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US 2012/0055686 A1Published application
Condensate collector arrangement with anti-trip arrangement for dry pipe sprinkler system
AssigneeAGF Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorGeorge McHUGH, IV
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Abstract
A condensate collector arrangement for a dry pipe sprinkler system comprises a collection chamber and an upstream valve and a downstream valve with an anti-trip arrangement for preventing the upstream valve and the downstream valve to be open at the same time and preferably includes an arrangement to indicate the presence of condensate and a lock for the anti-trip arrangement and an alarm which may be selectively deactivated.
Claims24
A condensate collector for a dry pipe sprinkler system, comprising:
- a first valve comprising an inlet and an outlet, said first valve selectively being open or closed, said first valve when open permitting communication between the inlet and the outlet of the first valve and said first valve when closed preventing communication between the inlet and the outlet of the first valve;
- a second valve comprising an inlet and an outlet, said second valve selectively being open or closed, said second valve when open permitting communication between the inlet and the outlet of the second valve and said second valve when closed preventing communication between the inlet and the outlet of the second valve;
- a collection chamber in fluid communication with the outlet of said first valve and the inlet of the second valve;
- and,
- an anti-trip arrangement for physically preventing the first valve and the second valve from being fully open at the same time.
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