Sub-slab monitor, system, and method of using the same
AssigneeVapor Products Group, LLC
InventorsKyle Hoylman, Chris Bonniwell, Chris Ferguson
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Abstract
A sub-slab monitor includes a housing configured to extend through a foundation such that an upper surface of the housing is in contact with an indoor air environment and a lower surface of the housing is in contact with a sub-slab environment. The housing includes an upper end cap, a lower end cap, a body extending between the upper end cap and the lower end cap. A pressure sensor contained within the housing is configured to measure a differential pressure between the indoor air environment and the sub-slab environment via a vent port defined in the lower end cap.
Claims6
A sub-slab monitor comprising:
- a housing configured to extend through a foundation such that an upper surface of the housing is in contact with an indoor air environment and a lower surface of the housing is in contact with a sub-slab environment, the housing including
- an upper end cap,
- a lower end cap, the lower end cap defining a channel providing an opening to the sub-slab environment, and
- a body extending between the upper end cap and the lower end cap;
- a sub-slab vent port secured to a lower surface of the lower end cap, the sub-slab vent port providing a barrier between the channel defined in the lower end cap and the sub-slab environment;
- a pressure sensor contained within the housing, the pressure sensor configured to measure a differential pressure between the indoor air environment and the sub-slab environment via the sub-slab vent port defined in the lower end cap;
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- electronics contained within the housing, the electronics including
- communication circuitry for communicating differential pressure data from the pressure sensor to a computer, and
- a battery;
- wherein the upper end cap is larger than the body so as to function as a flange which can be sealed to the foundation.
A sub-slab monitor comprising:
- a housing configured to be positioned within a hole defined through a foundation dividing an indoor air environment and a sub-slab environment, the housing including a lower end cap in contact with the sub-slab environment, the lower end cap defining a channel providing an opening to the sub-slab environment;
- a pressure sensor contained within the housing, the pressure sensor having a first port in communication with the indoor air environment and a second port in communication with the sub-slab environment via the channel defined in the lower end cap, the pressure sensor configured to measure a differential pressure between the indoor air environment and the sub-slab environment;
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- a sub-slab vent port secured to a lower surface of the lower end cap, the sub-slab vent port providing a barrier between the channel defined in the lower end cap and the sub-slab environment.
A sub-slab monitor comprising:
- a housing configured to extend through a foundation such that an upper surface of the housing is in contact with an indoor air environment and a lower surface of the housing is in contact with a sub-slab environment, the housing including
- an upper end cap,
- a lower end cap, the lower end cap defining a channel providing an opening to the sub-slab environment, and
- a body extending between the upper end cap and the lower end cap;
- a pressure sensor contained within the housing, the pressure sensor configured to measure a differential pressure between the indoor air environment and the sub-slab environment;
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- electronics contained within the housing, the electronics including
- communication circuitry for communicating differential pressure data from the pressure sensor to a computer, and
- a battery;
- wherein the upper end cap is larger than the body so as to function as a flange which can be sealed to the foundation;
- wherein the lower end cap is flush with the foundation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.