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US 5,979,493 AGranted
Flood control device
AssigneeGary A. Isaacson, Jr.
InventorTerry J. Simpkins, Jr.
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Abstract
A flood control device which measures the volume of fluid delivered in a continuous steady flow to a house or building and which shuts off the fluid flow if a preset maximum limit is reached, indicating overly high consumption due to a leak, break or open faucet in the plumbing of the house or building. The flood control device includes a learning mode, which measures and stores information about the flow of the liquid through the flood control device.
Claims9
A flood control device comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- a flow detector within the housing for detecting a volume of fluid continuously flowing into the inlet;
- a controller, coupled to the flow detector, for monitoring the volume of continuous fluid flow detected by the flow detector;
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- a shut-off mechanism, coupled to the controller, for shutting off the flow of fluid out of the outlet;
- wherein the controller has a standard mode in which said controller closes said shut-off mechanism in response to continuous fluid flow into the inlet that exceeds a predetermined maximum, and wherein the controller has a learning mode in which the controller monitors continuous fluid flow into the inlet so as to automatically determine said predetermined maximum which is used during the standard mode.
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