Passive fluid regulation system
AssigneeAccurate Site Development, Inc.
InventorJerome J. Guidish
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system for regulating fluid flow made up of a solenoid valve interposed on a fluid supply line; a light switch that controls a light; a transformer with a primary side and a secondary side, wherein the primary side is placed in intermediate electrical communication with the light switch and the light, wherein the secondary side is in electrical communication with the solenoid valve, and wherein the solenoid valve allows flow through the fluid supply line when the light switch is activated and prevents flow through the fluid supply line when the light switch is deactivated.
Claims6
A passive system to regulate fluid flow, said system consisting of:
- a solenoid operated valve placed in fluid communication with a fluid line wherein said fluid line leads to a single water fixture in a room and wherein said solenoid operated valve is placed upstream of the single water fixture;
- a transformer in electrical communication with a light switch a household alternating current source wherein said light switch controls a light source in the same room as the single fixture, wherein said transformer changes the household alternating current source to a low voltage current;
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- a low voltage line connecting said solenoid operated valve and said transformer such that while the transformer is energized, the solenoid operated valve is open and wherein said transformer is energized only when the light switch is on in said room and the light source is on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.