Intelligent roof drain systems and methods
AssigneeWatts Regulator Co.
InventorsMichael Rasmussen, Caspar Pilkington Laugesen, Kristina Juel Bech, Thomas Svan Them
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AssigneeWatts Regulator Co.
InventorsMichael Rasmussen, Caspar Pilkington Laugesen, Kristina Juel Bech, Thomas Svan Them
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An intelligent roof drain system includes a roof drain surrounded by a drain plate. A water seepage detection module is disposed proximate the drain plate. The water seepage detection module includes water seepage detection sensors and circuitry and an antenna system to inductively receive power and communicate water seepage data. A roofing membrane is disposed over the water seepage detection module. A monitoring module that includes control circuitry, power supply circuitry, water level detection circuitry, communications interface circuitry, and an antenna system to inductively supply power to and communicate with the water seepage detection module is disposed proximate the water seepage detection module such that the antenna systems align. The intelligent roof drain system can detect water seepage under the roofing membrane and standing water proximate the roof drain and communicate such events to a gateway and/or building management system.
A roof drain system for use with a roofing membrane of a roof substructure, the roof drain system comprising:
A roof drain gateway, comprising:
A non-transitory storage device that includes machine-readable instructions that, when executed by gateway logic circuitry, cause the gateway logic circuitry to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.