US 12,151,130 B2
Remote controllable selector valve configuration
Paul M. Johnson, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Assigned to KIDDE-FENWAL, LLC, Ashland, MA (US)
Appl. No. 16/972,876
Filed by KIDDE-FENWAL, LLC, Ashland, MA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/036303
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 7, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/005520, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/689,320, filed on Jun. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322812 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A62C 37/46 (2006.01); A62C 35/68 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 37/46 (2013.01) [A62C 35/68 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fire suppression system comprising:
a fire suppressant dispersion device including at least one pneumatically controlled valve, a fire suppressant inlet, and a fire suppressant outlet;
a selector valve connecting a pneumatic fluid source to a first inlet of the at least one pneumatically controlled valve and a second inlet of the at least one pneumatically controlled valve; and
wherein the selector valve includes a pneumatic fluid inlet connecting an inlet of a first pressure solenoid and an inlet of a second pressure solenoid to the pneumatic fluid source, an inlet of a first vent solenoid connected to an outlet of the first pressure solenoid, an inlet of a second vent solenoid connected to an outlet of the second pressure solenoid, and a first selector valve outlet connecting the outlet of the first pressure solenoid to the first inlet of the at least one pneumatically controlled valve, and a second selector valve outlet connecting the outlet of the second pressure solenoid to the second inlet of the at least one pneumatically controlled valve.