CA2931207C - Sump pump test and monitoring system - Google Patents

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Publication number: CA2931207C
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: pump; test; container; liquid; monitoring system
Prior art date: 2013-11-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

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CA2931207A

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Eugene M. Cummings

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Beacon Technical Systems LLC

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Beacon Technical Systems LLC

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2013-11-26

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2014-11-13

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2019-03-19

2014-05-19 Priority claimed from US14/281,525 external-priority patent/US9404501B2/en

2014-11-13 Application filed by Beacon Technical Systems LLC filed Critical Beacon Technical Systems LLC

2015-06-04 Publication of CA2931207A1 publication Critical patent/CA2931207A1/en

2019-03-19 Application granted granted Critical

2019-03-19 Publication of CA2931207C publication Critical patent/CA2931207C/en

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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B51/00—Testing machines, pumps, or pumping installations
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
- F04B49/00—Control, e.g. of pump delivery, or pump pressure of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
- F04B49/02—Stopping, starting, unloading or idling control
- F04B49/025—Stopping, starting, unloading or idling control by means of floats
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D13/00—Pumping installations or systems
- F04D13/02—Units comprising pumps and their driving means
- F04D13/06—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
- F04D13/08—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven for submerged use
- F04D13/086—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven for submerged use the pump and drive motor are both submerged
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D13/00—Pumping installations or systems
- F04D13/16—Pumping installations or systems with storage reservoirs
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D15/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems
- F04D15/0005—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems by using valves
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D15/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems
- F04D15/0088—Testing machines
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D15/00—Control, e.g. regulation, of pumps, pumping installations or systems
- F04D15/02—Stopping of pumps, or operating valves, on occurrence of unwanted conditions
- F04D15/0209—Stopping of pumps, or operating valves, on occurrence of unwanted conditions responsive to a condition of the working fluid
- F04D15/0218—Stopping of pumps, or operating valves, on occurrence of unwanted conditions responsive to a condition of the working fluid the condition being a liquid level or a lack of liquid supply
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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CA2931207A 2013-11-26 2014-11-13 Sump pump test and monitoring system Expired - Fee Related CA2931207C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201361908881P	2013-11-26	2013-11-26
US61/908,881		2013-11-26
US14/281,525		2014-05-19
US14/281,525 US9404501B2 (en)	2013-11-26	2014-05-19	Sump pump test and monitoring system
PCT/US2014/065347 WO2015080866A1 (en)	2013-11-26	2014-11-13	Sump pump test and monitoring system

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CA2931207A1 CA2931207A1 (en)	2015-06-04
CA2931207C true CA2931207C (en)	2019-03-19

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CA2931207A Expired - Fee Related CA2931207C (en)	2013-11-26	2014-11-13	Sump pump test and monitoring system

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EP (1)	EP3090180A4 (de)
AU (1)	AU2014355114B2 (de)
CA (1)	CA2931207C (de)
WO (1)	WO2015080866A1 (de)

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- 2014-11-13 EP EP14866049.1A patent/EP3090180A4/de not_active Withdrawn
- 2014-11-13 CA CA2931207A patent/CA2931207C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2014-11-13 AU AU2014355114A patent/AU2014355114B2/en not_active Ceased
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AU2014355114B2 (en)	2016-11-10
EP3090180A4 (de)	2017-10-25
AU2014355114A1 (en)	2016-05-19
EP3090180A1 (de)	2016-11-09
CA2931207A1 (en)	2015-06-04
WO2015080866A1 (en)	2015-06-04

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2016-06-03	EEER	Examination request	Effective date: 20160519
2022-06-25	MKLA	Lapsed	Effective date: 20201113

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