Masco Corporation

Craig W Selover

Jeff Belz

An example water usage monitoring system includes at least one sensor communicating at least one parameter relating to water usage. At least one microcontroller represents a location with each microcontroller in communication with at least one of the sensors and having at least one input for selectively receiving said parameters, a counter, an accumulator that utilizes said counter and said parameters received from the at least one input for a discrete count to create a data packet in response to a change in at least one of said parameters, and a transmitter for wirelessly sending said data packet. The system also includes a data collection device configured to receive and combine at least one data packet from the at least one microcontroller into an information set. The data collection device is configured to transmit the information set. A storage device is configured receive the information set from the data collection device.

Water usage monitoring system

Fluid intake cover

An inventive suction cover for a whirlpool bath includes a rearwardly extending disinfectant chamber. The disinfectant chamber is filled with a supply of a disinfectant. As the whirlpool is operated, water is drawn into the disinfectant chamber and mixes with the disinfectant. This water then passes through an outlet hole and into the suction passage along with the greater volume flow of water having passed through the suction cover. The invention allows the retrofitting of a disinfectant chamber into existing whirlpool bath designs, and further ensures a greater likelihood of presence of disinfectant in the suction line at shutdown for draining of the whirlpool.

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Huntington Woods, MI, United States of America

Craig W Selover