to COX GOETTL VALVE LLC (Phoenix).
"Pool cycling valve" was invented by Steven James Goettl (Phoenix) and John M. Goettl (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a pool cycling valve includes receiving a stream of water into a valve body through an inlet port to a ratchet assembly in a closed position configured to interfere with the stream of water flowing through the inlet port. Rotating the ratchet assembly from the closed position to an open position, directing the stream of water to a bottom plate outlet port aperture aligned with an outlet port of the valve body. Disc...