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AN ADAPTER CAP FOR A FIRE HYDRANT, A FIRE HYDRANT AND A METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING AN OPEN-CLOSE STATUS OF A FIRE HYDRANT
An adapter cap for a fire hydrant including a hydrant actuation nut by means of which the hydrant is opened and closed by rotating the hydrant actuation nut, where the adapter cap includes a cap housing having connection means for connecting the adapter cap to the hydrant actuation nut, the cap housing having a cap actuation nut by which the adapter cap may be engaged and the cap housing including a skirt part arranged to encircle at least a part of the connection means, wherein a connection means centre axis of the connection means and a cap actuation nut centre axis of the cap actuation nut are arranged coaxially, wherein the connection means and the cap actuation nut are made from metal, and wherein at least a part of the skirt part is made from a polymer material, the adapter cap further includes at least one sensor arranged in the cap housing-(4), wherein the at least one sensor is arranged to detect at least one operational parameter of the hydrant , and wireless communication means arranged in the cap housing for communicating the at least one operational parameter wirelessly to an external data system .
AN ADAPTER CAP FOR A FIRE HYDRANT, A FIRE HYDRANT AND A METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING AN OPEN-CLOSE STATUS OF A FIRE HYDRANT
An adapter cap for a fire hydrant including a hydrant actuation nut by means of which the hydrant is opened and closed by rotating the hydrant actuation nut, where the adapter cap includes a cap housing having connection means for connecting the adapter cap to the hydrant actuation nut, the cap housing having a cap actuation nut by which the adapter cap may be engaged and the cap housing including a skirt part arranged to encircle at least a part of the connection means, wherein a connection means centre axis of the connection means and a cap actuation nut centre axis of the cap actuation nut are arranged coaxially, wherein the connection means and the cap actuation nut are made from metal, and wherein at least a part of the skirt part is made from a polymer material, the adapter cap further includes at least one sensor arranged in the cap housing-(4), wherein the at least one sensor is arranged to detect at least one operational parameter of the hydrant , and wireless communication means arranged in the cap housing for communicating the at least one operational parameter wirelessly to an external data system .
AN ADAPTER CAP FOR A FIRE HYDRANT, A FIRE HYDRANT AND A METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING AN OPEN-CLOSE STATUS OF A FIRE HYDRANT
SIMONSEN CHRISTIAN HENRIK (author)
2023-05-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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