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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A. Saar, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/300 ; G08C 1/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/300 ; G08C 1/506 ;
Abstract
A system for monitoring a water consuming structure in an individual unit of a multi-unit building, comprising means for determining that volumetric flow through the pipe proximate the water consuming structure has been continuous during a predetermined period of time, the predetermined time being selected to be greater than a period of time during which water should be flowing continuously through the pipe, and means for transmitting an alarm signal in the event that it is determined that flow to the water consuming structure has been continuous for the predetermined time.