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US 2026/0035901 A1Published application
Systems and methods for backflow management
Assignee900 Ethan Allen Hwy LLC
InventorsAndrew Mulvaney, Joseph Mulvaney
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for automatic backlow identification, detection, remediation, and/or management. In some embodiments, a backlow management device may comprise a threaded and electronically-enabled plug installed in a non-pressurized pipe system cleanout, branch, or stub.
Claims16
An end-to-end fluid management system for a building, comprising:
- a building comprising a fluid system defining a potable water inlet and a wastewater outlet;
- an inlet device coupled to control a flow of potable water through the potable water inlet;
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- an outlet device in communication with the inlet device, the outlet device, comprising:
- a housing comprising threads and defining an interior volume, the threads being engaged with corresponding threads of the wastewater outlet;
- a cover coupled to seal the interior volume, the cover comprising a bore;
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- an electronic processing device disposed within the interior volume;
- a fluid sensor disposed within the interior volume, in communication with the electronic processing device, and oriented to detect fluid properties through the bore;
- a wireless communication device disposed within the interior volume and in communication with the electronic processing device;
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- a memory device storing instructions that when executed by the electronic processing device result in:
- receiving data descriptive of a fluid property of wastewater in the wastewater outlet;
- identifying, by the electronic processing device and by a comparison of the data to stored rules, an occurrence of a backflow event;
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- automatically transmitting, by the wireless communication device, and in response to the identified backflow event occurrence, a shutoff command to the inlet device.
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