Patent ID: 6998990
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: D06F,E03C,E03D,G01F,G05D,G08B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automatic shutoff overflow controller for use in shutting off a powered liquid processing device when an undesirably high level of liquid is sensed in a liquid containment for liquid draining from the device, the controller comprising a sensor circuit engaged between the device and a source of power therefor and including conductive sensor probes placed at a desired level within the liquid containment such that, when the probes become immersed in liquid, an audible warning is produced and flow of power from the source to the device is interrupted, the sensor probes being mounted in a housing, the housing being engaged to an outlet end of an outlet hose from the device and the housing including an open end into which the probes extend, the open end of the sensor housing being adjacent to and extended beyond the outlet opening of the outlet hose.