Patent Application
20240299792
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The disclosure relates to deicing system and more particularly pertains to a new deicing system for providing antifreeze to an antifreeze loop.
The prior art relates to deicing systems and includes a variety of deicing systems utilizing antifreeze solution to deice a surface. Known prior art does not include an assembly being configured for channeling in antifreeze solution into an antifreeze loop to dispense antifreeze solution from a fire suppression sprinkler.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bucket containing a fluid comprising an antifreeze solution. A tubing is coupled to the bucket and is in fluid communication with an interior of the bucket, wherein the fluid is passable through the tubing. A valve is coupled to the tubing. The valve is positionable from a closed position wherein the valve prevents flow of the fluid through the tubing to an open position wherein the valve permits flow of the fluid through the tubing. A pump is coupled to the tubing and is in fluid communication with the interior of the bucket, wherein the pump is actuated to pump the fluid out from the bucket through the tubing when the valve is positioned to the open position. The pump is configured for being in fluid communication with an antifreeze loop, the antifreeze loop is configured for providing the antifreeze solution to a fire suppression sprinkler to deice areas proximate to the fire suppression sprinkler, wherein the antifreeze solution is provided to the antifreeze loop when the pump is actuated.
Another embodiment of the disclosure includes a system comprising an antifreeze loop is configured for providing the antifreeze solution to a fire suppression sprinkler to deice areas proximate to the fire suppression sprinkler. A bucket contains the antifreeze solution. A tubing is coupled to the bucket and is in fluid communication with an interior of the bucket, wherein the antifreeze solution is passable through the tubing. A valve is coupled to the tubing. The valve is positionable from a closed position wherein the valve prevents flow of the antifreeze solution through the tubing to an open position wherein the valve permits flow of the antifreeze solution through the tubing. A pump is coupled to the tubing and is in fluid communication with the interior of the bucket, wherein the pump is actuated to pump the antifreeze solution out from the bucket through the tubing when the valve is positioned to the open position. The pump is in fluid communication the antifreeze loop, wherein the antifreeze solution is provided to the antifreeze loop when the pump is actuated.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A valve 34 is coupled to the tubing 24 and is positionable from a closed position 36 wherein the valve 34 prevents flow of the fluid 14 through the tubing 24 to an open position 38 wherein the valve 34 permits flow of the fluid 14 through the tubing 24. The valve 34 may comprise a ball valve including a channel 40 having a ball 42 positioned within the channel 40 and the ball 42 normally has an aperture 44 extending through a front center of the ball 42. A horizontal axis 46 of the aperture 44 of the ball 42 is co-axial with a lateral axis 48 of the channel 40 in the open position 38. The horizontal axis 46 of the aperture 44 of the ball 42 is not co-axial with the lateral axis 48 of the channel 40 in the closed position 36. A lever 50 is mechanically coupled to the ball 42 and is actuated to rotatably position the ball 42 from the open position 38 to the closed position 36. The lever 50 normally comprises a handle pivotally coupled to a top of the valve 34. The channel 40 has a first opening 52 and a second opening 54, and the first opening 52 may be coupled to the second end 32 of the tubing 24.
A pump 56 is coupled to the tubing 24 and is in fluid communication with the interior 26 of the bucket 12, wherein the pump 56 is actuated to pump the fluid 14 out from the bucket 12 through the tubing 24 when the valve 34 is positioned to the open position 38. The pump 56 is configured for being in fluid communication with an antifreeze loop 58. The antifreeze loop 58 is configured for providing the antifreeze solution to a fire suppression sprinkler 60 to deice areas proximate to the fire suppression sprinkler 60, wherein the antifreeze solution is provided to the antifreeze loop 58 when the pump 56 is actuated. The antifreeze solution may be added to water provided by a water tank 59 to the fire suppression sprinkler 60, wherein the antifreeze solution may lower the freezing point of water emitted from the fire suppression sprinkler 60. The pump 56 is configured to remove air bubbles from the fluid 14 when pumping the fluid 14 from the interior 26 of the bucket 12 through the tubing 24, wherein the pump 56 prevents cavitation within the fluid 14.
The pump 56 may have a first piping 62 including a distal end 64 and a proximal end 66 relative to the pump 56. The distal 64 and proximal 66 ends are open, and the distal end 64 may be coupled to the second opening 54 of the channel 40 of the valve 34. The proximal end 66 may be coupled to an inlet opening 74 of the pump 56. The pump 56 may have a second piping 68 including a primary end 70 and a secondary end 72. The primary 70 and secondary 72 ends are open, and the primary end 70 may be coupled to an output opening 76 of the pump 56. The secondary end 72 may be configured for coupling to a receiving port 78 of the antifreeze loop 58.
In use, the interior 26 of the bucket 12 receives fluid 14 comprising the antifreeze solution. The first piping 62 of the pump 56 is coupled to the tubing 24 of the bucket 12 and the second piping 68 of the pump 56 is coupled to the antifreeze loop 58 of the fire suppression sprinkler 60. The valve 34 is positioned into the open position 38 and the pump 56 is actuated to pump the fluid 14 out from the bucket 12 through the tubing 24 into the antifreeze loop 58, wherein the antifreeze solution is provided to the antifreeze loop 58.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
