Automated Condensate Drain Line Cleaning System, Method and Kit
AssigneeVisionex Holdings, LLC
InventorSteven L. Pearson
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Abstract
Automated condensate drain line cleaning apparatus are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus may include a controller, a fluid supply line, and at least one fluid flow regulation device. The at least one fluid flow regulation device may be electrically coupled with the controller to receive at least one control signal from the controller. The at least one fluid flow regulation device may cause a fluid to flow into a condensate drain line through the fluid supply line responsive to the at least one control signal. Other apparatus as well as methods and kits are also disclosed.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- performing an automated introduction of a fluid into a condensate drain line;
- and
- removing at least one of microbial material and non-microbial debris from the condensate drain line by flowing the fluid through the condensate drain line.
The method of claim herein the method is implemented in a vehicle, and wherein performing the automated introduction of the fluid into the condensate drain line comprises performing an automated introduction of compressed air from an onboard air compressor of the vehicle into the condensate drain line.
The method of claim, further comprising providing at least one signal to an external system that is selected from a thermostat, a home control system, a computer system coupled by a local area network, and a computer system coupled through the Internet, wherein the at least one signal is operable to indicate at least one of:
- (1) that the automated introduction of the fluid into the condensate drain line was just performed;
- and (2) a time when a next automated introduction of a fluid into the condensate drain line will be performed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.