Patents Assigned to Water Savers, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for metering building structures
    Patent number: 5986573
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for metering building structures having a plurality of service outlets each having control valves, includes the installing of meters within a given distance from each one of the valves. A transmission system is coupled electrically to each one of the meters for sending meter readings periodically to a remotely located equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Water Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Terrance Franklin, John Elwood McGregor, III
  • Meter reading data transmissiion system and method of using same
    Patent number: 5764158
    Abstract: The meter reading data transmission system includes a transmission unit having a meter reading transmitter coupled to a meter. The transmission unit further has an associated node for sending wireless meter reading messages. An intermediate transmission unit including a node receives the meter reading messages, and retransmits the messages. The retransmitted messages are received by a remotely located data collection station to enable the meter to be monitored from a distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Water Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Terrance Franklin, John Elwood McGregor, III, Robert Wayne Beyer, Robert William Beyer
  • Flow meter system and method of using same
    Patent number: 5721383
    Abstract: A flow meter system and method includes detecting the movement of a substance through a conduit with a sensing device partially within the path of flow of the substance. A signal indicative of the quantity of the substance moving through the conduit is generated in response to the detection of the movement of the substance. Another signal indicative of the cumulative quantity of the substance is generated from the quantity signal. Cumulative quantity information is transmitted in a wireless manner, and is received at a remote location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Water Savers, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Terrance Franklin, John Elwood McGregor, III, Robert W. Beyer, Gerald Lucas
  • Water saving panel device for water closets and method
    Patent number: 4250579
    Abstract: A pair of flexible or extensible panel members are adapted for vertical placement in the base of a conventional water closet flush tank in spaced relationship about the outlet valve such that edge portions of the panel members are in sealing contact with corresponding portions of the bottom and side walls of the tank, thereby forming an open-ended vertical column. During toilet bowl evacuation, savings of water normally consumed are realized as water stored in the tank and peripheral to the column is prevented from exiting the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignee: Moon Water Saver, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob R. Moon
  • Auxiliary water saving attachment for water closets
    Patent number: 3946447
    Abstract: The amount of water used in evacuating the bowl of a water closet is substantially reduced by an auxiliary device that is installed in the conventional closet water tank and which forms an open ended column around the valve so that water stored in the base of the tank and around the column is prevented from being discharged during flushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1971
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: Moon Water Saver, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob R. Moon