Pedicure chair with auto-fill system for a water basin and related methods
AssigneeCl Capital Investments Group LLC
InventorsChristopher L. Luong, Quang Nguyen, Long Luong
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Abstract
A pedicure chair with a basin having an auto-fill system for depositing water into the basin while eliminating spillover is disclosed. The auto-fill system has a controller, a water supply valve, and a water level sensor. The water level sensor can be a proximity sensor attached to an external surface of the basin. The water level sensor can send a signal to a controller when the water level sensor detects a predetermined water level in the basin. The controller can be configured to shut on and off the water supply to the basin by sending a signal to actuate the water supply valve.
Claims21
A pedicure chair assembly with an auto-fill system for repeated spa treatment use sessions, comprising:
- a seat having a seating surface;
- a basin located, elevation-wise, below the seat, said basin having walls having an exterior surface, an interior surface defining a basin interior, a basin sidewall, and a basin bottom wall having a drain opening;
- an electronically controllable valve configured to control flow of water into the basin;
- a first level sensor mounted externally of the basin and configured to detect a first water level of the basin when water is filled in to the basin;
- a drain actuator mounted externally of the basin and configured to open and close the drain opening from fluid flow;
- a drain sensor mounted externally of the basin and below, elevation-wise, the water level sensor, said drain sensor configured to detect whether water is present in the basin interior;
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- a controller programmed to receive a first level indication signal from the first level sensor corresponding to the detected first water level and send a first command signal to the electronically controllable valve to open the electronically controllable valve for fluid flow through the electronically controllable valve or to close the electronically controllable valve to block fluid flow through the electronically controllable valve as a function of the first level indication signal;
- wherein the controller is programmed to receive a water detection signal from the drain sensor when water is present in the basin interior and is programmed to send a second command signal to the drain actuator to open or close the drain opening.
A method of using a pedicure chair assembly configured for repeated spa treatment use sessions, the method comprising:
- electronically wiring an electronically controllable valve to a controller, the electronically controllable valve controllable by the controller to control flow of water into a basin, the basin located, elevation-wise, below a seat and the basin having an exterior surface, an interior surface defining a basin interior, a basin sidewall, and a basin bottom wall having a drain opening;
- attaching a first level sensor to the pedicure chair at a location externally of the basin interior, the first level sensor is configured to detect a first predetermined water level inside the basin interior;
- attaching a drain sensor externally of the basin interior at a location below, elevation-wise, the first level sensor, to detect whether water is present in the basin interior;
- electronically connecting the first level sensor to the controller, the controller being configured to receive a first signal from the first level sensor corresponding to the first predetermined water level and send a first command signal to the electronically controllable valve to actuate the electronically controllable valve;
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- electronically connecting the drain sensor to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to receive a water detection signal from the drain sensor when water is present in the basin and is configured to send a second command signal to a drain actuator to open or close the drain opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.