Alarm valve station of a fire extinguishing system, in particular a sprinkler or spray water extinguishing system, and fire extinguishing system

US10765899B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Minimax GmbH & Co KG · DE

Inventors

• Matthias Pohl · Oberursel, DE
• Frank Stachowitz · Ratzeburg, DE
• Peter Kempf · Bad Oldesloe, DE
• Georg Kunert · Wismar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/8326
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An alarm valve station includes a fire extinguishing system valve (1) having a housing (2, 3) which has a fluid inlet chamber (8), a fluid outlet chamber (9) and a closing body (4a) reciprocable between a blocking state and a release state, wherein the fluid inlet chamber (8) and the fluid outlet chamber (9) are separated from each other in the blocking state and communicate with each other in fluid-conducting relationship in the release state, one or more sensors, and an electronic evaluation unit (50) which is integrated in the housing (2, 3), arranged externally on the housing or arranged in the proximity of the fire extinguishing system valve (1), wherein the evaluation unit (50) is connected in signal-conducting relationship to the sensor or sensors for receiving data, is adapted for data processing into: state information and/or operating instructions and is adapted to transmit the state information and/or operating instructions to a display unit (40).