Patents Assigned to Asloan Valve Company
  • Patent number: 5988588
    Abstract: A battery-powered faucet control module has a housing, with a base portion and a cover portion. The cover portion is removably attached to the base portion. There is an electric control board mounted in the housing base portion and an electrically-operated control valve is associated with the housing and electrically connected to the control board. There is a cavity in the housing base portion and a removable battery pack is positioned within the cavity. The battery pack has positive and negative contact straps on the exterior thereof. There are positive and negative spring contacts connected to the electric control board and such spring contacts are in engagement with the positive and negative contact straps when the battery pack is positioned within the housing cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Asloan Valve Company
    Inventors: Charles S. Allen, Martin E. Marcichow, Richard A. Nortier