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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
Tyco Fire Products Lp, Lansdale, PA (US);
James O. Williams, Marlborough, MA (US);
Roger S. Wilkins, Warwick, RI (US);
Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US);
Abstract
Automatic fluid control assemblies and methods for fire protection include an arrangement of electrically operated control points, a valve body and a controller to operate the fluid control assembly. The automatic fluid control assembly has an inlet, an outlet and a valve body to control flow between the inlet and the outlet. An electric latch includes a first electrically operated control point and a second electrically operated control point in fluid communication with a control line to control the flow of fluid from the inlet to the valve body and outlet. The methods of fluid control include controlling a plurality of electrically operated control points to perform any one of: a leak test, a trip test, a flow test, a water delivery test, and a validation test of a non-trip condition and a trip condition.