US 12,252,416 B2
Control of grease removal equipment via cell phone app
William C. Batten, Asheboro, NC (US); and Randolph Batten, Asheboro, NC (US)
Assigned to Thermaco Incorporated, Asheboro, NC (US)
Filed by Thermaco Incorporated, Asheboro, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,788.
Application 17/500,788 is a division of application No. 15/754,536, granted, now 11,168,004, previously published as PCT/US2016/048372, filed on Aug. 24, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/210,094, filed on Aug. 26, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112097 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. C02F 1/00 (2023.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); B01D 17/12 (2006.01); C02F 1/02 (2023.01); C02F 1/40 (2023.01); E03F 5/16 (2006.01); G05B 21/02 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/008 (2013.01) [B01D 17/02 (2013.01); B01D 17/0202 (2013.01); B01D 17/0214 (2013.01); B01D 17/12 (2013.01); C02F 1/02 (2013.01); C02F 1/40 (2013.01); E03F 5/16 (2013.01); G05B 21/02 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); C02F 2209/006 (2013.01); C02F 2209/008 (2013.01); C02F 2209/02 (2013.01); C02F 2209/42 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/823 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A separator system for separating fat, oil, and/or grease (F.O.G) from effluent comprising:
a container for receiving and holding effluent water containing fat, oil, and/or grease (F.O.G) to be removed from the effluent water and permitting accumulation of fat, oil, and/or grease (F.O.G);
a sensor associated with the container to sense accumulation of fat, oil, and/or grease (F.O.G) in the container and issue data about fat, oil, and/or grease (F.O.G.) that has accumulated in the container;
a skimmer to skim accumulated fat, oil, and/or grease (F.O.G) from the effluent water held in the container;
a communications module having a communications module application, processor, memory and transmitter in the system that is operatively associated with the sensor to communicate sensor data about fat, oil, and/or grease (F.O.G.) that has accumulated in the container to a remote station, and
a second application located in the remote station and in communication with the communications module application and configured to assemble information from more than one separator system, update a database housing information from the more than one separator system, and provide a remote monitoring of the skimming, performance, and/or mechanics of each separator system.