EP3074635A4 - Test and monitoring system for a sump pump installation having a self-monitoring valve module for admitting water to the sump pit - Google Patents

Test and monitoring system for a sump pump installation having a self-monitoring valve module for admitting water to the sump pit Download PDF

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EP3074635A4
EP3074635A4 EP14866279.4A EP14866279A EP3074635A4 EP 3074635 A4 EP3074635 A4 EP 3074635A4 EP 14866279 A EP14866279 A EP 14866279A EP 3074635 A4 EP3074635 A4 EP 3074635A4
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sump
self
test
monitoring
valve module
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EP3074635A2 (en
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Eugene M. Cummings
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Beacon Technical Systems LLC
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D13/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D13/02—Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F04D13/06—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
    • F04D13/068—Battery powered
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D13/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D13/02—Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F04D13/06—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
    • F04D13/08—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven for submerged use
    • F04D13/086—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven for submerged use the pump and drive motor are both submerged
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D13/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D13/12—Combinations of two or more pumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D15/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems
    • F04D15/0088—Testing machines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D15/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems
    • F04D15/02—Stopping of pumps, or operating valves, on occurrence of unwanted conditions
    • F04D15/0209—Stopping of pumps, or operating valves, on occurrence of unwanted conditions responsive to a condition of the working fluid
    • F04D15/0218—Stopping of pumps, or operating valves, on occurrence of unwanted conditions responsive to a condition of the working fluid the condition being a liquid level or a lack of liquid supply
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/30—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by floats
    • G01F23/64—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by floats of the free float type without mechanical transmission elements
    • G01F23/72—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by floats of the free float type without mechanical transmission elements using magnetically actuated indicating means
    • G01F23/74—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by floats of the free float type without mechanical transmission elements using magnetically actuated indicating means for sensing changes in level only at discrete points

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Control Of Positive-Displacement Pumps (AREA)
  • Examining Or Testing Airtightness (AREA)
EP14866279.4A 2013-11-26 2014-11-17 Test and monitoring system for a sump pump installation having a self-monitoring valve module for admitting water to the sump pit Withdrawn EP3074635A4 (en)

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US201361908881P 2013-11-26 2013-11-26
US14/491,207 US9528522B2 (en) 2013-11-26 2014-09-19 Test and monitoring system for a sump pump installation having a self-monitoring valve module for admitting water to the sump pit
PCT/US2014/065867 WO2015080886A2 (en) 2013-11-26 2014-11-17 Test and monitoring system for a sump pump installation having a self-monitoring valve module for admitting water to the sump pit

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EP3074635A2 EP3074635A2 (en) 2016-10-05
EP3074635A4 true EP3074635A4 (en) 2017-08-02

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WO2015080886A3 (en) 2015-12-10
AU2014355057A1 (en) 2016-05-19
EP3074635A2 (en) 2016-10-05
WO2015080886A9 (en) 2015-10-22
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