Patent ID: 6548775
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A flow sensor comprising:a paddle assembly having a paddle at a first end, an activation magnet on a second end, and a pivot shaft positioned between the first end and the second end; a housing, the paddle assembly being mounted on the housing to pivot about the pivot shaft; a shroud surrounding a portion of the housing; a biasing magnet positioned on the shroud to repel the activation magnet on the paddle assembly to hold the paddle assembly in a nonactivated position when water is not pressing on the paddle, the shroud sliding over the housing and having a transverse passageway which is aligned with a transverse passageway in the housing; and an activation sensor positioned within a sleeve, the sleeve slidably positioned within the transverse passageway of the housing and passing through the transverse passageway of the shroud to pin the housing and the shroud together.