System for monitoring water consuming structures in an individual unit of a multi-unit building
US6377190B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 8, 1996 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/87877
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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.
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