ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,885, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Paradigm Flow Services Ltd. (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain).
"Apparatus and method for testing a fire suppression system" was invented by Hugh MacKenzie (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain) and Ashley Thomson (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for testing a water deluge system having a wet side and a dry side separated by a valve comprises a blower configured for coupling to an inlet of the water deluge system. The blower provides a supply of pressurised air through the water deluge system from the inlet to one or more outlets of the water deluge system. A sensor...