US 12,259,267 B2
Self reporting fire suppressant tank configuration
Marcin Piech, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US); Cezary Jedryczka, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US); and Wojciech Szelag, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Assigned to KIDDE-FENWAL, LLC, Ashland, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/637,552
Filed by KIDDE-FENWAL, LLC, Ashland, MA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/053184
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/067213, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,842, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0283010 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G01F 23/20 (2006.01); A62C 37/50 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 23/20 (2013.01) [A62C 37/50 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fire suppressant module comprising:
a suppressant tank comprising a body and a base, wherein the base comprises a tank support plate contacting the suppressant tank and a ground plate spaced apart from the tank support plate;
a counterweight scale disposed in the base, the counterweight scale includes a lever and a biasing member, wherein the counterweight scale is disposed between the tank support plate and the ground plate;
a contact sensor disposed between the tank support plate and the ground plate wherein the biasing member is configured to continuously urge the lever towards the contact sensor, wherein the biasing member is further configured to place the lever into contact with the contact sensor when a weight of the suppressant tank falls below a predetermined amount; and
a data module comprising at least one of a display configured to display the weight of the suppressant tank and processor and a transmitter configured to communicate the weight of the suppressant tank.