Patents by Inventor Mark Terrance Franklin

Mark Terrance Franklin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • 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
  • Method for installing a flow meter system and flow meter apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 5892158
    Abstract: The method includes using a flow meter system having a meter assembly and a transmitter device in conjunction with a utility distribution system disposed behind a wall in a space and having a conduit extending through a conduit opening in the wall for coupling a fixture thereto. The meter assembly is connected in fluid communication with the conduit, and positioned outside of the space and in front of the wall. The transmitter device is installed within the space and positioned remotely from the meter assembly. The transmitter device is connected electrically to the transmitter device, and the fixture is coupled in fluid communication with the meter assembly, thereby concealing the meter assembly and the conduit opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: WaterSavers, 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