Emergency utility interruption system
OwnerWilliam J. Hennessey, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A device is provided for the prevention of damage due to the continued supply of a utility to an appliance, the device comprising: 1) a detector which detects circumstances of present or impending emergency and responds by sending a detector signal to 2) a receiver which receives a signal from the detector and in response emits a receiver signal; 3) a transmitter which receives the receiver signal and in response signals a 4) restrictor to attenuate or quench a utility supply to an appliance.
Claims18
A system for interrupting a utility supply to an appliance, said system comprising:
- a) a detector capable of emitting a detector signal upon detection of a stimulus, said stimulus originating with a first appliance, and indicative of present or incipient emergency circumstances;
- b) a receiver capable of 1) receiving the detector signal and 2) emitting a radio frequency receiver signal to a transmitter in response, such that said transmitter transmits a transmitter signal in response to the receiver's receipt of the detector signal;
- c) a transmitter capable of receiving the transmitter signal and, in response, emitting a transmitter signal;
- d) a restrictor which is capable of receiving the second receiver signal and in response, interrupting a utility supply to said second appliance which indirectly or directly contributed to the presence of the stimulus.
A system in which the first appliance of a) and the second appliance of d) are one and the same appliance, and said appliance directly contributes to the presence of the stimulus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.