Device mounting apparatus for a fluid control system

• US 20090129938A1
• Filed: 11/15/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scott A. Nigro
• Original Assignee: Scott A. Nigro
• Inventors: Nigro, Scott A.
• Application Number:
  US11/985,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20090129938A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 417/38
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 15/0218 the condition being a liquid level or a lack of liquid supply

Abstract

A pump control system is provided and includes a tank communicated with a flow pipe via a tank port, wherein the flow pipe communicates a fluid source with a fluid destination. A sensing device disposed in proximity to the tank port is also provided and is configured to measure a characteristic of a fluid within the flow pipe. Furthermore, a pumping device and a pump control device communicated with the sensing device via a pump control interface link is provided to receive a signal responsive to the characteristic, wherein the pump control device is configurable to control power flow between a power source and the pumping device responsive to the signal, wherein the pump control device is mounted to a support structure via a mounting device to be disposed remotely from the tank port.

Claims

1. A pump control system, comprising:

a fluid storage tank defining a tank cavity for partially containing a fluid, wherein said fluid storage tank includes a fluid inlet port for receiving said fluid from a fluid source and a fluid outlet port for dispersing said fluid;

a pressure sensing device disposed in proximity to said fluid outlet port, wherein said pressure sensing device is configured to measure the pressure associated with said fluid outlet port;

a pumping device in flow communication with said fluid source and said fluid inlet port; and

a pump control device communicated with said pressure sensing device to receive a signal responsive to said pressure associated with said fluid outlet port, wherein said pump control device is in electrical communication with a power source and said pumping device and configurable to control power flow from said power source to said pumping device,

wherein said pump control device is mounted to a support structure via a mounting device to be disposed away from said fluid outlet port, said pump control device being communicated with said pressure sensing device via a pump control interface link.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said pump control interface link is associated with said pump control device via an adapter interface device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said pump control interface link is a pressure tube.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said pump control interface link is an electrical wire.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said pump control interface link includes a length sized to allow said pump control device to be located above said fluid storage tank.

6. A pump control system, comprising:

a pressure tank communicated with a flow pipe via a tank pressure port, wherein said flow pipe communicates a fluid source with a fluid destination;

a pressure sensing device disposed in proximity to said tank pressure port, wherein said pressure sensing device is configured to measure the pressure within said flow pipe;

a pumping device in flow communication with said flow pipe; and

a pump control device communicated with said pressure sensing device to receive a signal responsive to said pressure associated with said tank pressure port, wherein said pump control device is in electrical communication with a power source and said pumping device, said pump control device being configurable to control power flow between said power source and said pumping device,

wherein said pump control device is mounted to a support structure via a mounting device to be disposed remotely from said tank pressure port, said pump control device being communicated with said pressure sensing device via a pump control interface link.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said pump control interface link is associated with said pump control device via an adapter interface device.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein said pump control interface link is a pressure tube.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein said pump control interface link is an electrical wire.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein said pump control interface link includes a length sized to allow said pump control device to be located above said pressure tank.

11. A pump control system, comprising:

a tank communicated with a flow pipe via a tank port, wherein said flow pipe communicates a fluid source with a fluid destination;

a sensing device disposed in proximity to said tank port, wherein said sensing device is configured to measure a characteristic of a fluid within said flow pipe;

a pumping device in flow communication with said flow pipe; and

a pump control device communicated with said sensing device via a pump control interface link to receive a signal from said sensing device responsive to said characteristic, wherein said pump control device is configurable to control operation of said pumping device responsive to said signal,

wherein said pump control device is mounted to a support structure via a mounting device to be disposed remotely from said tank port.

12. The pump control system of claim 11, wherein said pump control interface link is associated with said pump control device via an adapter interface device.

13. The pump control system of claim 11, wherein said characteristic is a pressure.

14. The pump control system of claim 11, wherein said characteristic is a flow rate of said fluid.

15. The pump control system of claim 11, wherein said characteristic is a flow volume of said fluid.