Portable Water Storage System
OwnerJason Payton, Mike Payton +1inventors
InventorsJason Payton, Mike Payton, Tim Duquette
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Abstract
A portable water storage system for draining and refilling building fire protection systems is provided. The system includes a tank for storing fire protection system water, a hose connecting the building fire protection system to the tank. A vacuum pump is configured to draw a low pressure on the fire protection system. A water pump is configured to return the water of the fire protection system from the tank to the system.
Claims20
A portable fluid storage system for draining and re-filling a building fire protection system comprising:
- a fluid tank;
- a hose connected to the fluid tank at a first end, and having a second end connectable to the building fire protection system;
- a fluid pump positioned along a flow path of the hose, wherein upon an activation of the fluid pump, is configured to pump a quantity of fluid from the fluid tank, through the hose, to the building fire protection system;
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- a vacuum pump positioned along the flow path of the hose, wherein upon activation of the vacuum pump, is configured to draw a negative pressure on the hose second end to convey a fluid through the hose into the fluid tank.
A fluid storage system connected to a building fire protection system, the fluid storage system comprising:
- a fluid tank;
- a hose connected to the fluid tank at a first end, and having a second end connectable to the building fire protection system;
- a fluid pump positioned along a flow path of the hose, wherein upon an activation of the fluid pump, is configured to pump a quantity of fluid from the fluid tank, through the hose, to the building fire protection system;
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- a vacuum pump positioned along the flow path of the hose, wherein upon activation of the vacuum pump, is configured to draw a negative pressure on the hose second end to convey a fluid through the hose into the fluid tank;
- the building fire protection system comprising:
- a quantity of piping;
- at least one sprinkler head;
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- a drain port, wherein the hose second end is connected to the drain port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.