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Patent No.:

US 9523366 B1

Date of Patent:

Dec. 20, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2014

Test and monitoring system for a sump pump installation having a self-protecting valve assembly for admitting water to the sump container

Applicant:

Beacon Technical Systems, Llc, Pullman, WA (US);

Inventors:

Eugene M. Cummings, Lake Forest, IL (US);

Try Ty, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

Beacon Technical Systems, LLC, Pullman, WA (US);

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Andre Allen

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

F04D 13/08 (2006.01); F04D 15/00 (2006.01); F04D 13/12 (2006.01); F04D 15/02 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

F04D 15/0088 (2013.01); F04D 13/086 (2013.01); F04D 13/12 (2013.01); F04D 15/0005 (2013.01); F04D 15/0077 (2013.01); F04D 15/0227 (2013.01);

Abstract

A self-protecting valve assembly for use in conjunction with a sump pump test and monitoring system having a test control module which generates a valve control signal for opening the valve to initiate a test cycle. The valve assembly includes an electrically-actuated valve which is responsive only to a valve-actuating signal and not to the valve control signal. A conversion circuit in the valve assembly converts the valve control signal to a valve actuating signal to actuate the valve. This protects the valve from receiving a false actuating signal in the event of a failure in the test control module.

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