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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C Bellofatto, Peabody, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
122504 ; 122507 ; 137312 ; 126374 ; 126351 ;
Abstract
A water proof sheet slopes into a built-in shallow basin under a water device to collect any water leaking from the water tank in the device. Water sensitive elevated low voltage contacts in the basin are electrically connected to a relay. Conductors from the relay connect to shut-offs in the cold water supply, the hot water outflow and the power supply. Additional conductors connect from the relay to a valve on the outflow pipe to drain the tank and to a signal device. Alternatively, a water pump may be used instead of the valve on the outflow pipe to pump water to a distant drain, when there is no drain below the tank level into which to empty the tank.