Trap for pump testing and monitoring systems
AssigneeBeacon Technical Systems, LLC
InventorEugene M. Cummings
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Abstract
A liquid barrier trap for a pump testing and monitoring system is disclosed herein. The liquid barrier provides a barrier to exhaust gases and fluids from escaping a pit that includes the pump under test. The pit may be a sump pit or an ejector pit. The liquid barrier may include a P-trap. The liquid barrier may include an inlet conduit in fluid communication with a valve for admitting water thereto. The liquid barrier may include an outlet fluid conduit extending through a pit cover and permitting water to be admitted into the pit.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a control module;
- a sump pump in communication with the control module and configured to be disposed within a sealed sump pit;
- a valve module configured to be in fluid communication with a liquid source and configured to selectively discharge a volume of liquid from the liquid source during a test cycle based on a signal from the control module;
- a liquid barrier configured to receive the volume of liquid and to direct the volume of liquid into the sealed sump pit, the liquid barrier comprising:
- an inlet conduit configured to receive the volume of liquid;
- an outlet conduit in fluid communication with the pit;
- a liquid trap in fluid communication with the inlet conduit and the outlet conduit configured to trap a portion of the volume of liquid, the trapped portion of the volume of liquid creating a liquid seal between the inlet conduit and the outlet conduit, the liquid seal configured to block gas from passing the sealed pit to the inlet conduit.
A liquid barrier configured to receive a volume of liquid from a liquid source during a test cycle of a sump pump disposed within a sealed sump pit, the liquid barrier comprising:
- an inlet conduit configured to receive the volume of liquid;
- an outlet conduit in fluid communication with the pit;
- a liquid trap in fluid communication with the inlet conduit and the outlet conduit configured to trap a portion of the volume of liquid, the trapped portion of the volume of liquid creating a liquid seal between the inlet conduit and the outlet conduit, the liquid seal configured to block gas from passing the sealed pit to the inlet conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.