Remotely controlled water line shut off system
OwnerThomas Croftinventor
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Abstract
A remotely controlled water line shut off system having particular utility as a convenient means to avoid internal water damage to a dwelling, or to the excessive use of water through a sprinkler system, where the dwelling is not occupied continuously, such as a summer rental. System includes a housing or enclosure mounted between a water intake and water discharge lines, where the housing includes a water meter, a water cut off valve, a preset quantity control metering mechanism, a solid state radio transceiver, and an electrical power source, where controlling thereof may be by wireless communication with the solid state radio transceiver.
Claims8
A remotely controlled water line shut off system for responding to inadvertant or excessive damand for water at a dwelling, wherein said dwelling includes aligned water intake and water discharge lines in fluid communication with each other for transmitting water to internal plumbing and an external sprinkler mechanism, said system comprising:
- a.) a housing situated between said water intake line and said water discharge line, said housing including the following components;
- i.) a water meter in direct fluid communication with said water intake line,
- ii.) a water cut off valve in fluid communication with said water discharge line, with a water conduit between said water meter and said water cut off valve,
- iii.) a preset quantity control metering means,
- iv.) a solid state radio transceiver for transmitting programmed signals to said control metering means, and
- v.) an electrical power source and circuitry bringing said components into electrical communication to effect a predetermined operation of said water cut off valve;
- b.) remote means in radio communication with said solid state radio transceiver to allow programming of said system from a remote location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.