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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Eric Kiser, Lesage, WV (US);
Steve Murray, Cross Lanes, WV (US);
Bruce Shutts, Red House, WV (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
AMCO Automated Systems, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B001/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A water pit transponder assembly includes a housing with multiple sections including top, main and bottom sections snap latched together connected to a water meter. A circuit board transponder in the housing includes a controller, a transmitter, a receiver and tamper detection software connected to antennas. An encoder is connected to the water meter, and batteries provide power to operate the assembly. The transponder sends and receives at different frequencies through different antennas and is protected from environmental corrosion by being encapsulated in a get inside the housing.