Patents
US 11920823 B2: Automated evaporative system flush
- Granted
- 2024-03-05
- Filed
- 2022-01-26 application 17648973
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An automated flush system for an evaporative cooling system may be employed in barns or other facilities that house animals to provide cooling and to reduce production loss. The evaporative cooling control system may include an automated flush system that has a controllable valve at a flush end of the cooling system. Based on a timer, the controllable valve is opened and water drains (e.g., pumped or gravity feed) out of the cooling pad enclosure. Fresh water is introduced at the “fill” end of the system, rinsing out the evaporative cooling pads. After a predetermined time, the valve at the flush end of the system is closed, and the fresh water refills the cooling pad enclosure.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240305.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Slat, Inc. 9 patents | US company or organization | Newton Grove, NC | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Clay Marion | Clayton, NC | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Timothy Glenn King | Coats, NC | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F24F | Air-conditioning; air-humidification; ventilation; use of air currents for screening | F24F5/0035 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A01K | Animal husbandry; aviculture; apiculture; pisciculture; fishing; rearing or breeding animals, not otherwise provided for; new breeds of animals | A01K1/0082 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F28C | Heat-exchange apparatus, not provided for in another subclass, in which the heat-exchange media come into direct contact without chemical interaction | F28C1/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F28F | Details of heat-exchange and heat-transfer apparatus, of general application | F28F19/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-26 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KING, TIMOTHY GLENN signed 2022-01-24 MARION, TYLER CLAY signed 2022-01-24 | HOG SLAT, INC. NEWTON GROVE, NC | 58776/731 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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