Patent ID: 8950429
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: F16K,F16T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve-member monitoring system that monitors operating conditions of a plurality of valve members comprising: operating-condition sensors each attached to each of the plurality of valve members installed on a manifold, the manifold serving as a discharged condensate collecting pipe in which condensate is discharged through a plurality of steam traps or the manifold serving as a fluid distribution pipe in which fluid is separated and delivered through a plurality of valves; and a sensor controlling terminal device that is attached to the manifold or provided in the vicinity of the manifold such that the sensor controlling terminal device is proximate to each of the plurality of valve members and exchanges information by radio with a central control apparatus, wherein the sensor controlling terminal device is directly connected to but physically separate from the operating-condition sensors each attached to each of the plurality of valve members installed on the manifold, wherein the sensor controlling terminal device is arranged above each of the plurality of valve members installed on the manifold and each of the operating-condition sensors attached to each of the plurality of valve members installed on the manifold.