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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2019
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Marcin Piech, East Hampton, CT (US);
Tadeusz Pawel Witczak, Farmington, CT (US);
Beata I. Wawrzyniak, South Windsor, CT (US);
Lukasz Majchrzak, Sierakow, PL;
Dawid Milcarek, Poznan, PL;
Cezary Jedryczka, Lniano, PL;
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A fire suppressant storage device () comprises: a tank () having a first port (), a second port (), and an interior () for storing fire suppressant. A discharge assembly () is mounted to the first port and comprises: a discharge valve (); and a discharge conduit (). The discharge conduit is at least partially within the interior and has an interior and an exterior. A liquid level measurement assembly is mounted to the second port and comprises: a tube () at least partially within the interior and having: an exterior and an interior sealed relative to the surrounding tank interior. A float () surrounds the tube and has one or more magnets () and having a range of motion. A plurality of magnetic field sensors () are along a carrier () within the tube interior. The carrier extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The plurality of magnetic field sensors () comprise: a first plurality of one-dimensional sensors (); and at least two three-dimensional sensors () distally of the first plurality.